YOUNG RAILWAY PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022

JOHN HILLIER AND PETER TOWNSEND

In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members. This led to a photographic album to accompany the exhibition, The Photographic Artistry of Rail Cameramen, published by Silver Link. It was therefore a natural progression that a competition to find the ‘Young Railway Photographer of the Year’ be held, the results of which can be seen displayed in this volume. The intention was to encourage photographers under the age of 25 and with an interest in railways to maybe follow in the footsteps of the RCC’s existing members by producing high-quality images capturing the changing railway scene. The competition, on the theme of ‘The Railway Seen’, was launched in November 2019 but delayed by a year due to Covid. It is clear that the capturing of the many and varied aspects of the railway is alive and well in the hands of the younger generation of up-and-coming photographers, and this book will be an inspiration to anyone wishing to pursue this all-absorbing pastime.

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