Get snapping your take on the shire
01 Aug, 2011 04:00 AM
WHAT does Sutherland Shire mean to you — community spirit, friendships, sport, arts, or a beachside walk or early morning surf or swim?
Cronulla Beach CBD is running a photo competition in Australian census week to create a snapshot in time of the shire. Amateur shire photographers of all ages may enter the Seven Days 2011 Photographic Competition with images taken from August 8 to 14. Winners and finalists will be exhibited as part of the Fiesta @ The Beach at Cronulla on October 23 and in the new Cronulla Photographic Gallery in Cronulla Central from October 30 to November 30.
Judges are:
* Fairfax Community Newspapers Chief Photographer, John Veage;
* Photographer Tony Rea, a former teacher and Grays Point resident who sells his own work online and at Paddington and Local markets.
* and Mark Tippett, a commercial artist who has a background in magazine and graphic design and teaches artand specialises in caricatures. He is also a finalist in this year’s Bald Archys.
Winner of the Open Category Prize will receive $1000 to spend at Caringbah Camera House, under 12 category prize is a Fuji FinPix F550 Digital Camera and $100 to spend on Fuji Photographic Equipment at Harvey Norman Caringbah.
Entry details: Cronulla CBD or
cronevents@ssc.nsw.gov.au.