Photo Competition

The Phoenix Women's Centre & SHED Photo Competition was started in 2021 as a way to encourage Kerry women to get out and about make the most of the restrictions by focusing their energy on taking photos of the beautiful natural countryside we are blessed with in Kerry. It was a great way to raise the profile of the centre whilst also promoting the physical and mental benefits of outdoor exercise and fresh air.
To say we were blown away by the response is an understatement, we had over 400 entries, attracted huge attention in the media and got to enjoy a standard of competition we were not expecting. The quality of images we received was akin to a national professional competition not what would be expected from an amateur equivalent. The competition was dubbed "Woman's Eye - The Natural Beauty of the Kingdom as captured by the Women of Kerry" and it proved that the eye of the women of Kerry is very fine tuned to our beautiful surroundings indeed. 

We must give great credit and thanks to our judges Breda Joy and Paschal Sheehy who had the unenviable task of picking our 3 winners from the seamlessly never ending list of worthy candidates. They took note of the incredible standard and got to work ultimately delivering our 3 worthy winners capping off a great chapter in the Centre's early formation. 
The next challenge was how to show the amazing standard of entries in an exhibition while still observing the pandemic restrictions. Working alongside our IT partner we decided to deliver a virtual exhibition to showcase the immense talent the women who entered delivered. We created several videos of the entries with backing tracks and ultimately fused them all into one to display below ensuring that each entry got the recognition they deserved. We would like to acknowledge and thank Kerry County Council for sponsoring this virtual exhibition. Click the links below to jump directly to the content, we hope you enjoy it all and look forward to the 2022 staging of the competition.