{"id":565518,"date":"2026-05-04T11:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565518\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T11:18:09","slug":"renfrew-photographer-shortlisted-for-proud-scotland-awards-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/565518\/","title":{"rendered":"Renfrew photographer shortlisted for Proud Scotland Awards 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Renfrew-based photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecolourfulphotographer.com\/?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dan Jones<\/a> has been shortlisted in recognition of his work documenting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Photographs taken by Dan Jones (Image: Dan Jones)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Photographs taken by Dan Jones (Image: Dan Jones)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Dan said: &#8220;I\u2019m so honoured to be nominated.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I have been a photographer for 13 years and it means a lot to me to be recognised for helping to tell the stories of my own community.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I\u2019ve always thought that there is a rich cultural tapestry and so much joy in our community that I\u2019ve dedicated myself to telling these stories in a vibrant, and colourful way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Especially now at a time when it\u2019s feeling a little less safe to be visible as an LGBTQ+ person, it\u2019s important to keep telling these stories so that people can look to us as sources of inspiration, hope and comfort.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Proud Scotland Awards celebrate people who are uplifting LGBTQ+ voices and identities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The awards night will take place at the Radisson Blu Hotel, Glasgow, on Saturday, May 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renfrew-based photographer Dan Jones has been shortlisted in recognition of his work documenting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":565519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-565518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}