Manufacturing is the engine driving the UK’s economic recovery. Our industry is not about dirty, dusty, dangerous old factories. It’s lean, clean and innovative, producing quality and technology which we are proud to export the world over.
At EEF, we think it’s time the images which illustrate manufacturing reflect our contemporary, booming industry more accurately. Through the EEF Photography Competition, professionals, amateurs and young people now have the chance to expose their heroes of modern UK manufacturing, to improve the way people view our sector.
Your hero could be anything from components or products, individual people or teams, or the places and processes which you feel illustrate the evolving landscape of manufacturing in the 21st century.
Melissa Garrett, a mechanical engineering apprentice at MBDA, won the young person’s category in 2010. Melissa said she has been blown away by the interest in her win. Her photograph has appeared on the cover of The Manufacturer and has also featured in local newspapers and The Times.
Melissa Garrett behind the lens.
“I can’t say enough how much I encourage others to enter if you have an interest in photography, or manufacturing, because it opens up many opportunities,” she said.
Melissa said her profile at work has increased, and her mum and dad are so proud they are keeping a scrapbook of press clippings for her to keep as a memento.
If you’ve got the eye for a good picture, there’s a chance it could bag you up to £5000 in Canon photography equipment. Click here to find out more and to enter the EEF Photography Competition.
But if you need some inspiration to get those creative juices flowing, here’s a gallery of last year’s winning entries:
Best photograph by a young photographer
Today’s Engineering, Tomorrow’s Future - Melissa Garratt
Best photograph by an amateur photographer
Ingot Mould - Mark Tomlinson
Best photograph by a professional photographer
Aston Martin - Tim Wallace
