josutherstphotography
Dec 14, 20173 min
I am thrilled to share with you that I have been shortlisted in the portrait category of the Picfair Women Behind the Lens competition.
My work was shortlisted from over 4000 entries from across the globe. The images will be exhibited at the Guardian News and Media Gallery from Monday 11th of December. The winners will be announced at an event on the 11th January 2018.
The news was announced on Friday 8th December 2017:-
https://www.theguardian.com/…/picfairs-women-behind-the-len…
and at
https://www.picfair.com/blog/post/wbtl-shortlist
https://www.facebook.com/PicfairImages/
On Wednesday 6th December 2017, I received an email from Picfair’s Creative Director, Sally Hart, who organised the Women Behind the Lens competition. The message read:
The news was extremely exciting and quite difficult not to share with everyone, but I managed it somehow.
This was followed up by a further email on Friday 8th December 2017:
At this point, it became real and I was able to share with people what had happened. Even as I write this blog post a week later, I am still processing the enormity of the shortlisting. Seeing your work on the Guardian’s site is an absolute thrill. I feel extremely proud of the image Pip and I produced.
Following the announcement, social media was buzzing with posts:-
There was also an annoucement made on the university website on 11th December 2017.
To further promote my success story, I contacted local newspapers and my local BBC Radio channel. As of yet I have had had no responses. Not a total surprise as my emails would have coincided with the big snowfall news stories!
I have also promoted a post on both Instagram and Facebook which have received an amazing number of likes –
Facebook – 1,300 + likes (as at 11am 14th December 2017)
Instagram – 3,656 like (as at 11am 14th December 2017)
On 11th December 2017 the shortlisted images went on display in the Guardian News and Media Gallery in London. The work will be there until 11th January 2018.
I am so pleased to see that my image has been printed sympathetically. I was slightly concerned that this intimate portrait would be printed too big and it would lose some of its impact. However, it is one of the smaller images in the exhibit and draws the viewer in because of that.
I am so existed for the announcement of the category and overall winners at an event on 11th January 2018. I will be there to see the exhibition and hear the results – wish me luck!
IMAGES SOURCES
Facebook. (2017). Facebook [online] Available at: https://www.facebook.com/ [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017].
Flexible.falmouth.ac.uk. (2017). Photography student shortlisted for Picfair’s Women Behind the Lens competition. [online] Available at: http://flexible.falmouth.ac.uk/about/news-and-events/view,photography-student-shortlisted-for-picfairs-women-behind-the-lens-competition_116.htm [Accessed 13 Dec. 2017].
Instagram.com. (2017). Jo Sutherst [online] Available at: https://www.instagram.com/behind_the_mask_project/ [Accessed 14 Dec. 2017].
Picfair.com. (2017). Women Behind the Lens exhibition launches at The Guardian – A collection of images from Picfair. [online] Available at: https://www.picfair.com/blog/post/women-behind-the-lens-launches-guardian-exhibition-gallery [Accessed 11 Dec. 2017].
the Guardian. (2017). Picfair’s Women Behind the Lens contest: in pictures. [online] Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/dec/08/picfairs-women-behind-the-lens-contest-in-pictures [Accessed 8 Dec. 2017].
Twitter.com. (2017). Available at: https://twitter.com [Accessed 12 Dec. 2017].
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