Mallow Camera Club hosted its annual Photographer of the Year Competition Awards during a Dinner and Awards Evening at Springfort Hall recently, bringing to a close a wonderful year of celebrations marking the club’s 40th anniversary.
The Photographer of the Year Competition remains one of the highlights of the club calendar each year and once again attracted a superb standard of entries from members across all levels. Each participant submitted two printed monochrome images and two printed colour images, all judged individually rather than as a collective panel.
MCC was honoured to welcome an esteemed panel of judges — Helen Hanifan FIPF EFIAP/d1, Paul Stanley FIPF EFIAP/p ESFIAP and Conor O’Brien AIPF — whose professionalism, constructive feedback and careful evaluation added greatly to the competition.
Congratulations to Joy Buckley-Flynn LIPF on winning the coveted title of Photographer of the Year 2026.
A special acknowledgement was made to the Competition Team — Helen Vaughan, Viv Buckley and Lisa Egan — along with Anne Buckley for their outstanding work in organising and co-ordinating the event and managing arrangements with Springfort Hall.
The club was also delighted to honour Jim McSweeney, Gerard O’Meara and Steve Murphy with Lifetime Membership to Mallow Camera Club in recognition and appreciation of their longstanding commitment to photography within Mallow and their dedication to Mallow Camera Club over many years.
Congratulations to all the award recipients and thank you to every participant. The standard of work this year was exceptional, with many remarkable images on display.