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Monday 11 Dec 2023

Award-winning landscape photography on show at Network Rail stations

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• Exhibition of winning and commended images from the 2023 Landscape Photographer of the Year competition at London Paddington station till 7 January 2024
• Featured images include Looking by Alexander Swyer - winner of the Network Rail sponsored “My Railway Adventure” category
• Exhibition to undertake nationwide tour of Network Rail stations in 2024

Photography lovers and visitors to one of London’s most iconic stations can view an exhibition of stunning British landscape photography before it goes on a nationwide tour next year. Winning and commended images from the 2023 Landscape Photographer of the Year Award can be seen free-of-charge at London’s Paddington until 7 January 2024, and then at other Network Rail station locations across Britain through to the Spring.

The Landscape Photographer of the Year competition - founded by renowned photographer, Charlie Waite in 2007 - offers both amateur and professional photographers the opportunity to celebrate Britain’s most beautiful rural and urban scenery. The touring exhibition includes all the commended images in the My Railway Adventure award category, which is sponsored by Network Rail and celebrates the many ways in which the railway forms some of the most impressive views of the British landscape.

Alexander Swyer from West Sussex won the My Railway Adventure award category with his image Looking:  “I shot this scene on a steam train while on holiday in Devon. Two ladies were sat opposite with their dogs, and I loved the way all four were looking through the window at the countryside. I had my camera on the table and quickly took a couple of photos. I sent a copy of this picture to the ladies as well as entering it for the competition, and I’m delighted it has been received by both parties so positively.”

Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, chair of Network Rail and on the judging panel for the Landscape photography competition, praised the images entered in the My Railway Adventure category: “This is a brilliant competition and ‘Looking’ was the standout railway image, evoking the beauty of railway travel. The other commended images convey, artistically, the indelible mark that the railway has on the British landscape. The tour of this exhibition will allow hundreds of thousands of station users to discover, and also be inspired by, the wonder and joys of Britain through the very best of landscape photography.”

The 2024 tour dates for the Landscape Photographer of the Year exhibition are:

Station	Dates
Liverpool Lime Street	8th January to 19th January 2024
Manchester Piccadilly	20th January to 3rd February 2024
Glasgow Central	5th February to 18th February 2024
Edinburgh Waverley	19th February to 4th March 2024
Leeds City	5th March to 23rd March 2024
London Bridge	24th March to 13th April 2024
London Waterloo	14th April to 4th May 2024

All the winning entries in the railway category of the competition can be found at: My Railway Adventure - Landscape Photographer of the Year (lpoty.co.uk)

Further details on the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition can be found on our website: Landscape Photographer of the Year - Network Rail.