ϲ

XClose

ϲ Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

Home
Menu

David Griffiths wins the ‘Research images as art’ competition

11 June 2018

​Striking photo of river taken from drone awarded first prize

Ardara River Swirl. Photo ©: David Griffiths

David Griffiths PhD student in the Geomatics section of CEGE has won the first prize of £400 in the “Research Images as Art / Art Images as Research” competition of the ϲ Doctoral School. The image was taking from a drone whilst capturing imagery to create 3D reconstruction of sand dunes.

The photo shows two cows drinking out of a peat contaminated river running over sand flats. The image was taking from a drone whilst capturing imagery to create 3D reconstruction of the adjacent sand dunes.

Dr Beth Munro, member of the judging panel said “The judges were unanimous in selecting this image, that we thought really fulfilled the brief of the competition. What we thought was amazing about this was that it doesn't look like a photo, but a medical, microscopic, or material image... and so through viewing this image the perspective of the viewer is transformed, aided by its description which leads us to reinterpret it. It also articulates its research subject well, and is an amazing example of how technology is advancing our research, while at the same time depicting a timeless image of a landscape and animals.”

Find out more