Scariff Book Fans Get in the Picture

Clare People, Tuesday, 12th August 2008

Young fans of Artemis Fowl turned out in force in Scariff last week to show what they could conjure with the help of a camera. The youngsters came to the library with pictures they had taken to best represent their favourite characters from the series.

The international best-selling series of books by Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, inspired Playstation3 to launch a photographic competition for kids and teens in association with the Library Council of Ireland and Penguin Books.

The initiative was aimed at 8 to 16 year-olds, who were asked to get their hands on a digital camera and get snapping and bring the seven million selling series of books to life in a photo. The results were brought to Scariff library - as well as other libraries across the county - and uploaded by Playstation3 consoles where they have been stored for the judges to see.

The weird and wonderful photographic creations ranged from the abstract to the imaginatively staged and proved that the future of creative photography is secure.

Winners will be announced in September with one winner being chosen from each participating county council. As well as winning a Playstation3 console, each of the winners will also receive a once in a lifetime prize of a limited edition copy of an Artemis Fowl book with their own winning image on the cover.

"Playstation and Penguin have linked up to promote the games console as a device with more than a sole function of playing games. It can also be used to watch movies, upload and listen to music, access the Internet and upload, store and browse through photographs", a spokesman for the competition organisers said.

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