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| Competition Judges |
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Chief Judge Andrew Lawson says:
"As an IGPOTY judge you look at several thousand shortlisted images. All the time you're on the look-out for that special picture - that extra bit different. Certain photographs stand out and you put them on the shortlist for group judging. This is when the judges meet, compare notes and the wrangling begins. Each of us promotes his or her favourites and we are all prepared to be convinced. It is reassuring how this process distils into the final picture choice - the best pictures consistently come out of it.
The standard of entries was incredibly high, and sometimes there was only a whisker between a shortlisted picture and one that was not . We tried to take account of the fact that a simple graphic image, like a plant close-up, may look striking as a preview on a monitor, but a complex garden picture has a slower fuse and may only reveal its depth when enlarged to full screen. It is a fact of life when you enter this competition - and I hope you will - your picture first has to attract the judge's eye and then it must pack a bigger punch when enlarged. I would say that all our winners share this quality."
The 2013 competition will be judged overa period in betweeen November 2013 and January 2014. The judges are able to use the internet to view all entries, as well as the prints that were submitted. All digital photographs are able to be viewed on one of a suite of calibrated monitors running Photoshop and Bridge, in controlled viewing conditions.
The judges will comprise a panel of highly acclaimed industry professionals, including:
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Andrew Lawson is a well-known and highly respected
garden photographer whose pictures have been reproduced
extensively in books and magazines worldwide. Andrew
is a keen gardener himself and his pictures are informed
by a deep knowledge of the subject. He wrote and illustrated
'The Gardener's Book of Colour' published by Frances
Lincoln, and he has provided pictures for numerous
books including those written by Rosemary Verey, Penelope
Hobhouse, Roy Strong and HRH The Prince of Wales. |
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Clive Nichols is one of the world's most successful flower
and garden photographers. He has won many awards for
his work and in 2005 was voted 'Garden Photographer
of the Year' by the Garden Writers Guild. His work has
appeared in countless magazines, books and calendars
throughout the world and he is in constant demand as
a lecturer and teacher, running many workshops for the
Royal Horticultural Society. He has appeared on British
and Japanese TV, sits on the RHS Photographic Committee
and is a judge for the 'Garden Photographer of the Year'
competition. |
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Juliet Roberts has edited Gardens Illustrated for over six years. Prior to garden journalism, she worked for the British Film Institute on several different film magazines. Having spent a decade in publishing, Juliet re-trained as a professional photographer intending to change careers, but then she spotted a vacancy at Gardens Illustrated. The work combined her passion for gardening, photography and travel and she couldn’t resist. It turned out to be her perfect job.
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Tony Kirkham With his roots firmly in the world of Trees, Tony is now Head of Arboretum and Horticultural Services at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he looks after an amazing 14, 000 specimens.
Author and Editor of countless publications on the subject trees, Tony is also the Presenter of the acclaimed BBC series, "Trees that Made Britain". He has just finished the second series. With this wealth of experience, he is ideally placed to be our Guest Judge for the "Trees" category. |
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Ray Spence is a photographer based in the Midlands. He is a lecturer in photography at the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University.
Trained as a microbiologist and a keen organic gardener, much of his influence is drawn from natural forms. Plants, organic structures and the human body are all recurring themes.
Ray regularly exhibits and his work is published and collected widely. He is much in demand as a lecturer and workshop leader.
He is the author of the five books on photography and regularly contributes to magazine articles.
Currently, Ray is working as the official photographer for the Food for Life programme in conjunction with Garden Organic, Ryton.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and is chairman of the Distinctions Panels in ‘Visual Arts’ and ‘Printing’ |
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Victoria Skeet has twenty years experience in researching and editing images for commercial photo libraries, national newspapers, books and magazines. For the past nine years she has been working for The National Trust, commissioning and editing images of some of the world’s most beautiful gardens and plant collections. Her knowledge and love of gardens is not limited to the grand and formal, as a dedicated allotment-holder she is just as passionate about the small, the humble and the much-loved plot. |
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Roy Meiklejon is the Sales and Marketing Director of the specialist insurance brokers Towergate Camerasure. He has also been involved in a committed partnership with the photographic industry for over 20 years.
Roy has also participated in the judging process for many photographic associations and has a deep understanding of creative talent. |
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Jaime Plaza was born in Chile and migrated to Australia in the mid eighties. In 1989 he was employed as photographer at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney.
Since then Jaime has contributed to many scientific, exhibition and publication projects including The Flora of New South Wales, Vegetation Classification Assessment of New South Wales, Wollemi pine research, State of the Waratah exhibition for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Visitor Centre and many more educational, promotional and coffee table books.
As a freelancer, Jaime’s camera has been put to work for the National Museum of Australia, the Museum of Sydney, the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, the Ministry of the Arts, the Powerhouse Museum and many garden and natural history magazines.
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Sue Herdman started her career as a feature writer working for broadsheets including The Daily Telegraph, The Times and the Guardian and magazines such as Country Life.
After seven years at BBC Worldwide magazines, where she became a Features and Commissioning Editor, she took on the role of Editor of The National Trust Magazine, which holds the third highest magazine circulation figure in Britain, with 4 million readers.
Since October 2012 she has been in post as Editor-in-Chief of The Chelsea Magazine Company, overseeing eight magazines, including Britain, one of the UK's top heritage publications. Throughout her career she has worked closely with photographers in locations as diverse as The Great Wall of China, Frida Kahlo's home in Mexico City and the quintessential Oxfordshire English garden. |
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Christina Harrison is editor of Kew magazine – the magazine of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She has worked at Kew for over 11 years – in horticulture, garden interpretation and now as editor, using photography to its full potential to tell stories about Kew, the beauty and importance of plants and the environment. She is also the author of Kew's Big Trees.
Christina has worked with several renowned photographers and selecting that right image that tells a powerful story is an integral part of putting every feature in Kew magazine together.
A keen photographer herself, she delights in the achievements of those who can capture a true magic moment on camera.
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