The Press Photographers Association of Ireland award winning photographs for 2006 are now on show in the Gallery of Photography in Temple Bar. I love press photography, I feel it can be one of the truest forms of photography since a photographer covering a breaking news story rarely gets to plan, layout and stage photographs as they can in a studio. Sure some amount of staging does take place and Photoshop is a wonderful tool, but I still get absorbed by press photographs. There were a several photographs from the Dublin riots, an interesting and I thought telling one from Charlie Haugheys funeral, a cringe worthy photograph of a horse with a broken leg and a compulsory collection from the Ryder Cup.
I went to the opening tonight and heard a couple of the photographers give brief thank you speeches, they don't seem to like being the center of attention. The gallery was as full as I've ever seen it, and I didn't stick around long as I had to rush up to Dundrum before the shops closed. Even though I picked up a copy of the catalogue I'll probably go have another, more relaxed look around the exhibit at the weekend. Initially I think looking at both catalogues last years photographs were a bit better but this exhibit is well worth seeing.
On a related note, the World Press Photo award winners 2006 are also online.
I went to the opening tonight and heard a couple of the photographers give brief thank you speeches, they don't seem to like being the center of attention. The gallery was as full as I've ever seen it, and I didn't stick around long as I had to rush up to Dundrum before the shops closed. Even though I picked up a copy of the catalogue I'll probably go have another, more relaxed look around the exhibit at the weekend. Initially I think looking at both catalogues last years photographs were a bit better but this exhibit is well worth seeing.
On a related note, the World Press Photo award winners 2006 are also online.
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