Andante Travels

ENTRY NOW CLOSED 31st MAY 2010

Judging will now take place starting end June. Each category will be judged by those sponsoring it. The overall winner will be chosen by Julian Richards , Andante Guide Lecturer and presenter of Meet the Ancestors TV programme.

Big thanks to everyone who entered. There are some stunning shots and it will be a tough choice for the judges! The winners will be informed, and the decisions made public on this site by Friday, 16th July .

CAPTURE THE PAST IN PHOTOS!

You could win a fabulous Canon EOS 500D, or £500 off any of our 2011 holidays

- further prizes for the 3 runners-up

We are proud to launch our Archaeological Photo Competition, sponsored by the Council for British Archaeology and Oxbow Books.

We have been taking people on journeys through the ancient world for 25 years; introducing, engaging and interesting them in the story of mankind as told by the things they left behind. We have already built up an impressive collection of images taken by our own staff and by the talented photographers amongst our guests. Now we want to extend this and attract photos from everywhere - even sites we do not yet visit, and from everyone - whether they have travelled with us yet or not.

Your photographs will help to record the present day state of sites for future generations as we build up an archive of photos from all over the world.

PRIZES
The overall winner for best picture will receive a

fabulous Canon EOS 500D digital SLR, the best in its class OR £500 off any Andante Holiday in 2011
There will be other prizes worth around £100 each for the winners of each remaining category, sponsored by Oxbow Books and the Council for British Archaeology.

HOW TO ENTER
Send 3 images only per category. On CD or email only
(no prints) to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Images must be over 1mb.

All photos must be labelled with what they are of and what category they are being entered in.

Closing date - 31st May 2010

ENTER ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES

Big names of Archaeology – your best pictures of the big name sites e.g. Giza, Pompeii, Machu Picchu. Prize sponsored by Oxbow Books.

People and Archaeology – your pictures of people interacting with archaeological sites - talking about them, examining them, pondering on them, drawing .them....Prize sponsored by Oxbow Books

Endangered Sites – your pictures of archaeology in danger: sea
erosion, landslide, building development or mass tourism.

Special Category for 2010 - ‘Best of British Archaeology’. Prize sponsored by the Council for British Archaeology.

The Council for British Archaeology is offering the winner of this category a fantastic selection of best-selling practical handbooks in archaeology, as well as a copy of their latest must-read book about the fascinating lost world of Doggerland, found deep below the North Sea.
Full list of titles:
Human Remains in Archaeology: a handbook;
Europe's Lost World, the rediscovery of Doggerland;
Approaches to Archaeological Illustration;
Recording Timber Framed Buildings;
Recording a church;
Historic Landscape Analysis;
20th century defences in Britain;
Garden Archaeology; Fixtures and Fittings.
For more information about CBA publications see http://www.britarch.ac.uk/books

Terms and Conditions

1. The Archaeological Photo Competition 2010 open to anyone except those working for Andante Travels.

2. It is open to all Professional and Amateur photographers of any nationality and all ages.

3. Photos will never be sold. No one other than Andante Travels and our sponsors will be allowed to use them without the photographer’s permission.

4. Photographs will be acknowledged and archived at Andante’s offices.

5. Each image entered to the Andante Archaeological Photo Competition 2010 must be the photographer's own work.

6. The information given in these Terms & Conditions is correct, but
Andante Travels reserves the right to change any of the above without prior notice.
By entering the competition, entrants will be deemed to have agreed to
be bound by these Terms & Conditions. Any breach of these Terms by
an entrant will void their entry. If a breach has occurred, but is
discovered after the award of a prize, then the organisers may request
the return of that prize.