St.Helens snappers called up for national event

17th June 2010

Calling all photographers. You can take part in a world record bid for the most photos taken and collected from a nation on the longest day, June 21st.

Monday is the Summer Solstice and High Tide, an artist led initiative based in Liverpool, want people to photograph their nearest water's edge, whether it’s the sea, lake, canal,pond or even a puddle.

And with the biggest inland waterway on Merseyside, Carr Mill Dam and the first industrial canal, the Sankey canal, St.Helens snappers will be kept well occupied and in with a chance to help get that world record.

All selected photos will be broadcast nationwide across the BBC Big Screens / London 2012 Live Sites network during the London 2012 Open Weekend 23 to 25 July 2010. Please visit http://www.mybigscreen.co.uk/ for Terms and Conditions of participation.

You can be creative too. Make a sculpture out of twigs or write a message in the sand. Whatever you do, try to capture that special moment in your natural environment.

Photos must be taken on 21st June and sent to us by text or email by 5pm on 28 June. To submit your photo:

Text your photo, starting your message with WATER then the time and location to 81333 (texts charged at standard rate)

Email your photo to water@mybigscreen.co.uk including the time and location.

High Tide is an interdisciplinary artist-led initiative that seeks to nurture a creative culture of sustainability and eco-logical consideration of our lives in a rapidly changing world. For more information visit www.hightideuk.org

This High Tide project has been created for the launch of Discovering Places over the London 2012 Open Weekend. Discovering Places is a London 2012 campaign to inspire communities across the UK to discover their local environment - with all its hidden places, extraordinary spaces and the stories they have to tell. Water's Edge will be part of the Launch of Discovering Places which will take place through a programme of activity on the London 2012 Open Weekend 23 to 25 July 2010.

The London 2012 Open Weekend is an annual UK-wide celebration counting down to the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Water's Edge is a High Tide initiative developed in collaboration with the BBC Big Screens and supported by the Environment Agency.