An Alexandria photographer has spoken of the honour he felt after finding out three of his images had been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
Mark Harris has reached the final of the fiercely-contested Guild of Photographers’ Image of the Year competition.
The Guild is a highly respected UK-based association for photographers which also has members from overseas, making Mark’s achievement even more notable.
Each year it runs an online monthly photographic competition, judged by internationally respected judges with awards given to the best entries.
During 2020, the competition attracted over 16,000 entries from the most talented of photographers.
From all the entries across the year, the Guild’s judges have selected 10 images in various genres to go forward to the annual Image of the Year final with Mark managing to get three of his images in three separate categories shortlisted.
Mark said contributing his images is a way of helping him strive to be better.
He explained: “I love photography and put a lot of effort into developing my skills. One way I do that is to enter the Guild’s competition.
“It drives forward photography standards month after month so it helps me push myself.”
Guild director Lesley Thirsk said: “One of the Guild’s aims is to drive standards and creativity amongst photographers. Our competition certainly does that, for the standard of the entries we see each month is quite staggering.
“To have an image recognised by the Guild in the monthly competition is difficult enough, so to have an image selected as being one of the best in a category for the end of year final is without doubt an incredible achievement, and shows just how talented photographer Mark Harris is.”
The results are set to be announced in early February.
