Another powerful image from John

WELL-known Clare photographer, John Power from Sixmilebridge has picked up yet another prize in a major competition. He was among 12 winners in the GoIreland.com Photography Awards, an international amateur tourist photography competition that highlights Ireland and its tourism qualities, using a different theme each year.
John’s latest award-winning print is entitled Dungarvan Harbour and Abbeyside in Moonlight.
The overall winning photograph entitled Ice Age was taken by Martin Marcisovsky, a Slovakian living in Ireland, at a beach on Fanad Head, County Donegal.  
Themed An Eye for Ireland, entrants were challenged to capture a unique and personal view of Ireland. The judging panel received thousands of photographic entries from Irish and visiting tourists.  
Polish, British, Indian and New Zealand photographers living in  Ireland, a UK tourist as well as Clare, Dublin and Tipperary  photographers were among the 11 runners-up.
Organised by Gulliver Ireland, the competition is held in association with John Hinde Ireland.
Lisa Fitzpatrick, Gulliver Ireland’s marketing manager, said, “It is heartening to see that visitors and Irish-based photographers continue to capture such a wide range of imaginative images of Ireland. The Eye for Ireland theme inspired many tourists to share their pictorial take on Ireland and we applaud their creativity and energy.” 
Cormac Leonard, commercial director of John Hinde Ireland, said, “These images reaffirm all that is positive about Ireland today”.
Launching the 2011 awards, the judging panel that includes renowned photographer and entrepreneur, Jerry Kennelly, invited Irish holidaymakers and visiting tourists to submit photographs that capture Ireland’s unique and beautiful landscape using the theme Ireland’s Hidden Gems. Entrants are encouraged to use John Hinde’s series of famous postcards and iconic images of Ireland years ago as inspiration.
The overall winner will receive an award-winning Olympus E-PL1 digital camera and the top 12 photographs will be reproduced as an original John Hinde calendar.
Further details are available at www.goireland.com/photos.htm.  
The closing date for entries is Friday, December 16.