Snodgrass Photography Blog

The competition aims to encourage work of the highest quality that best represents and symbolises modern Britain.

It was started in 2007 by Charlie Waite, one of Britain’s leading contemporary landscape photographers. It is restricted to images of the UK but is open to all nationalities. The 2008 edition invited entries in four categories each for adults and young people aged 16 and under. The categories are defined in interesting and not necessarily exclusive ways that in themselves challenge the imagination.

Classic Landscapes

The first category is the “classic landscape,” which the organisers explain as a “big view” that captures the seasonal beauty of mountains, valleys, moorlands, the coastline or any other evocative component of the Great British outdoors. In practice shots in this category are often natural landscapes, including Simon Butterworth’s winning shot “Diamonds are forever” taken at Loch Dochard in Scotland, but they may also include buildings, fences, roads, bridges or other human artefacts that blend into their surroundings.

The “living the view” category on the other hand is intended for images that show people living, working, playing or engaged in any activity within the context of the landscape.

The “your view” category invites contestants to present very personal interpretations of places and uses, or even abuses, of the landscape that have special meaning for them.

Almost as a subcategory of “your view,” the “phone view” category is for shots taken with mobile phone cameras. Thus while the organisers want to encourage technically excellent photographs, the competition is not limited to those who use specialised and relatively costly equipment.

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