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ELLERSLIE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 2011 Pages
Media Release 16-12-2010
Get snap happy and be in with a chance to
exhibit at Ellerslie
Get snap happy and be in
with a chance to exhibit at Ellerslie
Capture a stunning image this festive season and be in with
the chance to exhibit your photograph at next year’s
Ellerslie International Flower Show.
Anyone with an interest in photography is invited to enter
The Great Ellerslie Photo Competition, which is open until
Friday 11 February 2011.
The subject categories for the competition are broad and
flexible to encourage imagination and inventiveness. They
include an open category, with a ‘focus on flowers’
theme, a New Zealand landscape category and a people and flowers
category.
About 100 of the best photographs will be chosen to be part
of an exhibition which will run for the duration of the Show
from 9-13 March 2011.
Carolyn Green of The Fusion Trust, which is running the competition,
says photographers are encouraged to think “outside the
square” with their entries for the exhibition.
“We want people to use their imagination and to use
flowers as a theme. We encourage them to think about capturing
insects on flowers, flowers worn in someone’s hair or
flowers being used at events, such as weddings or funerals.
It’s all about looking at how flowers are represented
and thinking about how people interact with them.”
Entries will be judged in two categories – under 18
years and open. There are some great prizes, including a $500
digital camera from Photo and Video International.
Carolyn Green says there were some amazing entries in the
2010 competition and the winner Wendy-Lee Renner, who won
with her Magnolia Mist photograph, had never entered the competition
before.
“People get a real buzz out of getting their photos
displayed. Ellerslie is such a huge event for Christchurch
and every year The Great Ellerslie Photo Competition is very
popular among the public.”
Show Managing Director Dave Mee says The Great Ellerslie
Photo Competition is just another way Ellerslie celebrates
gardening.
“This is a great opportunity for budding as well as
professional photographers to capture images which highlight
one of our country’s favourite past times – gardening,”
he says.
For more information and to download an entry form, visit
www.fusiontrust.co.nz
or www.ellerslieflowershow.co.nz
or email office@fusiontrust.co.nz
* Ellerslie International Flower Show is New Zealand’s
premier week-long garden extravaganza in Christchurch’s
North Hagley Park from 9 to 13 March 2011. The Show celebrates
Christchurch’s Garden City heritage and the best of national
and international garden design. Check out the website for
further information www.ellerslieflowershow.co.nz
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