<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> <docID>330123</docID> <postdate>2024-10-02 09:45:18</postdate> <headline>Samuel Chapman ‘flips the lens’ and reaches finals</headline> <body><p><img class="wp-image-330124" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/unnamed-e1727824261274.jpg" alt="" width="900" height="600" /></p> <caption>Samuel Chapman's shortlisted image, Light on a Spider Lily.</caption> <p><strong>Canberran, Samuel Chapman, has reached the finals of the Down Syndrome Association’s My Perspective photography and short film competition. </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Two of Samuel’s images have been featured in the finals of the international competition, with entrants from Guatemala, India, South Africa, Australia and the US. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">My Perspective competition aims to give people who have Down's syndrome the opportunity to showcase the world through their eyes. </span></p> <p><img class=" wp-image-330133" src="https://citynews.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Samuel-Chapman-resized.jpg" alt="" width="603" height="804" /></p> <caption>Photo award finalist Samuel Chapman... “I am very happy and proud when other people like my photos.â€</caption> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Participating photographers have flipped the lens and have a chance to use the images to convey stories that are most important to them.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I am very happy and proud when other people like my photos,†says Samuel. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Photos are a record of what I see and do. I take photos in my science class because it is an important record of our experiments."</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Samuel says he is inspired by nature, particularly flowers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Flowers are really lovely because I can look closely at the details and get the light and angles right,†he says. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I like taking photos of birds but it is hard to take a good shot because they move so fast.â€</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Regarding his shortlisted image, Light on a Spider Lily, Samuel says: “I loved that sunlight was on the flowers and the leaves were darker and more mysterious.â€</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">A special awards ceremony will be held in London on November 7.</span></em></p> </body>