The South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year Exhibition has arrived in style at London’s Paddington Station, bringing spectacular images of England’s longest National Trail to the heart of the capital.
This is the first time the annual photography competition, organised by the South West Coast Path Association, has held a public exhibition in London, and where better to set it than at Paddington, rail gateway to the South West region?
Featuring 22 photographs displayed on striking large-scale panels, this colourful exhibition highlights both the beauty of the South West Coast Path - 630 miles of stunning coastline spanning four counties, from Minehead to Poole - and the threats to its future caused by climate change.
Amongst the first visitors to the exhibition, which opened on 3 July, were some of the winning photographers, whose images were selected from a total of over 1,500 entries in categories such as Your Path, Urban Lines, Climate Change and Young Photographer of the Year. They included Jennifer Rogers, whose images took first place in the competition’s Your Path category, and both first and second places in the Nature category; Gary Holpin, who won in the Climate Change category for his image, ‘Blue Hour over a flooded Porlock Marsh’; and Alex Walton whose image ‘Trail Lights of Sidmouth’ won the Urban Lines category.
More details – with images – here.
The South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year exhibition is free and can be viewed on Platforms 8 & 9 at Paddington Station until 30 July.