{"id":16126,"date":"2022-04-28T14:54:12","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T12:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countryfile.com\/?p=114878"},"modified":"2022-04-28T15:13:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T13:13:17","slug":"how-to-enter-the-uk-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-competition","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/how-to-enter-the-uk-landscape-photographer-of-the-year-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"How to enter the UK Landscape Photographer of the Year competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Maria Hodson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Keen photographers are invited to submit their work to the 15th Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards<\/a> 2002, before submissions close at midday on Thursday 5 May.<\/p>\n

Open to all entrants, the photography competition celebrates the great British landscape and has a prize fund of \u00a320,000, with \u00a310,000 for the overall winner. Photographs taken since 5 May 2017 are eligible. There is a special youth competition for those under 18 years old.<\/p>\n

Last year\u2019s overall winner was \u2018Morning at Countryside\u2019 by Mara Leite \u2013 an idyllic scene of a wooded path in West Sussex, with several other entries winning or receiving commendations in categories such as Historic Britain or Landscapes at Night. \u2018Joining the Queue\u2019 by Evie Easterbrook scooped the Youth Winner prize.<\/p>\n

\""Golden\"<\/picture><\/div>
Morning at Countryside, the overall winner of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021 \/ Credit: Mara Leite<\/span> <\/figcaption> Mara Leite<\/i> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Windmill\"<\/picture><\/div>
Philip George won the Classic View category with his stunning windmill image \/ Credit: Philip George<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Sheep\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Counting Sheep\u2019, winner of the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year \/ Credit: Joshua Elphick<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""trees\"<\/picture><\/div>
Winner of the 2021 Black and White category, by Miles Middlebrook \/ Credit: Miles Middlebrook<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Pool\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Shoalstone Pool\u2019 by Adam Furneaux, youth winner of Your View category, 2020 \/ Credit: Adam Furneaux<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Castle\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Out of the Darkness\u2019 by Mark Amphlett won the Historic Britain category in the LPOTY Awards 2021 with his photograph of misty Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe \/ Credit: Mark Amphlett<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""steam\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Glenfinnan Viaduct\u2019 by Malcolm Blenkey won the Lines in the Landscape category in the 2021 LPOTY awards<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Wallace\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Wallace Monument from the banks of the Forth\u2019 by Graham Mackay won the Historic Britain category in the LPOTY awards 2020 \/ Credit: Graham Mackay<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Snowy\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Ice Spikes in Glencoe\u2019 by Pete Rowbottom was the overall winning image in the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards 2018 \/ Credit: Pete Rowbottom <\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""woodland"\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Woolland Woods\u2019 by Chris Frost, overall winner of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Fallen\"<\/picture><\/div>
\u2018Beauty in Decay\u2019 by Nicky Goodfellow, 2018<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Lighthouse\"<\/picture><\/div>
Entitled \u2018Once in a Lifetime\u2019, this extraordinary shot by Ian Asprey of Anglesey Lighthouse won the Landscapes at Night category in the LPOTY Awards 2021 \/ Credit: Ian Asprey<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Mick\"<\/picture><\/div>
Mick Blakey captured this powerful image of a fisherman standing on rocks in strong westerly winds at Porth Nanven, Cornwall, winning the \u2018Living the View\u2019 cateogry in 2018<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
\""Evie\"<\/picture><\/div>
Evie Easterbrook became the overall winner of the Young Landscape Photographer of the Year 2021 with this photo of seagulls above a fish n chips shop \/ Credit: Evie Easterbrook<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nThe awards will be announced on 23 October 2022 and all winning and commended images will feature in print in a coffee-table book, Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 15<\/em>, published in October 2022.\n

In partnership with Network Rail, an exhibition of the winning images will tour the UK from November 2022, celebrating the spirit of Britain.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s entries will be split into four main categories: Classic View, Urban Life, Black and White and Your View, as well as a further four special awards. Entry fees apply.<\/p>\n

Fro more information on how to enter and the full list of award categories, as well as to see images from previous winners, visit www.lpoty.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

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