Such an exhibitionist

5 August 2007

Back in May Lauren alerted me to a new group on Flickr: How We Are Now
Flickr users from the UK were invited to submit photographs in the categories Documentary, Portrait, Still Life and Landscape. These photos were then displayed in rotation on screens in the Tate Britain as part of the broader “How We Are: Photographing Britain” exhibition. The slideshows can also be seen on the Tate Britain website.

I submitted a couple of photos and then, to be completely honest, forgot all about it. I totally forgot that in the final weeks of the exhibition five judges would be choosing the top 40 photographs – 10 from each category – to form the “Final 40″ exhibition at the Tate Britain in London and that those photographs would also be archived on the Tate’s website.

Totally forgot … until I had an email on Tuesday telling me that my photo of the whipped cream and cocoa on top of a cup of hot chocolate had been chosen; I’d made it to the top 40 of 7855 photos. Blimey. I guess I’ll be going up to London to visit my photo … and then going to Borough Market to buy some cheese. And maybe some tapenade. And maybe I’ll try some of the balsamic vinegars too. Perhaps I’ll get a slice of that chocolate goo as well. Mmm … sorry, what were we talking about?

Oh, right. This: