ARD6504 – Creative Futures 3 Competition - Wrexham Connect Photography Competition

Wrexham Connect is a quarterly magazine produced by Wrexham Council for people who live and work in Wrexham County Borough.  When I saw a copy of the Wrexham Connect, Spring 2013 edition I saw they advertised a Photography Competition they were running.

Although the Photography Competition seemed a bit vague in the details, and it appeared that any photographs I submitted would not be acknowledged to AndrewsProject, this caused me initially to dismiss it and not enter.

After a few days, the Photography Competition crossed my mind again, and although I appreciated the apparent lack of public acknowledgement of my work, and that my photographs could be used in Connect and on the council’s website without any financial reward.  I thought it would give me the opportunity to see if the landscape, environmental photographs I took were commercially suitable.

 I decided to submit two of the photographs I had taken for my Summer 2011 assignment of Industrial Photographs.   As I felt these gave a different view of Wrexham and whilst reflected the Industrial aspect of the community didn’t actually advertise a specific company, as I had ensured no company logos were visible whilst photographing the industrial estate.

The other photographs I submitted were of St Mary’s Church in Regent Street, once when I had finished late at University, I had walked past the church when it was floodlit for the evening, and I couldn’t believe the transformation this made to church.  So soon after I brought my camera to university and delayed my departure to enable me to capture this effect.  So these were the other photographs I submitted to the Photography Competition.

Then on the 8th April 2013, I received an email from Wrexham Connect where they confirmed one of my photographs will be included in the Summer Edition of Wrexham Connect and may also appear on their website.  They also requested the details I wished to appear with my photograph, so although I had decided to enter this competition to see whether my photographs were commercial with no guarantee of publicity, it appears I will be acknowledged for the photographs I have taken.  I can’t wait for the next publication of Wrexham Connect to be produced in June 2013 to see my photograph in print.