[October 2011] – Local professional and amateur photographers, including talented youngsters, have just one month left to submit their best pictures showcasing all things manufacturing and compete for a share of Canon equipment valued at £5,000.
The EEF Heroes of Modern UK Manufacturing Photography Competition aims to raise the level of pride across the manufacturing sector by capturing the boldness, brilliance and beauty of what is now a modern industry.
“Entry into the competition is free and we’re inviting and encouraging photographers of all ages to submit iconic images of manufacturing heroes,” said EEF Chief Executive, Terry Scuoler. “It’s an open brief with plenty of creative potential and photographs can focus on and capture any aspect of industry – whether that’s a product, heroic people, places or anything relating to manufacturing processes.”
The competition is sponsored by Lombard and supported by Canon, The ERA Foundation, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, The Guild of Photographers, The Manufacturer magazine and The Digital Asset Lab. There are three entry categories of entry - these being professional, amateur and young people aged 14-19.
Winners will be announced at the prestigious EEF Future Manufacturing Awards in January 2012, and the gallery of winning and shortlisted images will be showcased throughout the year through high profile media exposure.
Prize vouchers for £5,000 worth of photography equipment, sponsored by Canon, will be shared among the winners. This will include the new range of digital still cameras and inkjet printers.
The EEF Photography Competition aims to create a new public image of 21st Century manufacturing industry by capturing the industry's ingenuity, creativity, technology and pride through inspiring photography.
Entry is free via the EEF website, www.eef.org.uk/photo, with entries closing on 31 October 2011.
Winners will share in a prize of £5,000 worth of Canon equipment and could choose the new PowerShot SX40 HS
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Media information
Janet Kilpatrick
Email: jk@janetkilpatrick.co.uk
Phone: 0161 487 3830
Mobile: 07794 192 677;
Mark Swift, EEF
Email: MSwift@eef.org.uk
Phone: 0207 654 1576
Mobile: 07979 543710
Notes to Editor
The EEF photography competition is now in its second year. Last year’s winners, selected from almost 500 entries, were:
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Professional winner - Tim Wallace, an internationally renowned commercial photographer and founder of Middlesbrough-based Ambient Life Photography, whose winning entry depicted an Aston Martin.
Tim Wallace, Ambient Life Photography
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Amateur winner - Mark Tomlinson, of Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd, who photographed the largest ingot mould in the UK. The shape was totally new and was designed using the industry leading modelling capability, developed in-house by Sheffield Forgemasters.
Mark Tomlinson, Sheffield Forgemasters
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Young Person Aged 14-19 - Melissa Garrett, an apprentice with MBDA in Stevenage, who photographed MBDA’s young apprentices in a test chamber at the company’s Stevenage research and development facility.
Melissa Garrett, MBDA
EEF, the manufacturers’ organisation is the representative voice of manufacturing in the UK. It has a growing membership of almost 6,000 companies of all sizes, employing some 900,000 people from every sector of engineering, manufacturing, engineering construction and technology-based industries.
Lombard is part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. As one of the largest and most experienced providers of asset financiers in the UK and voted Best Leasing & Asset Finance Provider by Business Moneyfacts in 2009, 2010 and 2011, Lombard provides various forms of asset finance to businesses of varying sizes – from SMEs to large corporates. Products include Hire Purchase, Finance Lease, Operating Lease, Sale and Leaseback, Contract Hire, to Contract Purchase, as well as multi-specialist asset finance products such as marine, aviation and specific wholesale and stocking funding for distributors and dealerships.
