This article is from page 23 of the 2011-02-22 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 23 JPG
FRESH from his success at the World Press Photography Awards, Corofin photographer Kenneth O’Halloran was one of the big winners at the Press Photographers’ Association of Ireland Awards that were announced in Dublin on Friday.
O’Halloran claimed four prizes on the night, scooping first, second and third prizes in the Portrait category, while he also was placed second in the Daily Life category.
He was awarded first prize for his photograph of a young girl with her geese, second prize for a shot of a girl in a pub and third for a cryptic image of Mis Africa Ireland, which the judges said “at first glance, this could be a portrait about Africa, it is in fact an Irish portrait with extraordinary good use of light and colour with a clever subject matter”.
Freelance and former Clare People and Clare Champion photographer, Eamon Ward, won second prize in the Reportage category for a photograph titled ‘Chernobyl’s Human Cost’ and third place in the Daily Life Category for ‘Country Gents’.
Clare Champion staff photographer John Kelly was also among the winners for his Christmas Day photograph called ‘Ice Cycle’.