Environmental Science Association of Ireland 2013 Photography Competition The theme of the 2013 ESAI Photography competition was and was “Future Environment” opened to all amateur photographers on the 9th July 2013. The winning photograph was taken by and Mr. John O’Neil from Co. Waterford entitled “Gentle of his photograph together with a Giants”. He will receive a framed copy €200 One4all voucher, kindly sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork. The two runners up in the by Simon Bluett, Kilkenny, competition, “Urban sprawl never sleeps” and a by Richard Lally, Kildare both “Pollinating our future energy for cleaner environment” received a One4all voucher and a one year membership to the ESAI. Photographs were judged €50 on picture quality, composition, and appropriateness of caption. 1st Prize: - “Gentle Giants”, Wexford John O’Neil 2nd Sprawl Never Prize: “Urban Simon Sleeps”, London Docklands – Bluett 3rd Prize: for a cleaner “Pollinating our future energy Environment”, Oak Park, Carlow Richard Lally – The winning photographs will be displayed in the Photo Competition Gallery section of the ESAI website at and will be on display at the ESAI annual conference, Environ 2014, 24th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, 26th-28th February 2014. Many thanks also for the assistance of the photography competition judge, Nutan. He has a long established reputation in photographic journalism.He is a member of Rapho , the Paris based photographer's agency, representing Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Hans Sylvester, and a handful of other creative photographers. Based in the West of Ireland for the last thirty five years, he is the author of many books: " Blooming Meadows, the world of Irish Traditional Musicians", " L'Enfant et la sorcière ", " L'Eternel Irlandais", " The Islands of Ireland", etc
Environmental Science Association of Ireland 2013 Photography Competition The theme of the 2013 ESAI Photography competition was “Future Environment” and was opened to all amateur photographers on the 9th July 2013. The winning photograph was taken by Mr. John O’Neil from Co. Waterford and entitled “Gentle Giants”. He will receive a framed copy of his photograph together with a €200 One4all voucher, kindly sponsored by the Environmental Research Institute at University College Cork. The two runners up in the competition, “Urban sprawl never sleeps” by Simon Bluett, Kilkenny, and “Pollinating our future energy for a cleaner environment” by Richard Lally, Kildare both received a €50 One4all voucher and a one year membership to the ESAI. Photographs were judged on picture quality, composition, and appropriateness of caption. 1st Prize: “Gentle Giants”, Wexford - John O’Neil 2nd Prize: “Urban Sprawl Never Sleeps”, London Docklands – Simon Bluett 3rd Prize: “Pollinating our future energy for a cleaner Environment”, Oak Park, Carlow – Richard Lally The winning photographs will be displayed in the Photo Competition Gallery section of the ESAI website at and will be on display at the ESAI annual conference, Environ 2014, 24th Irish Environmental Researchers Colloquium, 26th-28th February 2014. Many thanks also for the assistance of the photography competition judge, Nutan. He has a long established reputation in photographic journalism.He is a member of Rapho , the Paris based photographer's agency, representing Robert Doisneau, Willy Ronis, Hans Sylvester, and a handful of other creative photographers. Based in the West of Ireland for the last thirty five years, he is the author of many books: " Blooming Meadows, the world of Irish Traditional Musicians", " L'Enfant et la sorcière ", " L'Eternel Irlandais", " The Islands of Ireland", etc
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