MyTown, the UK’s biggest outdoor exhibition of street photography, returns for 2018

The competition, which showcases the work of UK photographers, celebrates the diversity and uniqueness of our local towns and cities.

• Clear Channel has launched the second installment of its street photography competition MyTown, which celebrates the people, places and moments that make up the UK’s communities
• Renowned social documentary photographer Dougie Wallace is joined on this year’s judging panel by Ronya Galka and Linda Wisdom, two of the UK’s best street photographers
• Selected entries will be showcased on Clear Channel’s Digital Out of Home sites across the country, to create the UK’s biggest ever outdoor exhibition of street photography

Outdoor media owner Clear Channel has today announced the return of MyTown, the UK’s biggest outdoor exhibition of street photography. The competition, which showcases the work of UK photographers, celebrates the diversity and uniqueness of our local towns and cities.

Last year hundreds of budding photographers, both amateur and professional, submitted images that highlighted the real-life moments, situations, and people that perfectly sum up the communities within their town or city.

Selected images from this year’s entries will be showcased across Clear Channel’s national network of over 3,000 screens – the UK’s largest digital Out of Home network – and also displayed at a pop-up exhibition at Carousel: Next Door in central London, on December 5^th, where the winner will be announced.

Justin Cochrane, CEO, Clear Channel UK says: “Like all of the MyTown entrants, we love the uniqueness of our towns and cities, and the people who make them great.”

“We’re exceptionally proud to be bringing MyTown back again, bigger and better than last year. Our continually expanding digital portfolio, the UK’s largest, is the perfect vehicle to reach the nation and showcase the excellent work capturing what makes our towns so special.”

Returning judge Dougie Wallace says: “The bar was set exceptionally high last year, I was blown away with the sheer volume and high quality of MyTown’s entries. Huge quantities of them captured the spontaneity and spirit of street photography.

The UK’s towns and cities provide us with exceptional subjects – a truly great street photographer will make ordinary life look extraordinary. I’m looking forward to seeing how this year’s entrants tell the stories of their communities and those around them.”

The competition is open from now until Sunday 11 November, with a series of selected entries running on screens in the coming weeks. The shortlist will be announced on November 21^st. In addition to the national exposure of the exhibition, the winning photographer will receive a X100F, Fujifilm’s premium compact camera, and a UK City Break of their choosing.

About this year’s judges:

Dougie Wallace is an award-winning British Street Photographer famed for his ‘Harrodsburg’ series, which won the Magnum Photographer Award in 2016 and had a number of images included as part of the Royal Academy’s 2018 Summer Exhibition, curated by Grayson Perry.

His photos have been published in Dazed, GQ, The Guardian, New York Times and more, and he is internationally recognised for his long-term social documentary projects and distinct style of expressive street photography. Wallace’s next book ‘Shoreditch Themepark’ will be published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in March next year.

Ronya Galka was named as one of the ‘Top 10 British Street Photographers in 2015’ by the Interactive Design Institute and last year was shortlisted for ‘Most Influential Street Photographers of 2016’ . Her fine art street photography has been exhibited at Liberty’s of London and the Pall Mall Gallery in London. It can be found in private collections around the world and has resulted in numerous publications and exhibitions over the past ten years. She was also a contributor to the book ‘The New Street Photographer’s Manifesto’ published by Illex Press.

Linda Wisdom is a professional photographer specialising in fine art urban and street photography for almost 10 years. She has been a part of many successful exhibitions including the London Photo Festival in Borough, Photo City London in 2017. Linda won ‘Best Street Life’ category with the British Life Photography Awards 2016 and was commended again in 2018, where her image was exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall. Her next group exhibition will be in Hull in October as part of the HIP Festival 2018.

Selected photos will also be shared across the MyTown Instagram page: mytownphotography

For more information on the competition, including how to enter, please visit: www.MyTown.Photography