LANDSCAPE IN WHOLE NEW LIGHT
Photographers capture the glories of Britain
THE DIVERSITY of the moments and experiences that can only be had on a trip across Britain have been captured in an awardwinning image.
A perfectly framed shot of a figure standing by Wast Water in the Lake District, under the arch of a rainbow was the diversity category winner in the Landscape Photographer of the Year awards.
They have been held in conjunction with VisitBritain for the third time.
The category was won by Mark Gilligan, from near Northwich in Cheshire.
A railway viaduct forming the backdrop to a rocky landscape in the Yorkshire Dales also won an award.
VisitBritain’s director of marketing Robin Johnson said: “It is a fantastic example of the powerful role that imagery plays in inspiring people to travel and experience new destinations, allowing them to literally ‘put themselves in the picture’.”
An exhibition of winning entries will be held on the balcony at Britain’s busiest station, London Waterloo, from November 21, and all the winning and commended photographs are published in a book, Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 10.
An “intriguing” image of starlings swirling around the remains of Brighton’s West Pier scooped the top prize – and the man behind the camera won the overall title and £10,000.