PPAI

Reportage
2021

1ST PLACE WINNER
Reportage 2021

WEATHERING THE BOARDS

by Clodagh Kilcoyne

Torch-lit in a night-time storm. Fog, rain or sun - hardy open sea swimmers weather the Blackrock diving boards in Galway in all conditions, every single day of the year.

2ND PLACE
LOCKDOWN MAN

By Kenneth O’Halloran

Lockdown man.

3RD PLACE
FRONT LINE HEROES

By David Conachy

One hectic day with medical teams of the Mater Hospital in Dublin battling Covid-19 on the frontline.

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S37 DEGREES CELSIUS

By Julien Behal

Part of a project, 37°C, shot during the lockdown between March and late June using the FLIR T1030 thermal camera. 37°C is taken as the average normal human temperature. The thermal camera and the vivid images it captures lend themselves to picturing the hidden danger that is
Covid-19. Individuals whose lives have become affected by Covid-19 over the last few months were matched with thematic pictures of Ireland under lockdown.

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LADIES DAY AT HOME

By Harry Murphy

Women in their outfits for the 2020 Galway Races Ladies Day, which had to take place online due to Covid-19.

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SAYING GOODBYE

By David Conachy

Grief in the era of Covid-19: the funeral of John Gallagher who died of Covid-19. John’s family had to self-isolate and watch the funeral through a live-stream link.

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COVID-19 PICTURE STORY

By Tom Honan

Views of Dublin during the first Covid-19 lockdown in spring.

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HOPE IS HERE!

By Marc O’Sullivan

79-year-old Annie Lynch is the first person in Ireland to receive the Pfizer BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin.