before

before is the theme of the Prix Leica photography competition, which was instituted in spring 2006 by three European institutes of tertiary education – the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs Paris (ENSAD), the Royal College of Arts London (RCA) and the Fachhochschule Bielefeld – under the patronage of Leica France.
The internal competition focused on the students of these institutions: the jury consisted of professors and visual artists who choose the ten best photographs and film works from those submitted and awarded a Leica Camera to the prize-winner and the runner-up. This book, conceived and designed by the Department of Design at the Fachhochschule Bielefeld, presents the works of the ten finalists and the prize-winners.