25 Jan 2023

Icon Photography Competition: win a free Icon membership!

Icon is launching a new annual photography competition

“Conservation requires a keen sensitivity to form, colour and texture. We are a visual and sensory profession.

We are also very focused, and our photography is often so intent on accurately documenting details of construction, damage and treatment that we forget to document the beauty of our personal encounters with material culture.” - Ylva Dahnsjö ACR FLS FIIC

“Good images are essential to help Icon convey the importance and relevance of our members’ work to our stakeholders and to members of the public. Our website and social media channels are a key advocacy tool, but our photograph library is very limited. We would like to have access to a wider range of engaging images that illustrate the breadth of the conservation profession.” - Sara Crofts, Chief Executive

Icon is launching a new annual photography competition to encourage members to create images to help us communicate the magic of conservation with non-specialist audiences.

Entries may be used by Icon to illustrate conservation activity (the images will be fully credited). This is your chance to show off our profession and its everyday magic.

What we are looking for

An original, high quality image of an aspect of your work that addresses the challenge in the statements above.

Your image can include people, activities, or the subject of the conservation treatment. The picture doesn’t need to tell the whole story - or any story at all - but it must have the capacity to enthuse and intrigue the audience, and hopefully entice them to find out more about conservation.

You can submit more than one image. Please submit clear images that are up to 2,000px x 2,000px.

Who can submit entries

This competition is open to everyone – you don’t need to be an Icon member to participate.

How to submit an entry

Please use the form at the bottom of the page to submit your entry.

Prize

The winner will be chosen by Icon Chief Executive Sara Crofts and Icon member Ylva Dahnsjö ACR on the basis of the brief outlined above.

The winner will be announced at the end of March at the Icon Members’ Meeting and on the Icon website, and will receive free Icon membership for a year.

Closing date

28 February 2023

Winner announced

11 May 2023

If you have any questions, please email Geanina Beres (Communications Officer) at [email protected]

Submission form

Name ^* (required)

Email address ^* (required)

This photograph is my own work ^* (required)

Yes

How would you like your image to be credited

The image you submit for the competition must be up to 2,000px x 2,000px.

Do you also have a higher resolution version of this image?

yes

Please upload your image

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Please write a short description of what the image shows (e.g. who is in the image, what they are doing, what the object is)

Entries may be used by Icon to illustrate conservation activity on the Icon website, social media channels, and Advocacy and Policy documents and resources produced by Icon. By taking part in this competition, you agree to allow Icon to reproduce your image digitally and in print for these purposes (your image will be fully credited).