We’ve teamed up with Frances Lincoln Publishers to give away five signed copies of ‘London Light‘ by photographer Sandra Lousada. A tribute to the city – Lousada’s book captures her relationship with London in all its movement, light and colour. Enter the competition below for the possibility to win (entry deadline: 8th September 2010).
Sandra Lousada has enjoyed a fruitful career of theatre, portrait, fashion, beauty and advertising photography. She became internationally renowned in these areas but it wasn’t until she reached her sixties, having always worked in 35mm and medium-format film, that she delved into the world of digital photography.
She enrolled in a postgraduate course in digital photography at Central St Martins College of Art & Design and discovered that she had finally found an appropriate medium in her digital camera to capture the London she lived in and so loved. Playing on initial ideas of light and water, she progressed to capture movement, colour and reflections: all of which evoke a deep emotional response.
This response was a reflection of what she sees, feels and breathes in London. The advent of her late husband’s death clearly had an impact on her images, producing what her children called ‘crying images’:
‘In the winter months that followed his death I couldn’t sleep, so I would drive around London in the middle of the night, quite often in strong winds and rain. Every so often something would catch my eye and I’d get out of the car and struggle to see what I had noticed and try to work out how to record it’.
The resulting images of her experience show an alternative side to the bustling city – a slowing down of time from the shadows of a thoughtful insight.
COMPETITION: To win one of 5 signed copies of LONDON LIGHT, simply email your name and delivery address to competitions@londondesignguide.com with ‘London Light’ in the subject line.
Competition closes at midday on Friday 10th September 2010. Five winners will be chosen at random and notified by email on 10th September. The competition is open to readers from any country and books will be dispatched to the delivery address you supply.
THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. Congratulations to the winners: Yvonne Ferri-Hermann; Katherine Grieve; Lisa Hutchinson; Rebecca Townsend; Emma Day.
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All featured photographs are taken from ‘LONDON LIGHT’ by Sandra Lousada, published at £25 by Frances Lincoln.
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