Green Templeton Photography Competition 2022
Get your cameras ready! Here are all the details for the Green Templeton College Photography Competition 2022!
Theme
The theme is ‘Gather’.
The judges are hoping to see a range of creative and imaginative interpretations of this theme – that can mean so many different things to different people. It might be to gather ideas or items. It might mean to gather in the sense of a meeting or party, or a protest or demonstration. It could easily mean something else to you! The judges are looking to find the most striking and original image representing ‘gather’.
Who can enter
This competition is open to all members of the Green Templeton community including students, alumni, Fellows, Common Room Members, Associate Members, and staff.
What’s the prize?
The winning entry will receive a £150 cash prize.
Competition rules
- Individuals may submit up to three original photographs
- Landscapes, portraits, selfies, etc. all welcome!
- Photographs must have been taken during this academic year
- You must have the consent of any individuals pictured in your photographs
- All entries must be the entrant’s original work and not infringe rights of other parties
How to enter
The competition is open now and closes on Friday 10 June at 12:00.
Please submit your entry to communications@gtc.ox.ac.uk together with brief details of when and where the photograph(s) was taken.
Judging panel
The judging panel will consist of:
- Isabella Camplisson, (Graduate Entry Medicine, 2021)
- Renee Harbers Liddell, photographer and friend of college
- Weimin He, Artist-in-Residence
- Sir Michael Dixon, Principal
- Dr Charles Roehr, Research Fellow
The judges will select a winning photograph which, in their opinion, best illustrates the theme of the competition. They will consider factors including relevance to the theme, composition, technical ability, originality, lighting and emotional appeal.
Consent and reproduction
Responsibility for ensuring consent of any subjects of the picture lies with the photographer. By submitting photographs, individuals agree to Green Templeton reproducing the photographs across college platforms including but not limited to social media, the college website and printed materials, without a fee. A credit will be given wherever possible.
Previous entries
The Green Templeton College Photography Competition has been running since 2009, thanks to the generous support of the late neurologist and Common Room Member Dr Elman Poole, who held a long interest in photography.
Here’s a selection of previous winners from across the years.
2021: New Normal. Winner Sam Howard. ‘The catering team preparing for the click-and-collect lunches’
2020: Selfie-Isolation. Winner: Lore Purroy Sanchez. ‘These paper boats were on the bridge in the direction to Port Meadow during the pandemic.’
2019: College Members at Work. Winner: Pedro Stoeckli Pires. ‘During [this recital by Musician-in-Residence Maki Sekiya] she would play complex harmonies in such a fast manner it sounded like two people were playing at once. When I took this picture it seemed to represent that feeling well, as if there were two Maki playing together in that room.’
2018: Personalities of Green Templeton. Winner: Maria Spiga
2017: Moments I Shall Treasure. Winner: Eva Kohler. ‘The photo captures the idea of living on the Green Templeton campus – life is strongly characterised by studying but when doing so, there are always the short moments in between in which you can lift your eyes away from your reading list books and take a look at the beautiful Radcliffe Observatory.’
2016: Green Templeton Looking Out. Winner: Bhagya Sivaraman. ‘I took this photograph in December 2015, standing near the designated smoking area close to the Mathematical Institute, opposite the Observatory. The reflection inside the watery eye on a cold, cold sunny morning exposes the elegance and royalty of the Observatory, conveying Green Templeton College looking out.’
2015: The Changing Face of Green Templeton. Winner: Faraz Shibli. ‘I was working late in the library one night when the first snow of winter started to fall. I rushed outside with my South African friend, Roné, who had never before seen snow, and watched the blossom tree catching snowflakes in the McAlpine Quad. Not only did it represent the Changing Face of Green Templeton College in terms of the changing of the seasons, but also the transformation of a less often photographed part of the college’s lovely grounds.’
2012: Events at Green Templeton College. Winner: Charlotte Koldeweij
2011: A Day in the Life. Winner: Rasmus Hagen
Please direct any questions to communications@gtc.ox.ac.uk.
