Park Plaza Photographic Competition

We were briefed by our tutor Adrian on the 3^rd of October for a competition for the Leeds’ Park Plaza hotel. It required us to enter three square format photographs into three separate categories. The winning entries would be displayed within various parts of the hotel and a free weekend abroad was to be given away. Below are the categories and my photographic entries:

Yorkshire Hospitality – people of Leeds

 

Icons of Leeds – history, heritage and architecture of Leeds

Wild Yorkshire

I’m very proud of my entries, I felt like they fulfilled the required specifications. They were engaging photographs that creatively explored the themes. All three were chosen to feature within the top hundred by a judging panel and they progressed to a vote on the social networking site Facebook. This is where I became frustrated. Instead of the final photographs winning on merit, it instead was awarded to the people that had the most friends on Facebook and was prepared to plug it the most effectively. Very intelligently you had to sign up to advertising from the Plaza to vote. It all became a bit of a farce. I made a big attempt to secure votes but didn’t believe it was right to keep pestering people or that it was a credible system, so I stopped. Some photographs were deserving in my opinon, others not so much. It was an interesting experience regardless and I relished the opportunity to work under constraints.