North Devon in Photographs - The Museum of Barnstaple and North Devon

 An exhibition of selected entries from our popular annual North Devon Heritage Photographic Competition in partnership with North Devon Coast Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Exmoor Moorland Landscape Partnership.

With categories for those under the age of 16 and for adults we welcomed entries from both budding and professional photographers.

Thanks go to Bruce Aiken who judged the competitions regular categories. Bruce trained at the London College of Printing & Graphic Design and has spent 40 years in the commercial world of marketing and design. He is currently the Web Designer and Manager of Aiken Graphics and Design Consultant for North Devon Theatres Trust. Trained in visual communication and a keen photographer himself, he uses this media to create eye-catching graphics, advertising brochures and branding.

Our usual 6 categories were:

• Town & Villages
• The Coast & The Sea
• Landscape
• Characters
• Wildlife
• Anything Goes!

This year's North Devon Coast AONB category was;

•  Seasons of the Coast

Photographers were invited to capture the unique and outstanding coastal scenery of North Devon throughout the seasons, in any weather, through the camera lens.

The AONB judges for this special category were Rob Tibbles, a professional photographer based in North Devon, and Dave Edgcombe, Project Officer for the North Devon Coast AONB.

The Exmoor Moorland Landscape Partnership joined the Museum again for this year's competition and their own special category was;

• Colours of Exmoor

Capturing the colourful beauty and life on the Moorland areas of Exmoor. With Faye Balmond, the scheme's Moorland Heritage Officer and Rob Wilson-North, Conservation Manager of Exmoor National Park Authority, judging this category.

Image:by Sylvia Court from our 2012 competition