National Photography Competion

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ICOMOS (The International Commission for Monuments and Sites) are inviting entries for their photography competion, They are seeking images of Industrial Heritage - many such possibilities are across the Bradford District. The deadline is September 1st. 2026

Images of Industrial Heritage:

ICOMOS UK Photography Competition 2026

 

We invite you to enter our Photography Competition, which this year is on the theme, ‘Images of Industrial Heritage’.

 

The second in our series of photography competitions that celebrate built and living heritage around the world was launched at our Industrial Heritage event. 

 

The competition aims to explore changing approaches to and perceptions of industrial heritage. We are looking for images that spotlight sites of industrial heritage, and reflect on how they are preserved, celebrated and debated.

 

 

Images of Industrial Heritage

We invite photographers to capture images that showcase the stark beauty and surprising fragility of industrial heritage and our changing relationships with it. Or to document change in and for local communities as a result of industrialisation, deindustrialisation and the social, economic, and environmental impacts of both.

Photographs may include, but are not limited to, World Heritage Sites, other heritage sites, and places which are not formally designated as heritage at all, but which have an important story to tell. Sites can be located anywhere around the world.

There are four categories that images can be submitted for, which aim to record, celebrate or pose questions about the variety of industrial heritage and its impact on people:

  • Machinery – working or redundant engines, equipment, production lines and processes

  • Buildings & Structures – from the monumental to the fragmentary

  • Landscapes and their transformation by the presence or disappearance of industrial activity and processes

  • People and community – making, conserving, taking part, moving away

 

 

Enter the ICOMOS UK Photography Competition

 

Why not enter our competition?  Winners will receive a print of their work, as well as a year’s membership of ICOMOS, and shortlisted images will go on display in the gallery at our Cowcross Street offices.

 

The full details of the competition, including instructions for entry, and details on the judges, can be found on our website here.

 

The deadline is 1st September 2026.

 


Information

Published: 08/05/2026
Audience: All schools in the Bradford Districy
Contact: The Saltaire Collection at Shipley College

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