Photography competition
Photography competition at Lancaster Maritime Museum
Enter your photographs now!
This year Lancaster Maritime Museum is 25 years old. To celebrate we are inviting you to submit your finest maritime and coastal images to display in our Exhibition Gallery as part of a new photography competition.
From dramatic shipwrecks or beautiful marine life to sandy beaches or Blackpool rock – how will you interpret Britain’s coastline? Send us your photographs linked to the theme of COAST and the best entries will be selected for display in Lancaster Maritime Museum’s summer exhibition.
Prizes
As well as being displayed as part of the exhibition, first prize will also win £50 in vouchers to spend at G.L. Robertson’s photographic shop and £25 to spend in any museum shops in Lancaster.
The runner up will win £25 in vouchers for G.L. Robertson’s and a £10 museum voucher.
Other prizes include Explorer tickets valid at any of the 12 museums in Lancashire County Museum Service (worth £18 each).
The competition will be judged by the Lancaster Maritime Museum, the Lancaster Guardian newspaper, and Mr Reg Stoddon, proprietor of G.L Robertson’s photographic shop in Lancaster.
How to enter
To enter please send, in the first instance, a printed copy of your image to the museum at the address below taking note of the following rules:
- Print size should be a minimum of 7 x 5 inches and a maximum size A4
- No more than 2 images to be submitted per person
- Winning images taken from digital files should be a minimum of 300dpi and able to be reproduced in good quality to at least A4 size and ideally larger.
- Images should be the original work of the entrant
- Images may be digitally enhanced to remove marks or scratches but should not be artificially manipulated.
- You will retain copyright of your entries and always be credited alongside your picture but by entering your images into the competition, you grant permission to Lancashire County Museum Service to reproduce the images in connection with the competition, exhibition and future Lancaster Maritime Museum activities
- All entries are sent at the photographer’s risk. Lancaster Maritime Museum does not accept liability for any loss or damage to photographs submitted. We regret that prints cannot be returned.
- Please mark your image on the reverse with your name, contact details and the title of the image
- Closing date for submissions is Friday 16th April 2010
- Judges’ decisions are final.
- The exhibition will be on display from 22nd May – 25th September 2010
Send entries to: Lancaster Maritime Museum, St George’s Quay, Lancaster, LA1 1RB
For more information contact the museum on
T: 01524 382264 E: lancastermaritimemuseum@lancashire.gov.uk www. lancashire.gov.uk/museums
Alan Hawkins exhibition
Alan Hawkins is currently exhibiting some of his work at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery which runs from the 27th Feb to the 20th June.
Limited edition Giclee prints, produced by us, can be purchased direct from Alan Hawkins. You can see more of his stunning work on his website at http://www.alanhawkinsart.co.uk.
