BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition
Manchester Central | 9 - 11 June 2023
The Diane Gould Photography Competition
Cameras at the ready - it's competition time!
The call for submissions is now open for the BCLA Diane Gould Photography Competition for 2023.
The Academic Committee of the BCLA invites scientific photographs for presentation at the next BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition to be held on 9 – 11 June 2023 at Manchester Central, UK.
Photographs related to contact lenses and/or the anterior eye will be considered. Entries must be accompanied by a descriptive title, a short case history, and details of the imaging technique used. The images will be judged on originality, educational value, technical execution, and photographic skills. Images submitted to the BCLA in previous years may not be resubmitted a second time.
All submissions received will be entered into the competition and the winner plus runners up announced at the 2023 BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition.
Entries to the competition are accepted from delegates who are attending the 2023 BCLA Clinical Conference & Exhibition on 9 – 11 June 2023. It is a condition of entry that all entrants must be available to attend the prize giving ceremony for the photographic competition on Saturday 10 June 2023.
The closing date for submissions is 9am (GMT) 1 May 2023.
More about Diane Gould
A keen supporter of the BCLA, Diane sadly passed away in June 2013. Diane attended 20 BCLA Conferences during her career, and the BCLA Photographic Award is named in her honour.
Her husband David wanted to commemorate her memory by supporting
this competition, he writes:
"Diane Gould was a contact lens practitioner of note, although she never thought of herself that way. Diane fitted her first contact lens in Derby in 1985 and moved to Manchester-based George Davis in 1987, where she soon became Manager of their prestigious Market Street, Manchester practice. Not long after the Dollond & Aitchison takeover, Chairman, Sir Clive Stone, came to visit the practice to find out how it could be possible for one store to do so much contact lens business. After the birth of her children, Diane held a couple of part time positions before moving to Yates & Suddell in Bury, where she helped build the contact lens business dramatically with an eclectic mix of lenses fitted to hospital and private clients.
In 2003 she became a Director of David Gould Opticians in Rossendale with her husband, David. Health problems prevented her from doing as much clinical work in practice, but she looked after her loyal following of clients for as long as she could. Even after she was unable to see clients personally, she continued to take an active interest and offer valuable input using the practice's image capture facilities."