Kris Dickson has been awarded the title of UK Master Photographer of the Year 2009. The announcement was made at the Master Photography Awards in Newcastle last night. In addition to the main prize of the evening, Dickson was awarded firsts in the following categories: UK Fashion and Beauty, the Mario Acerboni Northern Ireland Award and the overall Mario Acerboni Award. He was also crowned UK Fashion & Press Photographer of the Year. Jingna Zhang, from Singapore, was named Overseas Master Photographer of the Year 2009. Click through / read on for the full list of award-winning photographers.

Master Photographers Association Press Release

2009 Master Photographer of the Year announced

Kris Dickson has been awarded the coveted title of UK Master Photographer of the Year 2009.

The announcement was made at the Master Photography Awards in Newcastle last night. The Awards are run by the Master Photographers Association (MPA). A packed audience of professional photographers and trade representatives attended the prestigious event held at the Gatsehead Hilton on the banks of the River Tyne. Dozens of the world’s top photographers were presented with major accolades.

Kris, based in Coleraine, County Londonderry already has a host of awards to his name and has quickly gathered a reputation as being one of the brightest young stars of modern photography. His victory this year follows a similar triumph at the 2006 Awards.

It was a great night for Kris - in addition to the main prize of the evening, he was awarded firsts in the following categories: UK Fashion and Beauty, the Mario Acerboni Northern Ireland Award and the overall Mario Acerboni Award. He was also crowned UK Fashion & Press Photographer of the Year.

Qualified MPA members from around the world submitted images for the annual competition and only the very best were short-listed. MPA Chief executive, Colin Buck was delighted with this year’s entries and paid tribute to Kris’s success: “There was a great diversity of imagery, and all were judged on the same criteria - artistic merit, good use of lighting, composition and print quality - all the winners were of a very high overall standard. Winning the Master Photographer of the Year title is a huge honour and I’m sure Kris will be delighted with his new accolade. He’s proving himself to be one of the top photographers of this millennium.”

He continued: “The Master Photography Awards are a showcase of everything that is great about today’s professional photography - creativity, technical brilliance and a willingness to push the boundaries and show that our industry has a very bright and exciting future.”

Examples of Kris’s work can be viewed at www.lifephotography.co.uk

Jingna Zhang, from Singapore, was named Overseas Master Photographer of the Year 2009. She flew in from a fashion shoot in New York to collect her Oskar. For further information on Jingna go to www.zemotion.net

The other awards presented at the event were:

UK Parent & Child - Clare Louise
UK Portrait - Lisa Visser
UK Family Portrait - Hossain Mahdavi
David Mathias Portrait - David Armour

UK Under 5’s - Lisa Visser
UK Pets - Chris Astbury
UK Wedding - Philippa Double
Dennis Hylander Wedding - David Bryce
UK Commercial/Advertising - Ian Pickering
UK Landscapes/Pictorial/Illustrative - Roy McKeown
UK Industrial/Architectural - Chris Astbury
UK Travel - Neil Horne
UK Press/PR/Stock - David Kilpatrick

UK Events - Chris Martin

UK Portrait Photographer of the Year - Lisa Visser

UK Wedding Photographer of the Year - David Bryce
UK Commercial Photographer of the Year - Ian Pickering

You and Your Wedding Magazine, ‘Bride’s Choice’ - Paul Maddison Cosmopolitan
Bride Magazine, ‘Bride & Groom’ - Ewen Forsyth Cherubs - Chris Astbury David
Facey Memorial Award - Christopher Bradbury Open Category - Lynsey Thompson
Silver Imaging Award - Dennis Hylander Epson Award - Christopher Bradbury
Licentiate Competition - Manuel Thome and Steve Ramsden

Mario Acerboni Awards:
Overall Winner - Kris Dickson
Runners Up - Ian Pickering and Gary Roebuck

Overseas Portrait - Jingna Zhang

Overseas Wedding - Stephen Loh
Overseas Commercial/Advertising - Costas Kyriakides
Overseas Landscapes/Pictorial/Illustrative - Stu Williamson
Overseas Industrial & Architectural - Albert Lam
Overseas Travel - William Chua

Overseas Press/PR/Stock - Ryan Wong Teck Yan
Overseas Fashion & Beauty - Jingna Zhang

Overseas Portrait Photographer of the Year - Jingna Zhang

Overseas Wedding Photographer of the Year - Stephen Loh
Overseas Commercial Photographer of the Year - Costas Kyriakides

Overseas Fashion & Press Photographer of the Year - Jingna Zhang

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