At the beginning of the year, we launched our new annual photography competition to gather images to use in our communications materials and showcase the magic of conservation to non-specialist audiences.
We have received some fantastic entries, so we want to share them with the public and get everyone involved. What's your favourite?
You can see all entries in the gallery below, where you are able to click on each individual image to enlarge it. To vote, scroll down to the voting section, make your choice and click 'Done'.
The brief: We are looking for images that document the beauty of personal encounters with material culture, and show off our profession and its everyday magic. The pictures don't need to tell the whole story - or any story at all - but they must have the capacity to enthuse and intrigue the audience, and entice them to find out more about conservation.
‘Through the Looking Glass’ Cecilia Warren
Credit Gloria Conti ACR
Credit Gordon Maiwald, Maiwald & Mosse Ltd
Credit International Conservation Services & City of Sydney
Credit Jelena Zagora, Croatian Conservation Institute
Credit Leah Warriner - Wood and the tapestry conservation team, Doddington Hall.jpeg
Credit Len Chalmers
Credit LR Conservation
Credit MGIL-PROJECTALMADA2022
Pottery vessel dating back to the Greco-Roman era in southern Egypt, after the Treatment process
The face of the statue of the goddess Isis with the appearance of a thin layer of gold in the face after the cleaning process
Mould on paper, SLUB, Dresden
Roberta Di Febo (Museo Nazionale Romano – Palazzo Altemps, Italy) (1)
Roberta Di Febo (Museo Nazionale Romano – Palazzo Altemps, Italy) (2)
Credit Polly Clowes
Credit Sejal Goel, Missouri Historical Society
Credit Steven Wood-Matthews, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service.jpg
Credit Steven Wood-Matthews, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service.jpg
Credit Steven Wood-Matthews, Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service.jpg
Credit The Scottish Conservation Studio
Credit The Scottish Conservation Studio
Credit Ali Ibrahim
Angel statue with enamel eyes and silver foil packed for travelling
Credit Lucilla Nitto for P.F. Restorations
Credit Lucilla Nitto for P.F. Restorations
Credit Lucilla Nitto for P.F. Restorations
Courtesy of the Thuringia State Archives, Photo by Tara Laubach, Zentrum für Bucherhaltung, Leipzig
Courtesy of the Thuringia State Archives, Photo by Tara Laubach, Zentrum für Bucherhaltung, Leipzig
Credit Craig Deller
Credit Claire Dean
Credit Dan Schindler
Preparing a canvas
Digital Contrast microscopic image of mould on paper by Tara Laubach, ZfB
Credit Exquisite Ceramic Restoration Pte. Ltd.
Credit Credit Penny Fisher, Gilmour Fisher Restoration
Credit Estelle Brunet Conservation
Credit Estelle Brunet Conservation
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Alternatively, you can open the voting page in a new tab by clicking here.
The voting will close on 30 April.
The winner of the People's Choice Award will also win a free Icon membership. They will be announced together with the main winner of the competition in May.
Banner image credit: Leah Warriner-Wood and the tapestry conservation team, Doddington Hall
