KERRY FILM FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION CONTINUES COUNTY-WIDE TOUR IN KENMARE

Frank McGonigle, Mary O Reardon, Marie Leahy and Eileen O Connor, Bank of Ireland, at the opening of the Kerry Film Festival Photographic Exhibition in Kenmare.

It’s the turn of Kenmare to enjoy a feast of photography as top snaps from Kerry Film Festival’s Photography Competition go on display in Bank of Ireland’s branch in the town. Kerry Film Festival has teamed up with the Bank of Ireland in an initiative which will see the exhibition cropping up in branches across the county throughout the coming months.

The works on show are entries in a photography competition which was held to highlight the fundamental connection with film, in the run-up to the Kerry Film Festival in October.

The photographs on display follow two themes; Portrait and Action, and Landscape and Wildlife, and organisers are thrilled with the quantity and quality of submissions. “The photo competition was a huge success. The quality and variety of photographs received was simply astonishing.” said Mike Foley, Kerry Film Festival coordinator. “We were absolutely thrilled with the work submitted and pleasantly surprised that entries came in from all over Ireland and abroad”, he added.

There was such interest in the competition that selecting the pieces for the exhibition was no easy task, so Kerry Film Festival enlisted the skilful eye of top fine-art photographer Andre Corvin to help with the process. “We’ve worked with Andre in the past”, said Mike, “and always found him to be an amazing professional. His fine art photography is outstanding. Andre is known nationally and has wide critical acclaim.”

Due to unprecedented interest, the exhibition enjoyed an extended period on display at the Dingle branch of Bank of Ireland before being carefully dismantled and transported to the beautiful and much photographed town of Kenmare where it will remain on display for the next two weeks. The next stop on the exhibition’s tour of Kerry will be Bank of Ireland’s Killarney Branch.

For more information on the Kerry Film Festival please log onto www.kerryfilmfestival.com or call +353 66 712 9934.

For more information please on Andre Corvin please log onto www.andrecorvinphotography.com