Ed Swinden has won the Shoot the Street! competition, run by BJP and the Format Photography Festival.

The young photographer fought off more than 100 other entries from all over the world, impressing judges with the consistency of his vision and execution. Swinden wins a solo show at the Format Photography Festival in Derby from 04 March - 03 April 2011, and the exhibition will also travel further afield. He described the news as "fantastic".

Swinden, who has won the very first Shoot the Street! competition, was picked out by a four-strong judging panel: Diane Smyth, deputy editor of the BJP; Louise Clements, senior curator, co-founder and director of the Format Photography Festival; Mike Seaborne, senior curator of photographs at the Museum of London; and Sophie Howarth, co-author of a book on street photographysoon to be published by Thames & Hudson. 

The 2011 Format Photography Festival is based around the theme Street Photography; Right Here, Right Now, and Swinden images will take their place alongside some of the all-time greats in street photography. His exhibition will be curated by Louise Clements and printed by MX Display Solutions. In addition, Swinden also wins a Think Tank Retrospective Lens Changer 2, courtesy of Snapperstuff.