WINNING WESTCOUNTRY PHOTOS REVEALED

THIS photo above, capturing harvesting north of Crediton, is the winner of the Working Landscape Today section of our Photographer of the Year competition.

The photo was taken by Chris Geiger, from Bristol, while in the Westcountry during the summer.

“I’m rather obsessed with photography; I always have either a digital or old fashioned 35mm film camera with me at all times,” said Chris.

Chris is a cancer survivor, who was diagnosed and successfully treated for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He writes regularly for numerous publications, offering hope and inspiration to anyone touched by cancer.

His book, The Cancer Survivors Club, brings together inspirational first-hand accounts of ordinary people who have beaten cancer.

Chris also loves baking and fulfilled another ambition when he earned a place on The Great British Bake Off.

New theme

The new theme for the competition, taking into account the latest lockdown, is ‘Close to home’. Email your entries to wmnpiccomp@westernmorningnews.co.uk putting Close to home in the subject line and please include a brief caption. Closing date for entries is February 28, 2021.

Silaging near Bideford, by Margaret Withecombe

> Harvest safely gathered in beside Crantock beach, by Julie Taylor

> Harvesting up the Exe Valley in Devon, by Ray Yardley

> Another load, Bridestowe, Devon, by Colin Sargent

> Coastal farming at Branscombe, by John McNulty

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> Tractor at working alongside the Grand Western Canal, by Norman Bathurst

> Wind turbines overlooking a floral landscape, by John McNulty

> The Fullabrook wind farm, by Patricia Malek

> Harvesting the sun, by Michael Edwards

> Drilling winter wheat near Modbury