Grand Prizes
1st Place Prize 2nd Place Prize 3rd Place Prize
The First Prize for the 2009 CB Richard Ellis Urban Photographer of the Year Award is a Photo Safari for Two to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (including accommodation and flights). Jordan encompasses some of the great locations of ancient and modern history.
The safari has been arranged with the most prestigious tour organizers in Jordan and last for 7 nights as follows:
Day 1: Arrival at Queen Alia International Airport – Meet & Assist – Transfer to Hotel in Amman – Overnight.
Day 2: Breakfast - Drive to the north of Jordan to visit Umm Qais + Jerash – back to Amman – overnight
Day 3: Breakfast – Amman City Tour – drive to the lowest area on earth the Dead Sea - visit the Baptismal site – continue to your hotel at the Dead Sea – check in and overnight.
Day 4: Breakfast – visit Mujib reserve for photo shoot – continue the drive to the Dead Sea Panorama Spot – then to Madaba & Mount Nebo – back to Dead Sea – overnight.
Day 5: Breakfast – drive to Petra – site visit – Little Petra (Beida) in the late afternoon – Petra Hotel for Dinner & overnight.
Day 6: Breakfast – depart Petra to Dana nature reserve for photo shoot – Continue to Wadi Rum – Jeep Tour ending at the sunset site – drive to Aqaba – Hotel for overnight.
Day 7: Breakfast – free morning at leisure – afternoon drive back to Amman – farewell Dinner at Kan Zaman Traditional Restaurant - Hotel for overnight.
Day 8: Breakfast – drive to Airport for departure with full assistance.
This program includes:
- Visa to Jordan
- Meet & Assist upon arrival and departure
- Transportation using private car with English-speaking driver
- Services of local English-speaking guides in Jerash & Petra for 2hrs.
- Portage at Airport and Hotels
- Jeep tour in Wadi Rum including sunset
- Accommodation for 7 nights with daily breakfast included
- Two dinners, one at Petra Hotel day 5 and one at Kan Zaman Restaurant on day 7.
- Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in the program
- Air ticket London – Amman – London economy class.
Petra, the jewel in the crown of Jordan’s antiquities, has been declared by popular ballot one of the ’new’ Seven Wonders of the World. The magnificent rock-hewn city of the Nabateans hardly needed further billing (since Jean Louis Burckhardt discovered it in the 19th century, it has been a favorite destination for Europeans) but at sunset on a winter’s day, when the rose-pink city catches alight, it’s easy to see why it has charmed a new generation of visitors.
Not to be outdone by Petra’s success, Wadi Rum, that epic landscape of Lawrence and Lean - ’Arabs’ man’ and moviemaker - is a contender as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Two such weighty accolades would be entirely disproportionate to the minimal size of Jordan.
But Jordan, once an important trading center of the Roman Empire and straddling the ancient Holy Land of the world’s three great monotheistic religions, is no stranger to punching above its weight. Stand on Mt Nebo, newly consecrated by Pope John II, and survey the land promised to Moses; unwrap a scarf or two at Mukawir, where Salome cast a spell over men in perpetuity; float in the Dead Sea, beside a pillar of salt, reputed to be Lot’s disobedient wife - go just about anywhere in Jordan and you’ll find every stone bares a tale, and those of Madaba’s legendary mosaics tell more tales than most.
With so much history wrapped up in this tiny desert kingdom, it’s easy to overlook the modern face of Jordan - something the new king is trying to address in ambitious developments at Aqaba and along the Dead Sea. In the meantime, the Bedouin still herd their sheep across an unchanged landscape in living continuity with the ancient past.
Geography
Jordan shares borders with Israel (and the Palestinian National Authority Region), the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. At 400m (1,300ft) below sea level and living up to its name, the Dead Sea in the northwest of Jordan, is the lowest point on earth and one of the country’s most distinctive features. By contrast, the Red Sea, to which Jordan has a narrow access at Aqaba in the southwest, is teeming with life. The River Jordan flows into the Dead Sea from Lake Tiberias (Israel) and there are plans to build a canal that would link the Dead Sea to the Red Sea. The capital of Amman perches above the Dead Sea Depression at a height of 800m (2,625ft) on a plateau that extends 324km (201 miles) from the Syrian Arab Republic to Ras en Naqab in the south. It is surrounded to the north by undulating hills - some forested, others cultivated - and by desert escarpments to the south that are grazed by the sheep and goat herds of nomadic tribes. Jordan’s northeastern flank is comprised of flat desert sprinkled with a few oases while the spectacular southeastern desert is characterized by wind-eroded forms and brightly colored sandstone cliffs.
Trevor & Faye are 2 of the UK's top Fine Art photographers and, uniquely, Trevor is the 4th generation of his family to run the business.
Trevor has been Kodak UK Portrait Photographer of the Year for which he was awarded a gold plated Hasselblad camera. He has also twice been Kodak UK Wedding Photographer of the Year and the Master Photographers Association Photographer of the Year.
In 2005, Trevor was runner up UK Photographer of the Year with the SWPP. Faye has on three ocassions been Kodak UK Child Photographer of the Year.
In 2008 Faye was Awarded the SWPP Bridal Portrait Awards, Glamour Award and the 2009 Open Catagory Award.
Lastolite have developed the Lumen8 range of studio flash to meet the demands of the most discerning photographer. The 400w lighting head incorporates a high level of specification including.
1. Auto dumping.
2. 100w modelling bulbs so you can see clearly how you are working.
3. Switchable modelling light proportional or full power.
4. Audible ready light.
5. Variable power output
The range is further enhanced with an extensive range of accessories which feature the popular S type bayonet fitting.
The S.V. Kit consists of:
2 x 400w Heads
2 x high efficiancy umbrellas
2 x lighting stands
2 x sync cables
And 2 x bags
