There are just a few days left to vote for the winner of the CIOB’s Art of Building digital photography competition, which closes on July 18.
CIOB members and members of the public are invited to select their favourite from a shortlist of 12 images that can be viewed at www.artofbuilding.org. The overall winner will be crowned Art of Building Photographer of the Year on August 1, and receive a £1,500 cash prize.
This year’s competition has exceeded expectations, with more than 2,000 entries submitted by amateur and professional photographers from both the UK and abroad. The 12 finalists, selected by a panel of judges including the architect and broadcaster Maxwell Hutchinson; photography critic and editor Sue Steward; and award-winning photographer Matt Wain, have already been displayed on the BBC news website and in London’s Metro newspaper, among others.
Photos include the dramatic A Moment of Intensity by American Adam Goldsmith, which depicts an anguished man resting his head against the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Rooftop Walk by the UK’s David Poultney depicts a lonely contractor wandering across the vast roof of the International Broadcast Centre at the Olympic Park in Stratford. In a quirky nod to the past, Scottish photographer Alan Kempster’s Old Gazebo shows an old man and his dog taking a break at a Century-old gazebo, while the dramatically-lit image Work by Latvia’s Alnis Stakle shows French office workers chatting and enjoying a cigarette outside office buildings in Paris.
The CIOB is making plans to exhibit the 12 photos in a top London gallery, and is also asking for contractors to suggest suitable sites in the UK where images can be displayed on the side of hoardings. Get in contact via the website if you are interested.
Have a look at the final 12 entries below, and help choose your winner by casting your vote here: http://www.artofbuilding.org/vote
Title: Ghosts of the Underground | Photographer: Christopher Drummond
Title: Work from series Lost | Photographer: Alnis Stakle
Title: Rooftop Walk | Photographer: David Poultney
Title: A Moment of Intensity | Photographer: Adam Goldsmith
Title: Old Gazebo | Photographer: Alan Kempster
Title: Ghosts of the future | Photographer: Paul Greenwood
Title: Sofia25 | Photographer: Antoni Georgiev
Title: Golden Moment | Photographer: Mirza Shoaib
Title: Staircase 2 | Photographer: Christian Morris
Title: Cabled City | Photographer: Eric Chan
Title: The last tower | Photographer: Zoltán Balogh
Title: Level Seventeen | Photographer: Nieva German
