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Water for life Shootgardens towin
The RHS photographic competition offers free entry and cash prizes await the winners
The two communities of Tsarafangitra, where WaterAid has worked to bring clean water and decent toilets, and Ambohimanatrika, where the charity is working this winter, were recorded by FujifilmX-Photographer, Saraya Cortaville andWaterAid’s Voices from the Field officer and photographer Ernest Randriarimalala, using Fujifilm X-T3 cameras. Children from the communities inManjakandriana, just east of the capital Antananarivo, were also given
Fujifilm Instax instant cameras so they had the opportunity to tell their own stories, showing a unique insight into life through their eyes. The images feature in an exhibition running until 2 February at the FujifilmHouse of Photography (see story on page 7 for more details about the venue) and also in a coffee table book that is available to buy at £25, with every penny going to support WaterAid’s vital work. • wateraid.org
WITH THE OVERALL winner pocketing £5000, and with
also categories for under 11s and 11 to 17 year olds. Category winners will see their work exhibited at RHS Gardens later in the year and at The Photography Show at the NEC in March. Entries are submitted on the website below and the closing date is 31 January, 10am. The winners will be announced in
20 other cash prizes at stake, the annual Royal
Horticultural Society (RHS) photographic competition is well worth entering – and doing so is free. Amateurs and professionals are eligible, and there are nine categories, including Urban Gardening, Portfolio and Welcoming Garden Wildlife. There are
April on the RHS website. • rhs.org.uk/photocomp
Historic Photographer of theYear 2019 winners announced
Good to talk
The Historic Photographer of the Year 2019 competition – supported by History Hit, Historic England, History TV channel, Trip Historic, the Association for Historical Fine Art Photography, and All About History – has been outstanding. Entries were judged on originality, composition and technical proficiency alongside the story behind each shot and its historical impact. The overall winner was Stéphane Hurel’s Have camera, will travel
photograph of the ruins of the Arromanches Mulberry harbour in Normandy; the Historic England category was won by JP Appleton with his shot of the Roker Pier. History’s Short Filmmaker of the Year was awarded to Dibs McCallum for a documentary exploring the remains of RAF Barnham’s nuclear weapons storage facility. All of this year’s entries can be viewed in the HPOTY gallery. • historicphotographeroftheyear.com
TALK is a newmental health charity with a focus on the therapeutic qualities of creativemediums. It has just announced its first competition, the TALK 2020 PhotographyAwards. The overall winner scoops imaging products donated by Rotolight, Zeiss and Sony, with a total worth of £4500. The theme is ‘mental health’ and it is up to entrants to interpret that theme and what it means to them. It costs £10 to enter one image, £25 for three and £50 for eight, with all proceeds going to TALK. Full details are on the website. The top 15 entries will feature in amonth- long exhibition at theWEXPhotoVideo store inManchester, and each finalist will receive an engraved award. The closing date is 22March, with the overall winner announced at the exhibition opening night on 3April 2020. • talkcharity.org/competitions/2020photographyawards
Founded by travel photographer Suzanne Porter, clik-trip is a new, free-to-use website that will appeal to camera users keen to enjoy diverse photo experiences worldwide with local experts. Clik-trip photographers are chosen on recommendation –
currently 70 expert photo leaders aroundworld have been signed up and the database is growing by around five amonth. Clients can arrange one-to-one tuition, day trips, experiences and even plan a whole photo trip via the site. • clik-trip.com
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