Glasgow Central to become art gallery as station hosts national photography exhibit

Five of the country’s biggest and busiest railway stations will become art galleries this summer, hosting a special exhibition showcasing stunning images from the Take-a-view Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Visitors will also have the opportunity to get expert advice from celebrated landscape photographer and founder of the competition, Charlie Waite. Glasgow Central's exhibit will launch on Monday 24 June.
 
Each exhibit will showcase a series of stunning previously commended entries of places which can be reached by the host city’s railway, and give details of how to reach them by rail. Visitors can also find out how to enter the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, which has a top prize of £10,000 and includes a separate ‘Lines in the Landscape’ award which seeks to find the best railway-related photography.

On Monday 24 June between 11am and 2pm, visitors to Glasgow Central are encouraged to bring their cameras, phones, tablets and anything else that has a photograph on it, for the chance to get some commentary, feedback and advice from one of the world’s most renowned landscape photographers – Charlie Waite. There will also be chances to win a copy of the Landscape Photographer of the Year book (RRP £25).

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