Chosen
It had been a while but a couple of weeks ago, one of my photographs was chosen as the Geograph photo of the week. My prize, as usual, was to pick the next week's winner from a shortlist of fifty images published by the nominated selector. That task didn't take me long. Very soon the image shown above sang out to me and became my winner for Week 13. The judging process is proudly subjective. The winning picture was titled "The Mould Maker" and it was taken in The Gladstone Pottery Museum near Stoke-on-Trent. In England, we refer to that area of the Midlands as "The Potteries" for it has a long history of creating all manner of pottery from fine tableware to ceramic drainage pipes. Standing in the old mould room, the man in the photograph belongs to a group of actors called The Ragged Victorians who try to add an air of authenticity to the museum experience by playing the roles of Victorian workers. I appreciate the way the light streams in from th...