Photographers challenged to capture 'true' Manchester
Photographers and artists are being challenged to capture 'the true spirit of Manchester' in a new competition.
The Capture Manchester competition is inviting professional and non-professional photographers and artists to submit photographs or illustrations which they think would best represent the character of the city as postcards.
All entrants will see their efforts displayed in a city centre exhibition, and 10 winners will each scoop a £500 cash prize.
Capture Manchester has been launched by law firm DLA Piper in partnership with CUBE (Centre for the Urban Built Environment), Marketing Manchester and photographers' network Redeye. It intends to showcase "inspiring, contemporary images of the city and identify new creative talent".
Jane Anderson, curator at CUBE, said: "Capture Manchester gives people the opportunity to create a new vision that will reflect the ambition and creativity of Manchester – we expect to receive a varied and imaginative response.”
The new images will be made available through the sale of postcards, exclusive limited edition signed prints and a commemorative book.
All entries will be displayed at the CUBE Gallery between 28 March and 9 April. The images will be displayed at the gallery at the same time as international landscape photographer John Davies’s exhibition ‘The British Landscape’, which was shortlisted for the Deutshe Borse photography prize in 2008.
Nine winning images, selected by an esteemed panel of judges, will be blown-up to large scale and an additional People’s Choice winner will be chosen by public vote during the exhibition.
The deadline for entries is Friday 20 February and more information can be found on the Capture Manchester website.
As the winning images will be produced both as postcards and large prints, all entries must work at both small and large scale.