THE search to discover the photo that best captures Carmarthenshire’s experience of lockdown has begun.
As social-distancing measures continue to transform activities we all once took for granted including how we work, socialise and raise our children, the public are being asked to share snaps that document these extraordinary times.
A top prize of £1,000 is on offer for the winner of the competition by Cartridge Save.
They will be crowned by a panel of expert judges following a public vote.
Ian Cowley, managing director of cartridgesave.co.uk, commented: “Recent months have transformed our nation beyond recognition.
“We have a responsibility to future generations to document these changes for posterity. I’m really looking forward to what our hunt produces.”
The competition will be split into three categories: under 18s, 18-50, and over 50s.
Up to 25 photos will be shortlisted. These entries will then be made available for public vote, which will account for 25% of the final judging. The judging panel will then make their final decision, selecting a winner of each category as well as an overall winner who takes the cash prize.
Judging the competition – which is now open – are national freelance newspaper and magazine journalist Deborah Linton and national press photographer Mark Waugh.
Deborah whose work regularly appears in The Guardian and has written for The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Grazia and The Huffington Post commented: “The coronavirus outbreak has had a huge effect on ways of life across up and down the country, in countless different ways.
“It is the role of storytellers to document what these changes looked and felt like so we can share in one another’s experiences.”
National newspaper photographer Mark Waugh adds: “My career has been built on a very simple formula: that the most captivating stories are the ones that unite photos with words., and there’s no bigger story in our lifetime than the Coronavirus outbreak.
“Photos are incredibly powerful storytelling tools. As they say – a picture is worth 1,000 words.”
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