Ilford Shield
The Photographic Society of New Zealand Inc and C.R. Kennedy invite all New Zealand Secondary Schools to enter the 2008 Ilford Shield Photographic Competition. This is open to all full-time Secondary School Students throughout New Zealand.
In 2008, the competition is being sponsored by C.R. Kennedy and UCOL, Universal College of Learning. It is being organised by the Marlborough Camera Club on behalf of the PSNZ.
Closing Date for entries is Friday 22nd August 2008.
The 2008 entry form can be downloaded from here.
Details of the 2008 competition can be found in the rules section.
History
In 1967, PSNZ member Dick Poole started a series of photography classes for secondary students in Christchurch. Dick was so impressed with the work produced, that he suggested to Len Casbolt, who was then working for HE Perry Ltd wholesalers of Ilford products, that there should be a photographic competition exclusively for secondary students.
The idea of an inter-secondary school competitin to encourage photographers came to fruition in 1969 with a the donation of a handsome shield and reimbursement of competition running costs by H E Perry Ltd. The PSNZ organised the Ilford Shield event modelling it on a similar one run by Ilford Ltd in Australia.
At first it was restricted to monochrome printes, but later included colour prints and slides. The three original sectins were ‘people, places and animals’, but by 2000 were ‘open, creative and digital’. The school gaining the highest aggreagate recieves the Ilford Shield. Various prizes of photographic equipment are given to the place getters and the winning school.
The first winners, in 1969 were Christ's College, Christchurch.