Dublin transformation helps Ken
to top photography prize
 By
Elaine Sheridan
A talented amateur photographer from Ireland has beaten off thousands
of hopefuls to claim the GoIreland Photography Award for 2006.
Ken Sheridan from Trim in Co. Meath beat entries from all over the world
to scoop the coveted award.
The awards challenged Irish holidaymakers and visiting tourists to fast
forward to the future and capture a photograph of tomorrow’s Ireland
today.
Entries from across the world came in for the competition which is aimed
at showcasing Ireland and its tourism qualities.
 Mr Sheridan’s
winning photograph is a black and white grainy effect shot which captures
the transformation of Dublin along the River Liffey.
Visiting tourists from South Africa, Germany and the Netherlands were
among the runners-up.
The winning photograph together with the 11 runners-up will be reproduced
as an original John Hinde Company 2008 calendar.
Hinde was an important pioneer of colour photography in Britain and —
since the Irish Museum of Modern Art Dublin exhibition in 1993 —
he has become recognised as a significant figure in the social history
of photography.
His images helped him become one of the most successful postcard publishers
in the world.
On winning the competition 26-year-old Mr Sheridan said: “It was
a real shock when I found out I’d won it. Out of about 6,000 entrants
it’s a real confidence booster.
 “I
only took up photography in the last couple of years and it’s something
I really enjoy in my spare time. It’s an honour to be featured on
a John Hinde calendar, he’s a real legend in this field. The prize
of four nights in the Merrion Hotel is also nice and I can’t wait
for that.”
GoIreland.com — Ireland’s leading tourism portal and owned
by Gulliver Ireland —runs the competition every year and receive
thousands of quality photographs from visiting tourists from around the
globe.
Each year the standard of photography exceeds all expectation and more
and more people are entering.
Gulliver Ireland’s chairman Dick Spring said: “We are delighted
with the range and quality of entries from tourists who are helping to
develop the GoIreland.com Photography Awards into a genuine international
tourist photography competition.
“The range of tourists from countries around the globe who entered
the awards while visiting Ireland continued to grow this year. Our congratulations
go to this year’s winner, Ken Sheridan, whose winning photograph
captured an evocative image on Dublin’s River Liffey.”
Winning images can be viewed at www.goireland .com/photo_comp.
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