Caught on camera: Britain's best crime photography

from the Independent.

The article asks "What's more harmful – prejudice or war? Pollution or bullying? The finalists in a major new art contest tackle these difficult issues in arresting style." From the article:

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, an educational charity based at Kings College London, has just announced the winners of its photographic competition, sponsored by the Wates Foundation, which asked for visual answers to the question "What is Crime?" ...

Rather than traditional images of criminality and justice, such as prison bars or policemen, the competition organisers asked for photographs that would "stimulate thinking about harm, injustice and crime". The exhibition contains a series of powerful images in three categories – Environment, Finance and Violence – all of which ask the viewer to recalibrate their sense of what is, or isn't, criminal. Open to anyone, the competition attracted participation from a range of amateur and professional photographers.

The article has a photo gallery of some of the winners.

'Traffic Jam' - By Emma Reynard. 'This work illustrates the high volume of traffic which is becoming increasingly strenuous on the environment. The photo was taken at the car-boot sale. One of the sellers had set up their stall with a trestle table laid out with the toy cars. The cars were individual priced with £1 labels.'