WORLD-renowned photographer Rankin, international artist Stuart Semple and war photographer Giles Duley have all come out in support of Arts University Bournemouth’s ann-ual competition to find emerging creative talent.

The artistic heavyweights will support the university in giving teenagers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase their creative work on billboards.

The nationwide competition entitled ‘Who Are You 2’ asks for creative 14-19-year-olds to create a piece of work that reflects who they are in the world today.

The 20 eventual winners will then see their work supersized and displayed on billboards across the country with the support of outdoor media specialists and competition partner, JCDecaux.

Stuart Semple said: “Nationwide opportunities such as the ‘Who Are You 2’ competition, encourage people to follow their dreams into creative industries – a place where there is always room for fresh ideas and new visionaries.”

The opportunity comes at a critical time for the UK’s creative industries which have suffered from government funding cuts to arts education.

Recent research commissioned by AUB shows that almost two thirds of people in the UK gave up on their dream career by the time they were 20 years old, while a staggering one in four people said that they didn’t feel confident enough to pursue their dream vocation.

For more details on the competition, visit facebook.

com/inspired AUB or the website aub.ac.uk/ whoareyou2.

Deadline for entries is April 15, 2013.