The world’s best action and adventure sports photography is coming to Dublin as Red Bull Illume, sponsored by SanDisk, unveils the winners of its 2010 Image Quest this 31 August at Trinity College.
As night falls, the best 50 photos from nearly 23,000 action and adventure sports images that were entered into the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010 will be revealed at a stunning exhibition. And you could win tickets for you and a friend!
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And don’t despair if you don’t win the tickets. The exhibition will run for 10 days in total so get down there and prepare to be blown away. This is arguably the world’s greatest collection of action and adventure sports photography and it is fully open to the public.
Fifty-three judges from around the world are voting to find the photos that stand out most for their composition, creativity and artistic flair. The judges will also vote for 10 category winners and one overall winner – the results of which will be kept under close guard and will be announced at the Unveiling Ceremony.
“These are truly incredible images, I was floored,” said Judge Nick Hamilton Director of Photography at Transworld Snowboarding. “It will be amazing to see them as a collection.”
“‘Staggered’ is the word that comes to mind when considering the quality of images in this year’s Red Bull Illume,” says Steve Dickinson of Adventure Magazine. “As a judge I was staggered by the quality, staggered at the variety and staggered by the creativity. I spend my professional life immersed in action based images and this year’s entries to Red Bull Illume are without doubt the very cream of the world’s best action images.”
For those who cannot wait for the Unveiling, a sneak peek of the 250 semi-finalist images on www.redbullillume.com is now online. This is the first time the semi-finalists have been made public although the images remain anonymous in order to preserve impartiality for the remainder of the judging phase.
For more information on Red Bull Illume, go to www.redbullillume.com
Photocredits: Kayakers Steve Fisher, Sam Drevo and Dale Jardine at Victoria Falls, Zambia (Desré Pickers/Red Bull Illume) & kitesurfer Simone Vannucci in Mauritius (Alberto Guglielmi/Red Bull Illume).
