Mullingar woman shortlisted for photography award

Mullingar photographer Emma O’Brien has been shortlisted for the inaugural Taylor Wessing Irish Photo Prize, presented by Photo Museum Ireland in partnership with Taylor Wessing and facilitated by Business to Arts.

The prize is the largest award for contemporary photography in Ireland, and the shortlisted artists will present their work in a major exhibition at Photo Museum Ireland from April 22.

The finalists were selected from a nationwide open call that received over 1,300 entries. The theme was: ‘Community – Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine – it is in each other’s shadow that we live’.

Winners will be announced on opening night, where the first prize winner will be awarded €10,000, two runners-up awarded €2,500, and 30 shortlisted artists will receive exhibition honorarium awards. The bursary winner will also be announced.