I heard recently that two of my Spirit of Brooklands images have been shortlisted for the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, which means that they will be exhibited at the National Theatre in London in November, and will appear in the associated book that is published by the organisers.
I entered the inaugural competition in 2007 and this image of Sandbags on Portobello Beach was awarded the Highly Commended category, and appeared in the Sunday Times Magazine article about the competition. I was asked at the time what the sandbags were about and said I had no idea, and that I had just found them lying on the beach. The day after the article appeared in the Sunday Times I got a call from Jephson Robb (http://www.jephsonrobb.com), a Scottish artist who said that the sandbags were part of his art installation for Big Things on the Beach (http://www.bigthingsonthebeach.org.uk), a public art trust in Portobello, Edinburgh. The sandbags were filled by the local people and then three pyramids were built from the filled sandbags.
Unfortunately I never got to see the final installation as it had been taken down by the time I found out about it, but there are plenty of photos on their website.
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