GLOUCESTERSHIRE YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARDS

Seeing The World Through The Lens Of Youth

On 27th April, the third Spring event with a CAC connection took place at Cheltenham’s Playhouse when talented photographers from 50 schools across the county were invited to the Presentation of Awards Evening for the Gloucestershire Young Photographer competition. The competition is organised by Cheltenham Camera Club, which is the oldest in the UK, having been founded in 1865 by Edward Wilson’s grandfather and his friend Dr Abercrombie. The competition entries were judged by James de Courcy, Karin Wilson, and Martin Fry. Karin Wilson welcomed the award winners and drew attention to the very high standard of the entries this year. She emphasised that the judges were looking for excellence in terms of the choice of subject, story-telling and composition. The Chair of Cheltenham Camera Club, Richard McCleery then introduced the Mayor of Cheltenham, Councillor Sandra Holliday, and Sue Silcock, Chair of CAC, who presented the awards in the Primary School category, which were sponsored by CAC. The awards in the Secondary School category were sponsored by the University of Gloucestershire and were presented by Dr Julia Peck, Head of Photography at the University.

In addition to the formality of the presentation of the awards, the audience very much appreciated the brilliant audio-visual presentation designed by Martin Fry, who is one of the country’s top AV designers. This perfect combination of music with a selection of the 887 images from the competition successfully raised the level of excitement before the presentation of the awards in each category and the announcement of the best school. As another evening of celebration at the Playhouse came to an end, the winner in the Primary School category this year was announced as Gastrells Community Primary School in

Stroud and in the Secondary School category the winner was Churchdown School Academy. Martin Fry’s splendid presentation will shortly be made available to all the participating schools.

This was the 19th Gloucestershire Young Photographer competition, so we shall look forward to even more excitement surrounding the 20th in 2024!

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