TWO Irish photographers have made the shortlist for the world’s biggest photography competition.
Ian Thuillier will compete in the Sony World Photography Awards 2015 ‘Low Light’ category for his impactful and eerie photograph of a carnival ride taken on a beach in Bray, Co. Wicklow.
Thuillier faces tough international competition in his group from India, Germany, Mexico, China, Ukraine, UK, Bulgaria and Australia.
Thullier, who is based in Bray, is a photographer and documentary maker whose credits include Ghost Blues - The Rory Gallagher Story and his most recent short film Driven.
In the ‘Enhanced’ category Lisa Griffin, from Tipperary, is shortlisted for her dreamlike portrait of model Janice Snowden wearing an ornate headpiece.
Griffin’s work usually focuses on fashion and portraiture and examines themes of feminine beauty and isolation.
The awards, which recognise the world’s best contemporary photography from the last year, received the highest number of entries in its eight year history for 2015 – totalling 173,444 images from 171 countries.
The shortlisted images to be shown at Somerset House, London 24 April – 10 May and the overall winners will be revealed 23 April.
