My Perspectives - Winner Announced

Friday, 03 June 2011

My Perspective Photographic Award 2011 has a winner, from a shortlist of 27 images, the 11 judges picked just one image to become the overall winner.   All the judges said it was hard to pick as the standard was so high but on Thursday 2 June at The Orangery, Kew Gardens, Patron Damon Hill annouced the winner -

 Winner - Half-boat and Weed, Portsoy by David Cormack

Runners Up

Chris Diedo - Ten to Twelve
Joe Sharp - Grandad's Garden

Highly Commended

Christian Oku - Dog Chasing Sheep
Daniel Geeson - My Cousin Callum
Erinn Kenna - Aunty Kay's Cherry Blossom
Charlotte Piner - Dream
Stephanie Mitchell - The Beach Huts
Salvador Gonzalez - Reflex
David Kenward - The Friendly Seal
Alexsandra Savic - Crack
Gordon Stewart - Curves
Louise Bolz - Puppy Love

Congratulations to everyone that entered.  David's winning image will now join the Shifting Perspectives exhibition.  All 27 shortlisted images will then go on exhibition at The Strand Gallery, London from 2 - 6 August 2011.

The winner, two runner ups and the top ten highly commended images will be presented with a camera kindly donated by Olympus.

This year’s judging panel consists of –

• Rory Davies – Winner of last year’s My Perspectives Award
• Liam Neeson – Actor and DSA Patron
• Richard Bailey – Photographer, Shifting Perspectives Curator
• Kayte Brimacombe – Photographer
• Scarlett Page - Photographer
• Emma Barton – Actress
• Alex Proud – CEO Proud Galleries
• Georgie Hill – DSA Patron
• Katie Pinnock – Director, UK Corporate Contributions - GlaxoSmithKline
• Mark Thackara – National Marketing Manager, Consumer Products, Olympus
• Alison Miller – Company Secretariat Manager, BAE Systems

The DSA extends our most sincere thanks to all our supporters –

GlaxoSmithKline who have been generously been sponsoring Shifting Perspectives since June 2005. Thanks to their continuing commitment to the DSA, Shifting Perspectives will continue to travel throughout the UK and across the globe for another year.

Olympus for kindly donating the My Perspectives Prizes.

Alex Proud and Proud Galleries for donating the vibrant gallery in London - The Strand Gallery.

My Perspective, is the only photography competition for people with Down's syndrome.  The competition started last year as the natural follow-on from the hugely successful Shifting Perspectives exhibition.  For the past seven years, the Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA) has been showcasing work from a fantastic collection of professional photographers who all have a personal link with Down's syndrome.  In years gone by, people with Down's syndrome were photographed as exhibits, where the viewer was not supposed to see the person, just the difference.  My Perspective turns the camera around and gives the subjects in front of the camera a chance to show the world from their point of view.