O’Briens Irish Sandwich Bars, Ireland’s fastest growing franchise chain, are delighted to announce Bob Morrison, from Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, as one of the winners of this, their seventh annual Photographer of the Year Competition, entitled “The Rhythm of Life”, in association with the Irish Independent and Fuji Film Ireland.

The six winning photographs are being transformed into postcards and distributed in O’Briens stores throughout the globe.

Bob, an amateur photographer is thrilled to win the award, “This is a fantastic opportunity to showcase my work. There aren’t many people who will print, publish and distribute an image to the scale that O’Briens does for free. It’s recognition you don’t normally get”.

Bob’s winning photograph is a very popular choice amongst the judges, as he captured “The Rhythm of Life” through the medium of black and white. Bob previously won the 2003 Photographer of the Year Capturing “That Food Sensation”.

“Bob is truly a talented photographer, and we look forward to showcasing his work in our store. His award winning photograph will be available in-store from June 2005 as a postcard for you to take home”, explains David Horkan, Franchisee O’Briens Mullingar.

This is the seventh year the competition included all O’Briens International territories and entries were received from the UK, Ireland, the USA, Singapore, Malyasia and Australia. Following the extensive search to find the Photographer of the Year, O’Briens received an outstanding amount of entries for the competition. The main sponsor O’Briens Sandwich Bars, Irish Independent and co-sponsor Fuji Photofilm Ireland, selected Bob as one of the winners.

Each winner receives €500 worth of Fuji camera equipment as well as their photographs being replicated as free postcards in all O’Briens stores worldwide.

The other five winners are: Shelley Corcoran, Longford (IRL), Mary Conlon, Dublin (IRL), David McAuley, Dublin, Bill Crookston, Glasgow, (UK) and Bryan Smyth, Singapore (Asia).

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For further information and/or photographic material please contact
Elaine Mellon on (01) 4721 400/086 8123 704 or elaine@obriens.ie