Creativity and skill - two winners announced and several commended in the College’s photo competition
Lucy Cavendish students took part in a photography competition this term, where they had the opportunity to enter their photos into two categories - Autumn in Cambridge and Change.
Dr Jane Goodall, Lecturer, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and Lucy Fellow, was one of the judges for the competition and fed back that the photos were absolutely outstanding, and the range of creativeness and skill shown by the photographers made the job of judging extremely difficult. Deciding between an incredible 71 entries, Autumn Happiness by Matilde Azeiteiro de Almeida Duarte was chosen as the winner in the category Autumn in Cambridge, and The changes of life: Face mask also needs sunshine, from Lucy Cavendish library by Fang Deng from the category Change.
Jane comments on the winner for Autumn in Cambridge:
“The photographer uses a bold composition, with beautiful colour, and conveying the joy of autumn though the subject holding the leaf to the camera. The image shows that it is the season of leaves falling, soft light and rich colour, but yet this image is saying more than that, the student is softly focussed and the smile half revealed. Is the photographer providing an allegorical meaning to the photograph, symbolising hope, yet guarded optimism about the future?”
Autumn in Cambridge
Winner (shown above):
Autumn Happiness, Matilde Azeiteiro de Almeida Duarte
Highly Commended:
Don’t leaf me this way, Emma Perry
Castle Street, Miriam Dzah
Breeze Time, Xueqing Lai
Commended:
mind BLOWN, Michelle Miniter
Morning Rays of Trinity, Linda Arroyo
Frosty Mornings by the River Cam, Marta Mitrofanovaite
Change
Winner:
The changes of life: Face mask also needs sunshine, from Lucy Cavendish library, Fang Deng
Jane comments:
“A bold image, with strong lines and structure, with gorgeous dark and sultry colours. The strong architectural form contrasts with the flimsy nature of the mask, cast aside while the student focuses on their work. Despite the darkness, the light is streaming through the window, suggesting that for this instant, the student sees and feels the light and radiance of the sunshine. A beautiful image and strong narrative made this a winner for ‘Change’.”
Highly Commended:
Metamorphosis in Green, Olivia Knutson
Fleeting, Huang Yueyi
Commended:
Change Starts in the Heart, Xiaoling Wu
You can view the competition photo gallery here
or go straight to Autumn in Cambridge or Change