Summer winners of #SeasonsOfLourensford Instagram comp announced

24 Apr 2017

The winners of the summer category for Lourensford Estate's #SeasonsOfLourensford Instagram competition has been announced. The competition features the beauty of the farm as it transforms throughout the seasons with three seasons still up to shoot and win!

The winning public entry for Summer is by Nadia Williams, from Strand.

Lourensford Summer winner Nadia Williams

“I love the idea of photographing something so plain and simple that could draw a story behind it. I captured this image by laying flat on the ground and trying to capture the sunlight coming through the trees – how I chose to represent the summer season,” said Williams.

Lourensford has also teamed up with some of the country’s leading Instagram photographers and the Summer winner in this category is Clifford Wort.

Lourensford summer winner Clifford Wort

“When I took this image, I just tried to capture the stunning beauty of the Proteas found on the Lourensford farmlands, as well as the majesty of the Helderberg,” said Wort. “The Helderberg Mountain is one of my favourites and shooting it from Lourensford was one of the first things I did when I become serious about photography. I love bringing to life scenes through photography and the beauty of the Western Cape makes it easy for me.”

Both winners receive a Lourensford Estate Wine collection valued at R1,000. Their images are also eligible for the Grand Prize, which includes a one-night stay at Erinvale plus a Lourensford Estate experience valued at R5,00, to be announced at the opening of the inaugural #SeasonsOfLourensford exhibition in November 2017.

Lourensford inspiring photographers

“We launched #SeasonsOfLourensford because we knew our gardens, natural Fynbos, orchards, vineyards and mountains would inspire photographers to capture the distinctive beauty of each season,” said Koos Jordaan, GM of Lourensford Wines. “The photography that has been uploaded to Instagram is of an incredibly high standard, and we agree wholeheartedly that these winning images best capture summer time at Lourensford.”

The public enter by uploading an image taken at Lourensford Estate to their personal Instagram feeds, ensuring they tag @Lourensford and use the hashtags #SeasonsOfLourensford and #LoveLourensford. Lourensford selects the best images for each season, reposts them on the @Lourensford Instagram feed and invites the public to comment on their favourite. The image that gets the most unique votes wins.

“We really look forward to seeing the images submitted for Autumn and welcome all Instagram users to capture the season before the 31 May deadline,” said Jordaan.