Images of Reserach 2006 Winner, St John's Eve, Sruwaddacon Bay, Rossport, County Mayo - image created by Noreen Barron
Noreen Barron, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics was the overall winner of the inaugural Images of Research Competition which was announced at an awards event which took place on Tuesday October 24, in O’Reilly Hall, University College Dublin.
A unique event in Ireland, the exhibition featured over 420 images taken by researchers in UCD, showcasing the depth and diversity of research taking place in the university.
Submitted as part of the images of research competition, entitled Picture This, images relate to all academic and research disciplines including Arts, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, Engineering and Physical Sciences. The multidisciplinary competition was open to everyone involved in research in UCD, all of whom submitted compelling digital images created in the course of, or related to, their research.
Professor Desmond Fitzgerald, Vice-President for Research in UCD, said the range and quality of the images submitted was exceptional. “The images submitted to this competition are unique and compelling and the scope of research interests in UCD is clearly visible. From both a research and a visual perspective, the competition succeeded in capturing the extent and diversity of the research underway at UCD.”
Images will be exhibited in an online gallery and the twelve winning images will also be used to create the first research calendar for UCD.
Images were judged by an independent selection panel that comprised experts from the arts and digital media worlds. Images were judged on originality, composition (aesthetic and technical) and overall impact.
COMPETITION WINNERSOverall Winner:
Noreen Barron,
UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore & Linguistics
Image Title: St John’s Eve, Sruwaddacon Bay, Rossport, Co. Mayo
On the evening of June 23rd, St John's Eve (or Bonfire Night) is celebrated in many parts of Ireland with the lighting of bonfires. One custom associated with this day was to take burning embers from the bonfire and spread them on a potato crop for a good yield that year.
2nd Place:
Elizabeth Shotton
UCD School of Architecture, Landscape & Civil Engineering
Image Title: Foreign Bodies, Grand Canal Locks
Part of a comprehensive photographic survey of the constructed edge of the River Liffey through its tidal region from Islandbridge Weir to Poolbeg Lighthouse. The images form the documentary background to a representation of the river as part of an ongoing study into the relationship of memory, perception and representation to the design process.
3rd Place:
Yolanda Alvarez
UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science & Conway Institute
Image Title: Eye Veins
Image Description: This picture shows two blood vessels overlying the inner layers of the retina in adult zebrafish. The endothelial cells forming the walls of the vessels are green (EGFP) and the nuclei of all cells are blue (DAPI staining).
Enlarged version of winning entries available here
