CAPTURE BRITAIN 2020 IN ALL ITS BEAUTY AND POSITIVITY
THE DAILY EXPRESS, together with our parent company Reach’s local titles, is calling on readers to capture a worthy moment in time that represents a modern, diverse and inclusive Britain in 2020. The winning photograph will be displayed in London’s V& A museum – home to one of the world’s biggest and most significant collections comprising 800,000 images. It will also be printed in the Daily Express, as well as the Manchester Evening News, Liverpool Echo, and Birmingham Mail. Entries can be taken on anything from a basic camera phone to the latest Canon. What matters most is expressiveness of thought and positivity. Competition judge and Coronation Street actor Shobna Gulati, a keen photography fan, shares her thoughts. “Art makes it possible to reflect upon and escape the sometimes harsh realities of life,” she says. “It can create an opportunity to find beauty and solace. I will be looking for an image that represents this and our brilliant diverse nation. After a year like 2020, I think we all need to escape, even momentarily.” Her thoughts are shared by Kwame KweiArmah, artistic director of the Young Vic. Although 2020 will be remembered as a difficult year, he says, there have been silver linings. “What it did show is that diverse Britain stood up and stood together,” he says. “We united in a powerful way. This was particularly evident during the summer of social injustice, when people came together to say things must change. That was the highlight of 2020. I hope the photographs submitted will capture this sense of togetherness and unity. I look forward to helping find that positivity through the lens of a brilliant photographic artist.” Shobna and Kwame are joined on the judging panel by Twiggy, award- wining photographer Mike Moore and V& A Director Tristram Hunt.
HOW TO ENTER: Visit express. co. uk/ brilliantly british photo where you will find an online entry form on which you submit your name and email address with your photograph and a quick summary about it. This competition closes at 5pm on Saturday January 2, 2021.
TERMS & CONDITIONS: This competition is open to amateur photographers who are residents of the United Kingdom except employees of Reach plc. and their immediate families. Only one entry per person is permitted. You have until 6pm on Saturday January 2, 2020 to submit your entry. Please ensure that the photo submitted is your own. Once the competition closes, a judging panel of Daily Express representatives will look through all valid entries to pick the top ten. Judges will be looking for photos which are positive and reflect life in a diverse, modern day Britain in 2020. From these 10 shortlisted photos, the celebrity judging panel alongside the Daily Express Editor and the Express. co. uk Arts Editor, will collaboratively decide on the winning photo. The winner will be notified via email by 5pm on Friday January 15, 2021. The winner will win a brand new iPhone 12 ( 64GB, white) and their photo will be displayed in the V& A for two weeks. The winner will be made aware via email of the exact dates the V& A will display their photo. Upon submitting your entry all entrants must consent to their photo appearing in print and online across Reach titles and websites. This is a syndicated competition running in the Daily Express, Newcastle Chronicle, Teesside Gazette, Hull Daily Mail, Grimsby Telegraph, Manchester Evening News, Huddersfield Examiner, Liverpool Echo, Burton Mail, Stoke Sentinel, Nottingham Post, Derby Telegraph, Leicester Mercury, Birmingham Mail, Coventry Telegraph, Bristol Post, Plymouth Herald and Cambridge News. When entering this competition there will be an option to opt in to receive our brand new Brilliantly British newsletter. If you do opt in, we will contact you for these purposes only. For those who do not opt in, your data will be solely used for the administration of this competition. Please see the full terms and conditions at express. co.uk/ brilliantly british photo