A group of local photography enthusiasts will be displaying over 100 images from their 'The World In Hastings' Photo Challenge at a forthcoming event to be held on Hastings Pier. The exhibition takes place on Sunday 6 July 11-5pm and local people and visitors to Hastings are being invited to vote for their favourite image from the Challenge.

The budding photographers are all members of the Channel Hastings group on the popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It currently consists of 176 members comprising both local residents and visitors to Hastings and has over 3500 photos taken in Hastings and 1066 Country.

The official voting will take place from 11 to 4pm and the winner of the Challenge will be announced shortly afterwards. The Channel Hastings stall on the Pier with not only display the entries to the Challenge but will also be selling unique local postcards with proceeds going to The Sara Lee Trust.

Freelance photographer and organiser of the challenge Terry Russell said: "This month 'The World In Hastings' theme has proven to be our most challenging one so far. We've tried to capture shots with an international flavour from Hastings and 1066 Country and reflect the diverse nature of our favourite corner of the south coast of England. We hope that local people and visitors to Hastings will feel inspired to visit us and cast their vote for their favourite photograph."

Terry Russell added: "This month has been very exciting for us as one of the sons of our active members also won the recent St Leonards Garden Photo competition (Age 9-13 category)."

To participate in future photo challenges all budding photographers need to sign up for a Flickr account. The basic membership is free and after joining Flickr they can then join the Channel Hastings group on Flickr and participate in the latest photo challenge.

In the event of bad weather visit the Channel Hastings website at or contact Terry at or on 07969 062 572

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Terry Russell
Mob: 07969 062 572
Email: terry[at]channelhastings.com

NOTES TO EDITORS

Channel Hastings is a website set up by local freelance photographer Terry Russell. The website aims to showcase and celebrate the very best of Hastings and 1066 Country through a unique collection of inspirational photographs from a community of photography enthusiasts who reside or visit the local area.

Flickr is a popular photo-sharing site that supports an active and engaged community where people share and explore each other's photos. Flickr was acquired by Yahoo! in 2003 and currently hosts just over one billion photos from a worldwide community of photography enthusiasts.