As you may know we were at the annual The Press Photographers Association of Ireland awards at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin. It was a Gala event hosted by the one and only Miriam O’Callaghan. It was a great coup for the organistation to have Uachtarán na hÉireann, a great Limerick man, Michael D. Higgins in attendance.
The awards have 9 sections, News, Daily Life and People, Sports Action, Sports Features, Portrait, Nature and the Environment, Politics, Arts and Entertainment and Reportage.
Fusionshooters Alan Place, Sean Curtin and Diarmuid Greene were all in attendance with wives and soon to be wives 🙂 Truly a great night on all our calenders. Congrats to Diarmuid for his highly commended award for his REPORTAGE of the Special Olympics in Limerick for Sportsfile.
From the PPAI website: The Press Photographers Association of Ireland, the PPAI, is a not-for-profit, volunteer lead organization comprising of the best photographers in Ireland, both established as well as up-and-coming talent. Dedicated to encouragement, promotion & public engagement, as well as rewarding and recognition of the highest quality of excellence in the field, the Association is an inclusive, member focused, public facing organization, advancing the craft and it’s perception.
Please find below my entry to the awards for 2015 , none of which made the cut this year.
REPORTAGE CATEGORY:
Image 1: Hunting the Light:
Image 2: The Way: Walking the Way of Saint James, The Camino de Santiago.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY:
Image 1: Beauty and the Beast: Just Breathe, Kate Gleeson,
Image 2: Mourning Rain: Actors mourn the passing of the Granny in Limerick.
Image 3: Into the Light: FUERZABRUTA, culture factory, limerick city of culture.
Image 4: The Giant Granny, Limerick.
DAILY LIFE CATEGORY
Image: 1, Love is. A couple go for a walk at sunset.
Image 2: The Service, Cistercian College Roscrea, Carol Service,
Image 3: Sweet Nothings, A Lillipution whispers to Granny.
NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT CATEGORY:
Image: 1, The Perfect Storm. Storm Christine Batters Lahinch.
Image 2: The Wave: 50 feet waves bare down on Doolin.
Image 3: The aurora: hunting the light, northern lights, The aurora borealis
PORTRAIT CATEGORY:
Image 1: Cleared for Take Off. Ruby, Champion, Jockey, Ruby Walsh
Image 2: Go Vikings.
Image 3: Jean Luc: Jean Jean Luc Courcoult, Royal De Luxe.
SPORTS FEATURES:
Team Pig: Team Pig get their SoapBox derby car ready.
NEWS CATEGORY:
Image 1: River Rescue: Limerick Firefighter jumps from a bridge to save someone in distress
Image 2: Horse Power, Ger Hogan rescues stranded neighbours in the Floods.
Thats it for another year folks,really thought I was in for a shout with one or two of those images. Not to be I’m afraid. Head down this year and hope for better luck next year. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed the images.
Look forward to catching up with you all on some of the many adventures this year brings.
Sean.
January 25, 2015
Poppies&me
Wonderfully written, a strong beautiful portfolio of images to boot. If that was 2014, 2015 is going to be unreal. Looking forward to more adventures and more blogging from you Sean. Xxx