About John Hooton

John's rise in the photographic world has been due to his commitment, dedication and enthusiasm. He is one of the founder members of Mallow Camera Club which was established in 1988. At local community level John has been nominated by the Camera Club for the Mallow Sports and Leisure annual awards which pay tribute to all those who take part and are successful in their different sporting and leisure events. John has won the leisure award three times.Over the past fifteen years John has won 29Irish Photographic Federation Gold medals together with numerous silver and bronze. The Photographic Society of Ireland have also honoured John with no less than five gold medals in the past ten years. John is Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation, an Associate memberof the Royal Photographic Society and has an Excellence award from the International Federation of Photographic Art. He has achieved national and international acclaim for his work which has been exhibited throughout Ireland and in 2001 John was awarded a solo exhibition in Croatia as part of the Croatian Grand Prix Prize which he won in the year 2000. Johns' work has also been seen in exhibitions from Australia to mainland Europe and America.

News 2004

  • John won Gold and Silver medals at the Mazda National Print and Slide Competition. Took 2nd place in the E.S.B. Environmental Photography Competition with his print titles "Clogher Beach"  John was a recipient of a Sports and Leisure  Award in Mallow.  Won an IPF Gold medal for the best overall Landscape at the Tallaght International Photo Competition also won a silver medal.
What must be the highlight of John's photographic achievements was been awarded a Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society. This Fellowship is world renowned and is only awarded to those photographers who have achieved the highest possible standard in their work. In the June edition of Professional Photograprer John's image, Millenium Sunset was featured on the cover. Another of John’s images The Lily Pond was also featured inside. The magazine was running an article on Fine Art Photography.
 

News 2002/ 2003

  • At the end of 2002 John was approached by leading international magazine Amateur Photography. They were reviewing the Royal Photographic Society's annual print exhibition which featured on of Johns prints. Amateur Photography were eager to headline Johns work in their magazine and subsequently ran a five page feature showcasing his images with the title" Irish Eyes" together with an in-depth interview. 
Another achievement in 2003 for John was wining the overall prize in the amateur category section of the ESB Environmental Photography Awards. The wining image was taken overlooking the Blasket Islands in Dingle. Earlier this year John won a Silver medal in Mullingar. In Northern Ireland, at the East Antrim Exhibition he won a special commemorative medal for one of the best panels exhibited. Also this year at the national Fuji Nature competition John won the best overall landscape prize More  recently John was successful in having one of his images included in the 2004 calendar for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. 

 

Among his achievements are:

Five time winner of the All Ireland Audio Visual Competition
Winner of 29 I.P.F. Gold medals and numerous silver and bronze
Photographic Society of Ireland 5 Gold medals and 3 Silver
Overall winner of the Togher International Festival of Photography in 1993 and 2000
Winner of IPF Gold Medal at the Mazda Nature Competition in 1996
Grand Prix Prize for the best panel of 4 prints in Croatia 2000
Five time winner of Panel award in the East Antrim Open Competition
Best Print of Exhibition in Lannion, Brittany for a number of years
Winner of the National Landscape Competition on numerous occasions
FIAP Gold medal winner at the 4th Kajanni International Competition, Finland
Various awards over the years at the Austrian Super Circuit
4 Honourable Mentions at the 1st Holland International Slide Circuit
Photographic Society of America Gold Medalist at the 1st European Circuit in Belgium
First place at the ESB Environmental Photography Awards 1999.
A much sought after London Salon Medal in 2000
FIAP Silver Medal winner at the 20th International Exhibition of Photography, Hungary
Bob Elliott Gold medal at the 26th Smethwick International Festival of Photography

News 2004
FIAP Silver medal for the best pictorial slide of the exhibition and FIAP Honourable mention at the Welsh Photographic Federation 26th International Colour Slide Salon 2001.

 

  • John won Gold and Silver medals at the Mazda National Print and Slide Competition. Took 2nd place in the  E.S.B. Environmental Photography Competition with his print titles "Clogher Beach"John was a recipient of a Sports and Leisure Award in Mallow.Won an IPF Gold medal for the best overall Landscape at the Tallaght International Photo Competition also won a silver medal.What must be the highlight of John's photographic achievements was been awarded a Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society. This Fellowship is world renowned and is only awarded to those photographers who have achieved the highest possible standard in their work.In the June edition of Professional Photography John's image, Millenium Sunset was featured on the cover. Another of John’s images The Lily Pond was also featured inside. The magazine was running an article on Fine Art Photography.

 

News 2002/ 2003

 

  • At the end of 2002 John was approached by leading international magazine Amateur hotography. They were reviewing the Royal Photographic Society's annual print exhibition which featured on of Johns prints. Amateur Photography were eager to headline Johns work in their magazine and subsequently ran a five page feature showcasing his images with the title" Irish Eyes" together with an in-depth interview. 

    Another achievement in 2003 for John was wining the overall prize in the amateur category section of the ESB Environmental Photography Awards. The wining image was taken overlooking the Blasket Islands in Dingle. Earlier this year John won a Silver medal in Mullingar. In Northern Ireland, at the East Antrim Exhibition he won a special commemorative medal for one of the best panels exhibited. Also this year at the national Fuji Nature competition John won the best overall landscape prize More recently John was successful in having one of his images included in the 2004 calendar for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. Some of John's images have featured on RTE Weather

 

 
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