Lowestoft Journal Photo Competition
A phone box at Marlborough Sands, New Zealand
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Picture Studios is often working in partnership with the
Lowestoft Journal and they are providing the weekly prize
for our photo competition
Picture Studios
179 London Road North
Lowestoft
NR32 1HG
www.picturestudios.net |
EVER since the classic British red phone box began being phased
out, people across the country have found unusual uses for them
as they have tried to find a way to preserve the iconic kiosks.
The phone boxes are regarded as a symbol of the British way
of life, so when Colin Cook, of Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, came
across this site in New Zealand he was somewhat surprised.
He took a photograph of the red box in Marlborough Sands, near
Picton, when visiting his son Paul, in March, and now the impressive
image has been named The Journal’s Picture of the Week.
“My wife and I thought it was a good sight to see, being
so many miles from home,” said Mr Cook.
“These telephone boxes came in handy even out there. You
can see the fishing rods in there – waiting for the right
line I reckon!”
Mr Cook will be presented with his winning photograph in a 12in
x 10in frame, mounted and inscribed, in a prize worth more than £60
from Picture Studios, of London Road North, Lowestoft.
The photo will also go forward to the next final of winning
images where, together with his fellow prize-winners, he will
have a chance to win his image in a printed 12in x 18in photo
block worth £130.
How to enter
We are now accepting entries for next week’s competition. They have to be taken by amateur photographers and we would prefer the pictures to be digital and between 500KB and 1MB in size. We will also accept prints.
To enter, send your picture, along with your name, address and
contact details, to Journal editor Russell Cook at richard.wood@archant.co.uk and
mark your e-mail “Journal photo competition”.
Prints can be sent to:Russell Cook, Editor, The Journal, 147 London Road North, Lowestoft, NR32 1NB.
Slideshow of entries for June 13, 2008
Previous photo competitions
2008
June
6
May
30
May
23
May
16
To view the first Gallery of Winners, click here
Winner of the past 26 weeks
Meanwhile, entries have flooded in from readers who voted for the best winning image over the past 26 week which featured a host of imaginative photographs.
And the winner, with a total of 21 votes, was Carl Baldry, of Pinewood Avenue, Lowestoft, with his picture of a tiger at Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, at Filby.