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The shortlist in an annual competition of architectural photography run by image library Arcaid Images forms an exhibition at the Clerkenwell showroom of building materials company Sto

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Main picture: Overall Winner / Sense of Place Category. Image © Ken Schluchtmann via Arcaid Images

With the invention digital cameras, camera phones and photo-sharing apps such as Instagram, more people than ever fancy themselves as photographers. But as these amazing pictures show, digital effects and instant image-capturing are no substitute for genuine skill and a mastery of the art of photography.

Buildings in Use: Jim Stephenson, Glastonbury

These stunning photographs are the winning entries in the The Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards, and as such were judged by some of architecture's keenest eyes - Zaha Hadid, Ivan Harbour, Catherine Slessor, Eva Jiricna and Graham Stirk.

Overall Runner-up / Sense of Place Category. Image © Duccio Malagamba via Arcaid Images

The nine shortlisted photographs - which include Ken Schluchtmann's winning picture of 'Nasjonale Turistveger' Trollstigen in Norway -go on show this week at the showroom of building products company Sto, a three storey renovated factory in the heart of Clerkenwell.

This is just the second year that the competition has been run by Arcaid Images, a photo-library specialising in images of the built world.

Building In Use Category. Image © Fernando Guerra via Arcaid Images

The exhibition opens this Friday 28 February and runs until 25 April 214.

It is open to the public Wednesday to Friday, 10am-5pm. The Werkstatt, 7-9 Woodbridge Street, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0LL

Exterior Category. Image © Large Bounhar via Arcaid Images

Exterior Category. Image © Tim Van DeVelde via Arcaid Images

Exterior Category. Image © Adam Mork via Arcaid Images