Which memorable Manc should be commemorated in a new piece of artwork? YOU decide!

An iconic artwork of one of Manchester’s most famous figures is to be created from hundreds of pictures of everyday Mancunians. The piece of art is hoping to capture the spirit of Manchester.

Images taken last year at a unique social experiment that captured a day in the life of the city will form the collage of one legendary local. Artist Nathan Wyburn is asking the public to vote for who he should commemorate in the piece from a shortlist of 12 memorable Mancs.

The photographs which will be used in the work were collected by the ‘A Day In The Life’ social experiment which took place in April 2007.The experiment was led by award-winning photographer Mark Waugh and saw an army of street photographers capture 24 hours in the city with their cameras.

Ian Cowley, managing director of cartridgesave.co.uk who organised the Day In The Life project, says: “The images taken by Mark and the street photographers during A Day In The Life capture a moment in time and put together are an artwork in their own right.” More than 1,500 images were collected, ranging from the city’s rough sleepers, to party goers, buskers, hipsters, footie fans, bikers and wildlife.

Once the votes are cast, Nathan, 28, who first came to prominence after reaching the semi final of Britain’s Got Talent in 2011, will set to work creating one of his famous collage artworks.

Nathan says, “I love the idea of finding someone synonymous with Manchester in the eyes of the public and then creating a piece of artwork using so many diverse images of life in the city. It’s perfect.”