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鈥淒o Not Feed The Gulls鈥� taken in Liverpool by Andy Allchurch beat over 2,100 other entries to be crowned the 2019 winner.

• Photography student Andy Allchurch announced the MyTown 2019 winner at last night鈥檚 pop-up gallery event at Carousel in central London, hosted by Emc易倍体育.

• Renowned street photographers Dougie Wallace, Ronya Galka and Linda Wisdom narrowed down over 2,100 entries to 鈥�Do Not Feed The Gulls鈥�.

• The winning photograph will be showcased on Emc易倍体育鈥檚 Digital Out of Home sites across the country, including Andy鈥檚 home town of Liverpool, to close the UK鈥檚 biggest outdoor exhibition of street photography for 2019

Leading Out of Home media owner Emc易倍体育 last night announced the winner of this year鈥檚 MyTown street photography competition. 鈥�Do Not Feed The Gulls鈥� taken in Liverpool by Andy Allchurch beat over 2,100 other entries to be crowned the 2019 winner.

Judge Ronya Galka says, 鈥�Do Not Feed The Gulls was the obvious winner for us 鈥� it鈥檚 one of those unique candid moments, which you could never plan or re-create as much as you tried, capturing a slice of British life that we all recognise 鈥� the perfect embodiment of what the 鈥楳y Town鈥� competition is all about.鈥�

Speaking of his win, Andy says 鈥淚t鈥檚 all a bit surreal, but it鈥檚 amazing to have won. My intention was just to get a photograph of the man who looked slightly strange feeding these seagulls so much bread. As I went to take the photo the seagull flew past his face, with its faced stuffed. In all honesty, it was a complete fluke, which is an aspect I really like about street photography. But it鈥檚 a beautiful fluke! I love that the image is a bit of fun too 鈥� kind of channelling that Scouser sense of humour.鈥�

鈥淚 think it鈥檚 great that Emc易倍体育 runs the MyTown event. I actually was inspired to enter after I saw some of the other entries on the screens. It鈥檚 a fantastic idea to actually have the exhibition displayed right there on the street.鈥�

Emc易倍体育鈥檚 Marketing Director Martin Corke, who announced the winner, says 鈥淭his year鈥檚 shortlist beautifully highlights the how unique and diverse our Isle is. I鈥檓 really proud that we can use the power of Out of Home to show off so many wonderful images.鈥�

As well as being showcased across Emc易倍体育鈥檚 Digital Out of Home network of over 3000 screens, including across Merseyside, Andy receives a FujifilmX100F premium compact camera, and a UK city break of his choosing.

This year鈥檚 broad MyTown shortlist is made up of entries from across the UK and highlights the juxtaposed lives of society in modern Britain. View the full shortlist here 鈥� 聽(site now closed)

MyTown鈥檚 judges:

Dougie Wallace

Dougie is an award-winning British Street Photographer famed for his 鈥楬arrodsburg鈥� series, which won the Magnum Photographer Award in 2016 and had a number of images included as part of the Royal Academy鈥檚 2018 Summer Exhibition, curated by Grayson Perry.

He is internationally recognised for his long-term social documentary projects and distinct style of expressive street photography. His next book will be published by Dewi Lewis Publishing in March 2019.

@dougie_wallace

Ronya Galka

Ronya聽was named as one of the 鈥楾op 10 British Street聽Photographers in 2015鈥� by the聽Interactive Design Institute and last year 聽was shortlisted for 鈥楳ost Influential Street Photographers of 2016鈥�. Her fine art street photography聽has聽been exhibited at Liberty鈥檚 of London and the Pall Mall Gallery in London. It can聽be found in private collections聽around the world and has resulted in numerous聽publications and聽exhibitions over the past ten years. She was also聽a contributor to the book 鈥楾he New Street Photographer鈥檚 Manifesto鈥� published by Illex Press.聽

@Ronya

Linda Wisdom

Linda is a professional photographer, specialising in fine art urban and street photography for almost 10 years.聽 She has been a part of many successful exhibitions including the London Photo Festival and Photo City London in 2017. 聽Linda won 鈥楤est Street Life鈥� category with the British Life Photography Awards 2016 and was commended again in 2018 where her image was exhibited at the Royal Albert Hall, and more recently featured as part of The Hull International Photography Festival.

@lindawisdomphotography

See more of this year鈥檚 entries on the MyTown Instagram page: