Growing Old Disgracefully ÔÇô Call for digital photographs Friday, March 12, 2010 - 16:00

Older learners

As part of our 25th Birthday celebrations, NIACE Dysgu Cymru and the Wales Millennium Centre are pleased to be working together on the exhibition Growing Old Disgracefully as part of the Gwanwyn Festival celebrating creativity in older age.  Inspired by a NIACE competition which ran in 2009 and intended to challenge perceptions of later life, we are asking for photographers from all over Wales to submit their photos.  This prize winning photo from 2009 was taken by Ron Lapthorn of Caldicot.

Growing Old Disgracefully will be shown throughout May at the Wales Millennium Centre and will feature selected digital photographs submitted by members of the public from all over Wales. We are looking for photographs of older people learning and doing surprising activities. So from zorbing, break dancing and skydiving to tweeting, DJ'ing and skateboarding, if you are, or you know, a member of the older generation that has a quirky, unexpected or adventurous hobby or has the urge to learn one, then this is the challenge for you.

Photographs may be submitted by any age group but must be of an older person.  The photographer must have the permission of the subject to be photographed so we will leave it to them to define "older". 

Timetable

  • Entries are open now and the closing date is 7th April
  • April - May - Judging and framing
  • May - Exhibition opens and is displayed at Wales Millennium Centre

Guidelines / Rules for entries:

  1. This competition is open to photographers of all age ranges but must feature older people
  2. The deadline for entries is Thursday 7th April
  3. A judging panel, including some older people,  will choose a selection of the photos to be made into an exhibition to be displayed in Wales Millennium Centre
  4. The subject in the photo must have given the photographer permission to take the photo and for it to be used in an exhibition
  5. In order to be used in an exhibition photos must be availably in ideally at least 2MB in size (They will be resized by Flickr when entered)
  6. Photographs may be humorous but must not be disrespectful.
  7. The Centre reserve the right not to exhibit entries

How to submit your entry:

If you have a suitable photograph and don't understand how to submit it please contact education@wmc.org.uk or someone in your local library or adult community education centre might be able to help.

Good Luck with your entry lets hope yours is one of the photos that will be on display at the Wales Millennium Centre in May!