1ST PLACE WINNER
Portrait 2020
HEAD ABOVE WATER
by Mark CondrenFirefighter and open-water swimmer Rachel Lee who holds the Irish record for men and women for crossing the English Channel

Maya Bracknell Watson at the Winter Solstice at Newgrange, Co. Meath
Ellie Bermingham poses for a photograph to celebrate “Kiss a Ginger Day” on the 10-year anniversary of this anti-bullying day, in Dublin
By Julien Behal
Poet and Industrial School survivor Connie Roberts standing beside one of the art pieces that shows the names of the 796 children, mostly infants, who died and were buried in an unused septic tank in the Bon Secours mother and baby home in Tuam, Co. Galway at “(A)Dressing our Hidden Truths”, an artistic response to Ireland’s hidden and shameful past
Yvonne Connolly with “Henry” and daughter Ali (13) with “Chris” sharing a light moment, as they get ready to compete in the “Showing Classes” at the Dublin Horse Show
By Mark Stedman
Bláithín Mac Gabhann making her Abbey stage debut in an Abbey Theatre and Soho Theatre
co-production, “Citysong” by Dylan Coburn Gray and directed by Caitríona McLaughlin
“Game of Thrones” actor Liam Cunningham at the opening of his South Sudan photographic exhibition “Dignity” at The Solomon Gallery in association with World Vision
By Julien Behal
Kelly Mathias at “Be Heard: Ending Racial Discrimination in Ireland” a consultation event hosted by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission together with the National Youth Council of Ireland
By John C Kelly
River Feeley and his partner Buyiswa Mankayi who are living rough on the grounds of Our Lady’s Hospital, Ennis
Magdalene Laundry survivor Diane Croghan at an exhibition in Collins’ Barracks, Dublin
Fiona Stout as Molly Bloom at the opening of the Museum of Irish Literature in the historic setting of UCD Newman House, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
By Mark Stedman
Artist Amanda Coogan in a performance piece “Snails, After Alice Maher” as part of “Elliptical Affinities”, an exhibition of women artists and the politics of the body from 1984 until the present at the Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda