It’s that time of year again; Congratulations.

It was wonderful to see the IPPA membership reaching for the stars. We have six new Associates all of whose work has been judged to the highest criteria of quality, workmanship and artistic skill. The IPPA congratulates:

• Naoise Culhane
• Padraic Deasy
• Tom Doherty
• Mark Maxwell
• Donal Murphy
• Janice O’Connell

Meanwhile in Europe at the QEP Judging in Brussels, three of our photographers have made their mark by achieving the QEP standard. An Irish judge who was at the judging said that the judges were very impressed by the three Irish successes. The IPPA and the FEP would like to congratulate:

• Emma Clarke
• Padraic Deasy
• Donal Murphy

The Masters

There are only 13 Master QEP photographers in Europe. Ireland is the proud home of three of them. A recent addition to the ranks was Neil Warner who received his Master QEP on December 9th. The three Irish Master QEP photographers now are:

• Vincent O’Byrne
• Gerry O’Leary
• Neil Warner

More Good News

The Towergate Award which is run by the BIPP is Europe’s most prestigious award for Fine Art Photography. This year the International First Place was shared by two photographers; Vincent O’Byrne and Neil Warner.