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Photographer of the Year and Open category winner
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/boy.gifAmaia Arenzana is Photographer of the Year and takes the Open prize for this photo, Ad Infinitum. "The child in the photograph is one my children, his name is Aitzol, he is 10 years old and one of triplets, he was walking and climbing on a stone wall at the beach during high tide, it was his fierce (and some times fearless) determination and drive that struck me and that is why I took the photograph. I wanted to capture that positive drive and energy to do and explore things that my son has, even when the outcome is uncertain, hence the title 'ad infinitum'."
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Photograph of the Year and Monochrome category winner
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/shadow.jpgPhotographer of the Year and Monochrome category prize go to Shadow Man by Aideen McFadden. "The photo was taken at around 5am just after an overnight rainstorm at last year's Bass Coast Project, an electronic music festival in Squamish, BC, Canada. I woke up early because my tent had flooded."
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Winning image - Colour
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/god.jpgGod in the Lane by Mike Finn is the winner of the Colour category. "'God In The Lane' was taken on a visit to Waterford on February 25th last. Tucked in amid the shops on George's Street is a padlocked gate with the words 'St. Patrick's' over it. I took the picture through the bars of the gate. The statue looks longingly down the lane at the passing shoppers. The photo was taken with a Nikon D40."
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Winning image - Travel
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/dogs.gifThe Train to Rosslare by Aoife Hester scoops the Travel category. "I took the photograph on the train on my way home from a holiday in Rosslare during the summer just past. These two cute dogs were training as guide dogs and they were attracting so much attention from everyone. They decided to make themselves comfortable (and to my amusement, they wouldn't even move for the food trolley) so I snapped this while I had the chance - just before the train pulled in to the platform. They made it a very amusing train journey indeed!"
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Winning images - Nature
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/caterpillar.jpgSynchronised Snacking from Des Cannon wins the Nature section.
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Winning images - Portrait
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/portrait.jpgDaria by Ferdinand Von Korff Schmising wins the Portrait section.
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Winning images - The Source Set
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/empty1.gifEmpty Spaces by Claire Duggan is the winner of The Source Set category, which is about series of photographs exploring particular themes. "The photographs were all taken in early 2012,” she says.
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Winning images - The Source Set
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/empty2.gifSecond image from Empty Spaces by Claire Duggan, winner of The Source Set category. “Many of us look at these empty spaces daily, but do we ask ourselves why they exist? Do they shock us, amaze us, anger us? Mostly, we just move on by.”
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Winning images - The Source Set
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/empty3.gifThird image from Empty Spaces by Claire Duggan, winner of The Source Set category. “This body of work attempts to capture that tension between the full and the empty, the living and the dead; a tension that exists in so many streets across the country.”
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Winning images - The Source Set
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/empty4.gifFourth image from Empty Spaces by Claire Duggan, winner of The Source Set category. “We ghost past these empty spaces; perhaps not noticing, perhaps not accepting, perhaps not caring. They exist, they have volume, texture and mass, but they provide nothing except walls and windows for us to move past.”
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Winning images - The Source Set
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/11/empty5.gifFifth image from Empty Spaces by Claire Duggan, winner of The Source Set category. “Empty Spaces is based primarily in Smithfield and Dublin 2 and aims to document unused space.”
