The spirit of the Cuba St Carnival lives on in the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery's new exhibition, Capture Carnival: Photography from the 2007 Cuba St Carnival (7-22 July).

The exhibition showcases 31 stunning images of the Carnival selected from over 200 entries in the 2007 Cuba St Carnival Photography Competition, which was run in partnership with City Gallery Wellington.

Image: The winning photograph, Untitled by Jeremy Blincoe.The spirit of the Cuba St Carnival lives on in the Michael Hirschfeld Gallery's new exhibition, Capture Carnival: Photography from the 2007 Cuba St Carnival (7-22 July).

The exhibition showcases 31 stunning images of the Carnival selected from over 200 entries in the 2007 Cuba St Carnival Photography Competition, which was run in partnership with City Gallery Wellington.

Image: The winning photograph, Untitled by Jeremy Blincoe.Jeremy Blincoe's Untitled was the winning photograph and Michelle Quek's The Real Hot Bitches, February 2007 gained second prize. Cuba St Carnival Whopper-Chopper Performer by Linda Strand was third. Untitled by Christine Laven and Moving and Grooving at the Cuba Carnival by Neil Price gained runner-up awards.

The competition judges - renowned photographer Ans Westra, curator Luit Bieringa, official 2007 Cuba St Carnival photographer Robert Catto, Michael Hirschfeld Gallery curator Jessica Reid and founder and Artistic Director of the Cuba St Carnival, Chris Morley-Hall - looked for images that best captured the vitality and variety of the Carnival.

Open to all ages throughout New Zealand, the competition encouraged wide participation; from photographic students and enthusiasts to professionals.

The entries include a range of styles and techniques, from black and white, colour, staged, incidental, digital and film photography.

When: 7-22 July 2007
Where: Michael Hirschfeld Gallery, City Gallery Wellington
Admission: Free

27/6/07