LUCEO Images posted the ten finalists for their Student Project Award. The recipient will receive $1,000 along with mentorship for the project from one LUCEO member. A guest panel comprised of Amber Terranova (PDN), Michael Wichita (AARP) and Mike Davis (Editor-at-Large) will select the winner from the ten finalists at this year’s LOOKbetween event in Charlottesville, VA on June 12-13. Go here to view the finalists.

From the website: “Lau’s intense project on the violent clashes in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean between self-styled ‘eco-pirates’ and the Japanese whaling ships explores the whaling controversy and the ethical and historical questions raised by both sides. Lau plans to continue the project by covering the escalating confrontation between Sea Shepard - a radical spin-off of environmental group Greenpeace – and the Japanese ships who engage in whale hunting during the coming 2010/2011 hunting season.” (Adam Lau, finalist/San Francisco State)