Adjudicator says standard of entries in Photographic Society competition is very high

Culture | 22nd September 2026, 15:55 | Published by GBC News

The overall winning image in the Photographic Society's Annual Competitive Exhibition is a monochrome print representing a scene from 1970s Belfast.

Jim Crone's 'Hearts and Minds' was the adjudicator's top choice, with winners in various categories and a large number of entries being highly commended.

The winners are as follows:

WINNER: OVERALL WINNING IMAGE – HARPER TROPHY

Hearts and Minds – Jim Crone

 

Winner: “The Human Condition” – JOAN WAKELIN CUP

Growing under the smoke of progress – Tessa Risso-Restano

 

Winner: Most Original Photograph – PERERA SHIELD

I am whatever your eyes see – Rina Devine

 

Monochrome Individual Prints – MARQUEZ CUP

Hearts and Minds – Jim Crone

 

Monochrome Sets of 3 Prints – MOMY LEVY CUP

911 Turbo S - Paul Lawford

 

Beginners Individual Prints – CROWN RESOURCES SHIELD

Glass tubes experiment - Maurice Gache

 

Beginners Sets of 3 Prints – OMNIPHOTO TROPHY

Blue tit, Monarch Butterfly, Hoopoe - Ronald Pincho

 

Colour Individual Prints – CROWN RESOURCES CUP

Who is looking at who? - Sergio Vitale

 

Colour Sets of 3 Prints – ALWANI CUP

Dusk 1, 2, 3 - Leslie Linares

 

Digital Images – RESTSSO SHIELD

Sunflower - Rafa Millan