“I was really impressed by the breadth of quality and creativity through all of the age groups, but what caught my attention the most was the love for the area that I felt at the awards night.

The people who entered the competition are proud of where they live and its rich history.

It was more than just a photo competition, it was for people from all walks of life to come together and share their creative visions of the area.”

Philip Haynes - Award winning professional photographer & one of our 6 judges

THE WINNERS 2022

JOINT WINNER Under 12 yrs Hayne Street by Fergus McCann-Bottyan 
‘I saw a drain, looked into it, it was Barbican station and a tube was there’! 

JOINT WINNER Under 12 yrs Three Corners Park by Indiana Passmore   
‘I like seeing the pigeons in my park’.

RUNNER-UP Under 12s Clerkenwell Bus by Heidy Vanessa Gonzalez Rojas
‘One word that comes to me when I think of Clerkenwell or EC1 is “home”. It’s where I’ve lived since I was 1 ; where I’ve gone school, swimming lesson and clubs. It’s a place I’m proud to call my home. My families’ home as well. In my photos, I want to show Clerkenwell and EC1 though my eyes.’

WINNER 12-18s Lever Street by Sam Ingram

RUNNER-UP 12-18s Spa Fields, Northampton Row by Sam Ingram

WINNER 19-34 Seddon Highwalk by Tugce Karapinar
A prominent feature of Clerkenwell is the ‘Barbican Station’. This focuses on the concept of ‘looking through’. Walking through Seddon Highwalk, I was able to capture a different viewpoint of an environment that is used by many on a daily basis

RUNNER-UP 19-34 Just north of St Paul’s Cathedral Charles C 
“Friends, Londoners. Countrymen, lend me your horses” The city belongs to everybody and the road is for everybody in the community to enjoy. This picture to me is a perfect representation of this idea!

RUNNER-UP 19-34. Spa Fields by Adele New 
‘The Clerkenwell community captured in the heatwave.’

HIGHLY COMMENDED 19-34 Wilmington Square  Jessie Durk
‘Social Distancing’. A group of pigeons respect social distancing as they relax in the sun.

HIGHLY COMMENDED 19-34 Myddelton Square  Thomas Fletcher
Pigeon Audience - An audience of pigeons in Myddelton square waiting to be fed during a lockdown.

HIGHLY COMMENDED 19-34 Sadlers Wells. by Jingyeong Ryu  19-34
A truck for stage props becomes a canvas for the shades of tree leaves. 

WINNER 35-65 Exmouth Market  Thomas Casey Exmouth Market in the rain

RUNNER-UP 35-65. Cowcross Street BY Thomas Casey
Reluctant Dog

RUNNER-UP 35-65 St John Square  Cedric D’Amico  FourCorner chess club

HIGHLY COMMENDED 35-65. Leather Lane by Iva Petrovic
‘Whiskey the Cat

HIGHLY COMMENDED 35-65. Rosebery Avenue by Cedric D’Amico
Urdung Dancers

WINNER Over 65s St Luke’s, Old Street by Tessa Sheridan  ‘Loss of Connection’. When the LSO closes its local community choir after nineteen years, founder member Grace (98), tears up her sheet music in protest. .

RUNNER-UP Over 65s Sadler’s Wells, Rosebery Avenue   Anthony Tam 
Dancing Clerkenwell: “The Red Shoes” musical by Matthew Bourne at Sadlers Wells.

HIGHLY COMMENDED Over 65s  Sekford Street by Mattie Faint
‘Clerkenwell is such a fascinating area, I love it, I’ve lived here for over 50 years!’

WINNER BEST SERIES Under 12s Exmouth Market and Three Corners Park  by Summer Passmore 
Taken on Exmouth Market and Three Corners Park. ‘I took these photos of my sister playing in the park and of our walk along Exmouth Market’.

HIGHLY COMMENDED SERIES Under 12s. Clerkenwell and EC1 - various   Heidy Vanessa Gonzalez Rojas 
One word that comes to me when I think of Clerkenwell or EC1 is “home”. It’s where I’ve lived since I was 1; where I’ve gone school, swimming lesson and clubs. It’s a place I’m proud to call my home. My families’ home as well. In my photos, I want to show Clerkenwell and EC1 though my eyes.

WINNER BEST SERIES 12-18s Brewhouse Yard St John St, Rosoman St, Goswell Road, Goswell Road by Sam Ingram 

WINNER BEST SERIES 19-34 Old Street,  Old Street, Shoreditch Triangle by James Liu  19-34
Taken on a single walk at different times of day, show how different worlds can exist on the same streets.

HIGHLY COMMENDED SERIES 19-34. Clerkenwell Close, Spa Fields, Northampton Square, Sans Walk by Zipu Zhu 
Togetherness: A series documenting people together in their ‘connected’ spaces, exploring the intricacies and facets of people together in their ways of idleness in their given environment through documentary urban photography.

JOINT WINNER BEST SERIES 35-65 Golden Lane Estate by Stephen O’Neill  Modernist nooks & crannies (Photography with a touch of collage). ‘Some local familiar architecture, in unfamiliar arrangements.’

JOINT WINNER BEST SERIES 35-65. Haywards Place, Sekford Street, Clerkenwell Close by Aidan Taub  35-65
‘Reflections on Clerkenwell’ Taken on those rarest of days - wet sunny London. (May 24th 2022)

HIGHLY COMMENDED SERIES 35-65  Clerkenwell Close, St James’s Walk, St Luke’s by Michele Kaye 
Doors.  ‘Mood, Welcome, Hidden’

WINNER BEST SERIES Over 65s Whitecross Street by Dennis Durack 
Whitecross Street party 2022

RUNNER-UP BEST SERIES Over 65s Northampton Road, Rosebery Avenue  Anthony Tam  Over 65s
Dancing Clerkenwell. The Peel’s Christmas lunch co-hosted by members of the Metropolitan police. Salsa tutor of the Peel giving a celebratory performance. “The Red Shoes” musical by Matthew Bourne at Sadlers Wells.

WINNER - MY CLERKENWELL AT WORK SPONSORED BY CENTRAL DISTRICT ALLIANCE
Pear Tree Court by Zipu Zhu 
Seen at a distance, unseen by most, working at heights above the Piano Works building amongst the birds.

RUNNER-UP - MY CLERKENWELL AT WORK SPONSORED BY CENTRAL DISTRICT ALLIANCE
Smithfield Market by Richard Betson

HIGHLY COMMENDED - MY CLERKENWELL AT WORK SPONSORED BY THE PEEL INSTITUTE
Sekford Street by Eraldo Strumiello 
Clerkenwell’s floating community. ‘In addition to the residents of our community, Clerkenwell has a floating community, mostly immigrant workers who contribute to the development of the local economy.’

WINNER - MY CLERKENWELL COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY THE PEEL INSTITUTE
St John’s Square by  Richard Betson 
Saturday morning chess at the Four Corner Club

HIGHLY COMMENDED - MY CLERKENWELL COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY THE PEEL INSTITUTE
The Peel Institute, Northampton Road  by Anthony Tam
Dancing Clerkenwell. The Peel’s Christmas lunch co-hosted by members of the Metropolitan police.

HIGHLY COMMENDED - MY CLERKENWELL COMMUNITY SPONSORED BY THE PEEL INSTITUTE
Spa Fields  Antonia Nazar
‘Spa Fields during lockdown. We had so much fun and made so many new friends! What community spirit. People came together like they haven’t before.’