2024 Winners and Highly Commended.
Congratulations to:
Jess Moore, People category and overall winner for “Behind the Scenes of a Christmas Carol”
Emmaline Discombe-Potter, Youth category winner for “The Happy Farmer” and highly commended for “Beautiful Skies iver Bishopsteignton”
Matt Neale, Events and Environment categories winner for “A Walk During the Beast from the East” and “Misty Old Walls Hill” and highly commended for “Red Rock Sunset”
Bryan Smith, Places category winner for “20s Plenty For US”
John Reynolds, Bishopsteignton Heritage Team category winner for “Great Lea”
Keith Mcginn, highly commended for “One of the Local Swallows”
Alexandra Carre, highly commended for “Daisies in the Cemetery”
“Behind the Scenes of a Christmas Carol” by Jess Moore, People Category and Overall Winner
“The Happy Farmer” by Emmaline Discombe-Potter, Winner Youth Category
Anybody of any age from 10 upwards could enter any number of times. Prizes of £50 for best photo were given, one for each category – People, Places, Events and the Environment – plus one for our new youth section from any category. The annual ‘Ken Irvin Trophy’ was awarded for the best overall entry, who also recieved a large framed print of their winning image. Large prints were also given to other category winners and entries considered “highly commendable”. A Bishopsteignton Heritage Team category was added to allow our growing band of trustees, staff and volunteers to enter, for which the John Parkes Trophy was awarded.
People
This category can feature individuals or groups of individuals from the parish. They may be portraits or people engaged in any activity. Photos in this category can be taken anywhere geographically – for example a village person receiving an award or taking part in a sporting event outside of the village.
Places
Photos in this category can be taken anywhere within the parish boundries. Examples could include the exterior or interior of buildings, views from a vantage point, businesses past and present etc.
Events
Could be village activities, recent or past, like the Coronation and Jubilee celebrations or the Village Festival, Village Show, live music or other performances etc or more personal events such as significant birthdays or Dot’s leaving do at the Bishop John for example.
Environment
This might be related to the flora or fauna within the parish or possibly views that have an environmental aspect to them, making them more suitable here than the places category – countryside, farming, derelict buildings.
New for 2024 – Youth Category
This year we introduced a £50 youth prize for 10 – 17 year olds to submit photos from any of the above categories. (Under 16s needed permission of a parent or guardian).
Judging
All photographs were judged on the following criteria:
- Relevance to the heritage and personality of Bishopsteignton Parish
- Originality
- Public appeal
- Technical ability
Judging was again carried out by the Bishopsteignton Heritage editorial team and guest judges Ken Irvin, David Mitchel and Nigel Hicks. Ken is a renowned local artist and an ex Trustee and Chair of Bishopsteignton Heritage, David is chair of Bishopsteignton Photo Club and has been a keen photographer since his first Box Brownie and right through the digital age. Nigel is a professional photographer and longterm resident of the parish. Read more about Nigel’s career, publications and achievements: www.nigelhicks.com.
Thank you…
to Chas at images2prints for his kind donation of the large prints and framed top prize.
