Winners announced for the UK’s biggest pub photography competition: Pub Life

Winners announced for the UK’s biggest pub photography competition: Pub Life

For the past three months the general public have been sending in images for the Pub Life competition and exhibition. Thousands of entries from across the UK where received, and after a gruelling judging process by British Beer & Pub Association and world famous photographer Mick Rock, the winner and five runners-up have been chosen. Graham Cornthwaite has won the overall competition and The Regulars category. Winners and shortlisted entries are now on display from 18th May to 22nd May at Old Truman Brewery.

Mr Cornthwaite is thrilled saying “In this hugely competitive world of photography where there are now more photographs than bricks I take it as a great honour to have my little picture chosen”

The winners of each category include Jon Brook, Nick Board, Sara T’Rula, Olly Honess and Louise O’Reilly.

Pub Life is a photographic love-letter from the British people to our best-loved institution; it features all mannor of strange and wonderful happenings at the local pub. Six entry categories included, The Regulars, Pub Life, The Sun’s Beautiful Game, Shortlist Magazine’s Pints & Pistachios Strange But True and Pub With A View. The exhibition celebrates the British pub and its importance to the local community, having come on hard times recently the Pub remains integral to local life. Pub Life aimed to rally the population of villages, cities, hamlets and towns in a celebration of the great British pub.

Brigid Simmonds, Chief Executive of British Beer & Pub Association says: “It is great to see pubs presented here in such a positive light - this is the true face of pubs, reflecting the reality of pub life up and down the country, and just how fondly people feel about their local pubs. We’ve just seen pubs right at the heart of the Royal wedding celebrations, and next year could truly be the ‘Year of the Pub,’ with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics to celebrate and to welcome visitors from all over the world to this unique slice of British hospitality”.