A PICTURE taken by a North-East photographer has been selected by a panel of experts to feature in an exhibition at Tate Britain, in London.

Lizzie's Wall, by 35-year-old Jason Hynes, from Middlesbrough, is one of 40 winners from a total of 3,300 entrants to earn a place in the current exhibition How We Are: Photographing Britain.

The photographs were submitted as part of an online project launched by Tate and BT.

Members of the public were invited to submit photographs of their personal vision of Britain and its people in 2007, using one of four themes explored in the exhibition - portrait, landscape, still life or documentary.

Mr Hynes said: "Whether it be for the good or the bad, Britain is culturally and economically constantly changing and developing.

"I feel my photograph freezes this evolution and holds the viewer in a place and time that is safe and comfortable. But the imagery contained within the photograph - the door, the blossoming fruit, and the shaft of light - show that growth and change is inevitable and constant."

The photographs selected for the exhibition cover a wide range of styles, including a fuzzy screen-grab from Big Brother, an abstract cappuccino, a traditional black and white portrait, a graphic view of striped deck-chairs, an isolated farm-house amid snow-topped mountains and abandoned tyres, a bland suburban bungalow, a caravan in a Cornish field, an action shot of urban free-running, and a Saturday night out captured on camera-phone.

The exhibition is on now at Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG, and runs until September 2.