Red Shed, Hokkaido

• Photographer
  Michael Mc Laughlin
• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Jury Top 5 Selection

  David Clarke Beautifully simple image showing the strength of a single vibrant colour and textural form against a largely white landscape….wonderful.

  Patti O'Halloran

• Company/Studios
  Mc LAUGHLIN STUDIOS
• Date of Photograph
  Jan 2020
• Technical Info
  Nikon Z7 , Nikon 24mm PC
• Socials

• Biography
  It was in 1994 that my evolutionary development as a photographer started when first coming across the work of photographer Ansel Adams. It was his imagery that sparked the flame of interest in me developing a portfolio to present to a University for a college placement. My inspiration in photography since then has come from the philosophy and vision of Adams and his San Francisco Bay area colleagues in the 1930's known as "Group f/64, named after the smallest aperture of a camera lens, allowing for the greatest depth of field and overall sharpness of an image. It was my discovery of this aest
• Awards
  A Visual Communications and Graphic Design graduate, his work has been feted by the Press Photographers Association of Ireland, Federation of European Professional Photographers, Irish Professional Photographers Association, The Black & White Spider Awards, The Prix de la Photographie and MonoAwards. A series of images from a new body of work was selected this year’s prestigious Graphis Photography Annual 2022. He is a member of The Press Photographers Association of Ireland (P.P.A.I.) and an Associate Member of the Irish Professional photographers and Videographers Association of Ireland (I.P.P.V.A.) 2022 IPPVA Open & Creative Photographer of the Year 2022 IPPVA Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022 IPPVA Commercial Photographer of the Year 2022 IPPVA Press Photographer of the Year 2022 Finalist Landscape & Nature FEP Photographer of the Year 2021 PPAI Arts & Entertainment 2019 IPPVA Press Photographer of the Year 2016 IPPVA Landscape Photographer of the Year 2016 Bronze Camera Landscape FEP Photographer of the Year 2015 IPPVA Photographer of the Year’ 2015 FEP. European Photographer of The Year Finalist