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Winners of the 2019 ISH Photo Competition announced
4 November 2019
This year, dozens of University College London staff and students entered outstanding photographs on the theme of 'People Heritage'.
The entries were judged by UCL ISH Director Professor May Cassar, Visual anthropologist and artist Marcel-Reyes Cortes, 2018 winner Maija Powell and 2017 winner Ahmed Kawser.
People-centred heritage is not only about increasing formal participation mediated by experts such as education. People are increasingly engaging with their heritage for what it provides to their wellbeing, their sense of belonging and place-making. For many, heritage is integral to their lives and is as familiar as breathing. People’s heritage underlines the dynamic and mutually beneficial role of heritage in society.
The winners were announced and awarded prizes at a UCL ISH Guest Lecture delivered by ISH Deputy Director Prof Adam Gibson, Using medical imaging to study artworks, books and manuscripts, on 30 October 2019.
Winner
Border jumping
By Sebastian Paredes Smith, MSc student at The Bartlett Development Planning Unit
First runner up
Beyond the walls
It is the smell of morning laundry when crossing this narrow path in Paroikia that makes one recall memories of places where people live with heritage, here by the side of the Frankish Castle.
By Efstathia Kosopoulou, PhD student at The Bartlett School of Architecture
Second runner up
Graffiti in Prune
No great artist ever sees things as they really are, if he did, he would cease to be an artist.
By Samidha Mahesh Pusalkar, MA student at The Bartlett School of Architecture
Third runner up
Chapel on the hill
This chapel is in the small town of Pollenca at the top of the 365 Calvaria steps. The journey up these steps was made by convicts before meeting their demise and is still used today in the Good Friday parade after the stages of the cross each year
By Harry Barton, Communications, Marketing and Events Administrator at The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources and Master student in Geography
Special mentions
Heritage in movements
By Cristian Olmo, The Bartlett Development Planning Unit alumnus
Early wave
First hour of the day at the Acropolis, filled with tourists already.
By Samidha Mahesh Pusalkar, MA student at The Bartlett School of Architecture
The Aguayo
The Aguayo is a traditional method for carrying children in Bolivia. Although it is denounced as indigenous and not modern by some young Bolivian women, others prefer to keep their mothers' tradition as it permits them to participate in the labour market while taking care of their children.
By Samidha Mahesh Pusalkar, MA student at The Bartlett School of Architecture