I’m absolutely thrilled to have two of my portraits chosen as finalist images in the category of Classical Portraiture with The Guild of Photographers. There are only 10 images chosen out of thousands for the year and I can’t believe that two of those are mine!!
The press release for this is below…
Local Photographer, Martin Clark achieves international acclaim!
Martin, a photographer based in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire has reached the Final of the fiercely contested Guild of Photographers Image of the Year Competition.
The Guild is a highly respected UK based association for photographers, which has members from overseas as well. Each year it runs an online monthly photographic competition, judged by internationally respected judges, with awards given to the best entries.
During 2022, the competition attracted c12,000 entries from the most talented of photographers.
It has recently been announced that from all the entries across the year, the Guild’s Judges have selected JUST 10 images in various genres to go forward to the annual Image of the Year Final. Those selected really are the best of the best, and two images by Martin are selected as Finalists!
Guild Director Lesley Thirsk said “One of the Guild’s aims is to drive standards and creativity amongst photographers. Our competition certainly does that, for the standard of the entries we see each month is quite staggering. To have an image recognised by the Guild in the monthly competition is difficult enough, so to have an image selected as being one of the best in a category for the end of year Final is without doubt an incredible achievement, and shows just how talented photographer, Martin is.”
Martin said “I love portrait photography and put a lot of effort into developing my skills. One way I do that is to enter the Guild of Photographers competition. It is judged by a panel of highly respected Judges and drives forward photography standards month after month, so it really helps me push myself. The images I see getting awards each month are inspirational, so knowing just how high those standards are, to have one of my images shortlisted as one of just 10 in the final of this category from the many images submitted across the whole year is really exciting! I couldn’t believe it when I found out and that I had two in the final 10.”
“ The images were part of a series I worked on involving senior men, some who have been stricken with Alzheimer’s as is the case with the image of Peter. In the image he is having a conversation with his wife who is just sitting over my shoulder. She is his memory and is reminding him of some of the adventures they have been on together. Such a cruel disease and I’m so please with this image as it captured his character and the moment so beautifully. John has been my superstar model and we worked on some Peaky Blinder themed images and I loved this one of him standing with his hands in his pockets. It could be anybody’s grandfather I think. ”
Martin will be able to celebrate their achievement and find out if they are the overall winner at a spectacular Awards Gala evening on 4th February 2023.
To find out more about the Guild of Photographers and their competition visit their website (www.photoguild.co.uk).
M.
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