PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 1995

Sponsored by Eastman Kodak Company’s Professional Imaging Division

 

MAMMALS

1. Mike Hill:

Hedgehog

2. Hanne & Jens Eriksen:

Gazelle

 

BIRDS

1. D. Waters:

Roller

2. D. Waters:

Bee-eater

 

PLANT

1. Carolyn Lehmann:

Acacia

2. Stephen Venn:

Zygophyllum quatarense

& Suede maritima near Hofuf

 

BEHAVIOUR

1. Hanne & Jens Eriksen:

Blue-cheeked bee-eaters, displaying

2. Hanne & Jens Eriksen:

Great-crested tern, stretching

 

MARINE-LIFE

1. John McFadden:

Scorpion fish

2. Ivor Fulcher:

Hermit crab

 

REPTILES

1. D.C. Heath:

Jayakr’s agamid lizard

2. Mike Hill:

Jayakr’s agamid

 

ENDANGERED SPECIES

1. Carolyn Lehman:

Socotra cormorant

2. Mike Hill:

Dugong and calf

 

TERRESTRIAL & FRESHWATER INVERTEBRATES

1. Hanne & Jens Eriksen:

Lesser Emperor mating

2. Hanne & Jens Eriksen:

Oleander hawkmoth on flower
 OVERALL WINNER

 

Mike Hill, Hedgehog on dunes

 

 

OVERALL SECOND

 

Hanne & Jens Eriksen

 

 

 

OVERALL THIRD

 

D. Waters, Roller on fence

 

 

The NCWCD wishes to thank the competition sponsor, Eastman Kodak

Co., and the judges who were Khaled Khidr, Jeddah based professional

photographer; Hussain Ally, President of The Photography Club

of Bahrain and FIAP Continental Repre-sentative, Middle East;

Hugh Richardson, Director of Marketing for Eastman Kodak Company

in Saudi Arabia; Mohamed Abdul Ghani, Samir Photographic Supplies;

and Prof. Iyad Nader – NCWCD. Dr. Abuzinada, Secretary General

of NCWCD stated at the judging session, that it is his feverent

wish that the competition will encourage more Arabian photographers

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