The Clare Herald Image Of The Week – Solomon Burke

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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 12:08

Each week multi award winning photographer John Kelly provides visitors to The Clare Herald with his image of the week.

As staff photographer with The Clare Champion, John has chronicled the life of Clare over the past two decades; his unique photographs scratch beneath the surface of everyday activity within the county.

Kelly's photographs have appeared in publications across the globe - among them, The New York Times, The Guardian and The Irish Times - and his work backboned the acclaimed publication, The Scattering. For this project, Kelly travelled to England, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea to record the story of those who left Clare for further fields.

Press Photographers Association of Ireland awards -
1996 - 2nd People
1997 - 1st Features
2000 - 1st The Arts
2003 - 2nd Picture Story
2005 - 1st People
2007 - Most Humorous Photograph
2008 - 1st Sports Feature & 2nd Picture Essay
2009 - 1st Sports Action

Other Major Awards to date -
1997 & 2006 - GAA Mc Namee Photograph of the Year
1999 - The Photographic Society of Ireland Millenium Award
2006 - WDC - John Healy Photography Award

Six National Media Awards for Coverage of Community Games, The latest being Action Photograph of the year 2009

Completely self-taught, John is married with three children and resides just outside of Ennis, Clare.

For more visit www.johnkellyphotography.ie