THE City of Greater Geelong is encouraging local amateur and professional photographers to show their creativity by submitting an entry in the 2024 Geelong Calendar Photography Competition.<\/p>\n
The annual competition, which opened last week, and will see people of all ages and backgrounds photograph what makes the Greater Geelong region unique and diverse through their own lens.<\/p>\n
Mayor Cr Trent Sullivan said that the Geelong Calendar Photography Competition helps to raise the profile of Geelong and the world class natural environment.<\/p>\n
“The popular photography competition is all about celebrating the beauty and uniqueness of our region,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Last year our competition attracted over 1,000 entries with the winning photo a stunning aerial photograph of Corio Bay by Highton resident Lasith Merinpanayagam.”<\/p>\n
Chair of the City of Greater Geelong\u2019s creativity and culture portfolio Cr Melissa Cadwell said the annual calendar was a fantastic way of championing local photographers.<\/p>\n
“Our annual calendar photography competition provides residents with an opportunity to celebrate and share our local landscapes, seascapes and urban places in a way that can only be truly appreciated visually,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We live in such a beautiful part of the world and our annual calendar photography competition is for residents with a passion for photography, to get out and about.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many good submissions, it’s hard selecting the final 13, but thankfully the community helps us by voting for the best ones.”<\/p>\n
Competition entries will close on 11 August and then the public will vote for the featured 13 calendar photos in September.<\/p>\n
More than 135,000 of the calendars will be printed and posted to City of Greater Geelong households in November.<\/p>\n
For more information on the comp visit geelong.link\/calendarphotocomp.<\/p>\n