Photography Project

The Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings are launching a photography project to celebrate the Flax Mill Maltings and the people who have been inspired by it.

The Flax Mill Maltings is a unique and internationally important site, containing seven listed buildings including the world’s first iron framed building. Since 1797 the Flax Mill Maltings has played a significant role in the social, economical and architectural development of Shrewsbury, Shropshire and beyond.

Over it’s history the Flax Mill Maltings and the people who worked and lived there have been photographed by a huge number of people. Now as the Flax Mill Maltings is about to begin it’s transformation into a visitor attraction as well as a place for learning, workspaces and community use, the Friends want to collate images new and old into a photographic book.

This publication will celebrate the Flax Mill Maltings and the people who have been inspired by the site and it’s history. It will not be a historical record of the site, but a collection of a range of aspects of the buildings and the wider site that have captured the eye of photographers, visitors and volunteers over the years.

The photographic book will be sold to raise funds for the Friends.

The project is being arranged and managed by the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings Community Arts Group (FMCA).

Eligibility: 
Photographs entered must be pictures of the Flax Mill Maltings site. We would like a broad range of images, including landscapes, buildings and close ups of specific elements and artefacts. We are interested in images throughout the Flax Mill Maltings history.

You don’t need to be a professional to enter anyone can submit images for consideration. Photographs can range in style from Iinformal to documentary or  fine art.

It is open to anyone living or working in the UK and working in any media. 

The photographs submitted can be taken by yourself or someone else as long as you hold the copyright to use and reproduce the images.

Entry Process: 

Applicants must complete:
• Application Form
• Copyright and Reproduction Agreement form

Applicants are able to submit up to 10 photographs.

The images will be selected by the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings.

Full terms and Conditions attached below.

CLOSING DATE 13TH DECEMBER 2013