Start-up photography entrepreneur shortlisted in contest telling a day in the life of Bristol

BRISTOL, U.K. - Nov. 1, 2013 - PRLog -- Virginia Allwood, who set up Bristol-based online photography store http://www.leshopuk.com with Dan Martin in July, took part in 24 Hours in Bristol on 19 October which saw more than 150 photographers capturing images throughout the day.

Almost 1,000 photographs were submitted and 72 were chosen to feature in a unique public exhibition which will open at The Guildhall Arts Centre in Bristol on 16 November.

Allwood’s ‘Rainbow Over Coloured Houses’ was selected as one of the 72 by a panel of judges including Michael Pritchard, director-general of the Royal Photographic Society, the world’s oldest photographic society and Andrew Sydenham from Amateur Photography Magazine, first published in 1884.

All the photos will be displayed in the exhibition and the top three will receive cash prizes including £3,000 for the overall winner.

Commenting on her shortlisting, Allwood says: “We spent 15 hours on the streets of Bristol as part of the competition but it was absolutely worth it!

“Being shortlisted for such a high profile competition at such an early point in the life of our business is wonderful and a great validation of our work.

“We can’t wait to see my photograph on display alongside all the other amazing images.”

LeShopUK.com sells exclusive images of places around Britain as prints, mugs, t-shirts and more. The photographs are taken for travel, culture and food blog http://www.LifestyleDistrict.co.uk which Allwood and Martin also run.

To celebrate the competition shortlisting, http://www.LeShopUK.com is offering 10% off all purchases with the discount code #LoveBristol.

Notes to editors

Founded in Bristol in July 2013, LeShopUK.com sells exclusive photographs captured for the food and culture blog LifestyleDistrict.co.uk. The images can be used on prints, mugs, t-shirts, magnets and aprons.

The name Le Shop is derived from the nationalities of the two founders. Virginia Allwood, who has 10 years’ experience in the advertising industry is French and Dan Martin, a business journalist for the past 12 years, who is British.