Faces of Southwark Competition
This is the fourth year running for the competition, which
invites photographers to submit their images taken in or around the
borough of Southwark.
This year the photographs were exhibited at the Dulwich Picture
Gallery in April and May. The winners were chosen by a panel
comprising of fashion photographer Kristian Schuller; visual
artist, Caron Geary and Don't Panic media's, Joe Wade. The
competition was sponsored by Southwark’s community councils as a
way to get people more involved in the community where they live or
work.
The prizes were given out by Councillor Adele Morris, Southwark
Council’s executive member for citizenship, equalities and
communities, who complimented all the entrants for “capturing the
many faces and places of Southwark’s diverse borough and all the
flavours it has to offer.”
She added: “The quality of the photos entered this year for the
‘Faces of Southwark’ competition has been amazingly high. The
photographs captured a sense of what a wonderfully vibrant and
attractive place Southwark is. “This competition is also
important because the vision put forward by these images is the
vision of its citizens. They will be used in Southwark’s
publications to promote the borough ”
The winning entry was by Guy Gormley with his photo entitled:
Schwarzenegger and companion. Guy won a camera, a one-off paid
commission to take photos for Southwark Life magazine and other
prizes.