AMPOTT Photo and Video Awards 2007

Ampott Photo And Video Image Awards 2006-2007
Winners by Categories

Freelance photographer category

Best Scenery Photograph

First Runner Up
Shaffie Mohammed: A Sunset

Winner
Selene Shari Warren: The Early Bird


Best Wedding Photograph

First Runner Up
Roger Saladeen: Mikel And Theresa

Winner
Nadil Khan :Simply Irresistible


Best Portrait

First Runner Up
Selene Shari Warren: Sami

Winner
Selene Shari Warren: My Nephew

Best ICC Cricket Photograph
(Not part of the regular competition and does not qualify for The Photographer Of The Year Award)

First Runner Up
Jermaine Cruickshank (Trinidad Express): Umpire

Winner
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express):Timber


Best ICC Cricket Coverage Photograph
(Not part of the regular competition and does not qualify for The Photographer Of The Year Award)

First Runner Up
Robert Taylor (Trinidad Express): Caribbean Cricket

Winner
David Wears (Trinidad Guardian): India Till The End


Print Media Category

Best Scenery Photograph

Second Runner Up
Dilip Singh (Trinidad Guardian):Bird Sanctuary

First runner Up
Richard Charan (Trinidad Express): Water Shadows

Winner
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): Our Shores


Best Party Photograph

First Runner Up
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): Clear The Way

Winner
Jermaine Cruickshank (Trinidad Express): Concious Concert


Best Off Beat Photograph

Second Runner Up
Dilip Singh (Trinidad Guardian): Flying Kite

First Runner Up
Anisto Alves (Trinidad Express): Walk The Plank

Winner
Rishi Ragoonath (Trinidad Guardian): Boys will be Boys


Best Humourous Photograph

Second Runner Up
Trevor Hackett (Trinidad Express): I Love You

First Runner Up
Jermaine Cruickshank: (Trinidad Express): Good Looking

Winner
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express): Duck


Best Facial Expression

Second Runner Up
Vashti Singh (Newsday Newspapers): Professor Phil

First Runner Up
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): Carnival Faces

Winner
Richard Charan (Trinidad Express): That Man Robbed Meh


Best Political Photograph

Winner
Vashti Singh (Newsday Newspapers) Sleeping Beauty


Best Religious Photograph
(Sponsored By The Ahamadiyya Muslim Community)

Second Runner Up
Jermaine Cruickshank (Trinidad Express): St Peters Blessing

First Runner Up
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express): Havan Puja

Winner
David Wears (Trinidad Guardian): Trinity


Best Cultural Photograph

First Runner Up
Dilip Singh (Trinidad Guardian): Children’s Phagwa

Winner
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): Indian Dance


Best Carnival Photograph

Second Runner Up
Jermaine Cruickshank (Trinidad Express): Carnival Revelry

First Runner Up
Trevor Hackett (Trinidad Express): Bustle Dancer

Winner
Dilip Singh (Trinidad Express): Great Expression


Best Wildlife Photograph

First Runner Up
Trevor Watson (Trinidad Express): Red Howler Monkey

Winner
Rishi Ragoonath (Trinidad Guardian): Birds Of A Feather Dance Together


Best Fashion Photograph

Second Runner Up
Trevor Hackett (Trinidad Express): Hi Stepping

First Runner Up
Innis Francis (Trinidad Guardian): Charmed By Her Smile

Winner
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): China Fashion

The Aldwyn De Coteau Award
(Not part of the regular competition and does not qualify for The Photographer Of The Year Award)

Wendy Ann Duncan (Trinidad Guardian): Privacy Please


Best Black & White Photograph
(Sponsored By Mark Lyndersay)

Winner
Kenrick Bobb (Trinidad Express): Ghost In The Dark


Best Feature Photograph
(Sponsored By Desktop Designs & Letters Limited)

Second Runner Up
Shirley Bahadur (Trinidad Guardian): (VS Naipaul Reading)

First Runner Up
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express): Cedros Sinking

Winner
Wendy Ann Duncan (Trinidad Guardian): Mehindi


Best Sports Photograph
(Sponsored By First Citizens Bank)

Second Runner Up
Anisto Alves (Trinidad Express): Sand Play

First Runner Up
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express): Heel & Toes

Winner
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express): Smell Of Leather


Best News Photograph
(Sponsored By National Flour Mills )

Second Runner Up
Rishi Ragoonath (Trinidad Guardian): Way Of Life

First Runner Up
Anil Rampersad (Newsday Newspapers): No Officer No

Winner
Trevor Watson (Trinidad Express): No School No Future


Photographer of the Year Award 2006-2007
(Sponsored By Digicel)

Initiative Award
Roberto Codallo (Trinidad Express)
For Imaginative Photographs consistently taken throughout the years

Second Runner Up
Rishi Ragoonath (Trinidad Guardian)

First Runner Up
Stephen Doobay (Trinidad Express)

Photographer Of The Year 2006-2007
Kenrick Bobb(Trinidad Express)



Awards of Merit

Mark Bassant (CNMG Television)
For Outstanding Achievement In Journalism (Print /Radio / Television)

Keino Swamber (Trinidad Express)
For Outstanding Achievement In Journalism (Print/Radio & Photography)

Steve Mc Phie
Photographer (Trinidad Express)
25 Years of Outstanding Achievement

Rattan Jadoo
Chief Photographer (Newsday)
For Outstanding Achievement In Photography/Journalism

Mark Lyndersay
Photographer
For Outstanding Achievement In Photography/Journalism


Veteran Award
In Recognition Of Media Excellence In Photography/Journalism

Mr. Maurice Brown - Former Media Photographer

Mr. Ossie Cordner - Former Media Photographer

Mr. Noel Norton - Photographer

Mr. Carl Sutherland - Former Media Photographer

Mr. Jimmie Lewis - Media Photographer (Trinidad Express)

Mr. Herman Roopdass - Photo /Journalist (Newsday)

Mr. Garnet Ifill - Photographer

Mr Anthony Gittens - Videographer

Mr.Noel Saldhena - Former Media Photographer

Mr.William Aguiton - Photographer

Mr Louis B. Homer - Photographer/Journalist/Artist/Historian

Mr Keith Smith - Journalist/Editor At Large (Trinidad Express)

Ms Therese Mills - Journalist/CEO (Newsday)

Ms Gail Alexander - Journalist (Trinidad Guardian)

Mr. John Babb - Journalist/Photographer (Newsday)

Tags: Awards, Winners