IPF members from the Dundalk Photographic Society, Brian Hopper and Gabriel O’Shaughnessy were among the top prize winners in the Photographic Society of America (PSA) Pictorial Print of the Year Competition. Brian was awarded first prize in colour print for his image, “Dunluce Castle” and second in monochrome for his image, “Fisherman at Lough Accury”. Gabriel was awarded third prize in colour print with his image “Sunbeam AM”.
This is the PSA’s top print competition of the year, which is by invitation only. The invitation is extended to PSA members who have won PSA, FIAP, or RPS medals in salons throughout the world in the previous calendar year. Non PSA members who are awarded these salon medals can be included in the competition if they join the PSA prior to the selection in July.
This is an excellent result for Irish photographers, following on Gabriel’s first place result from last year in the monochrome section. To have two Irish photographers produce three winning images from the best salon images in the world is an outstanding achievement. These prints will also be considered for the PSA Permanent Collection and will be displayed at the PSA Conference in San Francisco in September.
