It's been encouraging to find there have been two photography exhibitions on recently in Norwich. First of all the Flickr Norwich UK group organised an exhibition of members' work in a vacant shop unit in a prominent part of Norwich's Castle Mall shopping centre last month - which is still running - and secondly in the Forum there was a one week exhibition of the winning and shortlisted entries in the 'Norwich 12' competition. This was designed to find creative and original views of twelve heritage buildings in the city centre; the winning shots of each building will feature in a series of postcards. I'm always happy to see amateur photographers being encouraged to produce and display their work, and if it generates additional interest in the many fine buildings in the city, all well and good.
I was pleased that my own entry (top picture on the display board) for photographs of Norwich City Hall - a fine listed building designed in the Scandinavian style - made the short list and hence was on display. The launch evening for the exhibition was a great chance to talk with some of the other exhibitors about their photographs and to bounce some ideas around. I hope there will be another Norwich 12 competition this summer!
