BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7230@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230310 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20230424 DTSTAMP:20230403T151603Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/open-eye-gallery-2023-liverpool- city-region-photo-awards-winners/ SUMMARY:: Open Eye Gallery: 2023 Liverpool City Region Photo Awards Winners DESCRIPTION:2023 LIVERPOOL CITY REGION PHOTO AWARDS WINNERS\n10 MARCH - 23 APRIL 2023\n\n\n\n\nLAUNCH EVENT: 10 MARCH / 6–8PM / RSVP\n\nOpen Eye G allery and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority are presenting the  2023 Liverpool City Region Photography Awards Winners Exhibition. The co mpetition was announced in November\, and in two months we received over 1 900 images\, proving that Liverpool City Region is truly a place for photo graphers!\n\nThe judges have chosen 11 category winners and 33 commended s ubmissions\, which will make up the physical exhibition\, as well as the p hotographs that received a special mention from the judges (jurors’ choi ce). An image from every entry will also be featured in the Digital Window Gallery exhibition. The overall winner will be announced on the opening night. \n\nThese photographs tell impressive stories\, be it the joy of a football game\, personal stories of love\, grief and gratitude\, buzz of everyday urban life\, quiet trips to be in nature or journeys to the most exotic places. From portrait to landscape\, from still life to wildlife th ey show the power of a photograph: to bring us nearer to things we miss\, to communicate beyond language\, and connect instantly.\n\nThe exhibition opens 10 March\, 6–8 PM\, with drinks and music from Dance for Plants.  \n\n2023 Liverpool City Region Photo Awards was created by Open Eye Gall ery and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority to celebrate the culture\ , creativity and vibrancy across our city region — we want to make some noise about the talent living right here. Submissions were open to anyone living in the Liverpool City Region. The prize fund is £1\,600\, and the re are also special prizes: Darkroom membership from dot-art\, stay and b reakfast at INNSiDE Liverpool\, and Darkroom materials from Harman Tech nology.\n\nSpeaking about choosing the winners and curating the exhibition \, the judges say:\n\nCraig Easton\, Photographer\, Overall Winner of the 2021 Sony World Photography Awards said: It has been fascinating to see t he breadth and diversity of work from photographers of all kinds across th e Liverpool City Region: from social documentary to fashion and wildlife t o sports\, I’m delighted to see how much people are engaging with photog raphy in the region and thinking about the pictures they make.\n\nMariama Attah\, Judge for the 2022 Sony World Photography Award\, Head of Exhibiti ons Open Eye Gallery: The LCR Photo Awards celebrates not only the photog raphic talent in the region\, but also the deep love and personal approach es of how photography can be used. The images here show the range and imag ination of visual culture\, forming an impressive and reflective inaugural exhibition.\n\nLindsay Taylor\, Judge for 2021 Sony World Photography Awa rds\, Curator\, University of Salford Art Collection: It was truly a priv ilege and delight to be invited to judge these awards. It was wonderful to see so much creativity\, inspiration and talent from across the city regi on. Congratulations to everyone who took part!\n\nSarah Lovell\, Lead Offi cer – Culture Coordinator\, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority: T his is the first year we have held these Awards and we have been blown awa y by the response and quality of the entries!  We hope this will be a reg ular event and that it will inspire a whole new generation of photographer s from the Liverpool City Region.\n\nThe competition categories are as fol lows:\n\nPeople and Places. Telling stories of populated spaces – how d oes an environment influence a culture and how do people change a place?\n \nStill Life. Showing how an arrangement of things can elevate them and how stillness can become sculptural.\n\nLiving sustainably. The stories o f lifestyles conscious of the environment and our place in it.\n\nSport. T he faces of victory and the poise of an athlete can pass in a moment unles s a sharp eye manages to catch them.\n\nPortrait. A portrait is how we lea rn about something though human context — what are the stories a face ca n tell?\n\nUrban Living. What does living in the city look like? Stories of culture and lived experience.\n\nCreative. What photography can look li ke with different techniques and experiments?\n\nWildlife and Nature. Ins pired by the wealth of biodiversity across the Liverpool City Region.\n\n\ n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2023/03/Andrew-Dunford-Veterans-Cup-FinalLEAD-IMAGE-scaled-e167750368813 7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20221030T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR