The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and SCRI joined forces on 1 April 2011 to create The James Hutton Institute. It is the first Institute of its type in Europe and will make major, new contributions to the understanding of key global issues such as food, energy and environmental security.“Each period of time sets its mark on the landscape. Landscape reflects our priorities and values”
“A photograph’s unique feature is that it freezes and reflects both moment and place”
Tilbakebilikk – Norwegian Landscapes in Retrospect. Tun Forlag
Over time, views and landscapes within the city and countryside change. What our grandparents and their grandparents saw from their town house or country farm is most likely to be very different from what we see from our windows in 2009.
As new housing estates, industrial parks and road systems appear around our city and countryside, what our grandchildren and their grandchildren will see may be unrecognisable to us.
The Moments in Time photography competition challenged schoolchildren in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire to photograph a view of their town, city or the countryside to record what our area looked like in 2009. This will allow future generations to see how we lived and worked today.
Entries were judged in three categories:
- Primary School class entry
- Individual attending Secondary School aged 13 years and under
- Individual attending Secondary School aged 14 – 18 years
The winners of the competition were decided by a panel of judges made up of Adam Henson from BBC’s Countryfile, experienced landscape photographer Oskar Puschmann from the Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Richard Aspinall from the Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and Rick Rhode from the University of Edinburgh.
A 2010 calendar featuring the six winning photographs, plus six others rated as ‘highly commended’ is available.
For a free copy, please e-mail: enquiries@macaulay.ac.uk