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2024 Māwhera Salon Catalogue Now Available

The 2024 Māwhera National Salon of Photography catalogue is now available to download via the “Catalogues” page of the website or by clicking on the link below.

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If you missed the screening of the salon, we have uploaded the audio visuals to our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@GreymouthPhotographyClub

Many thanks to everyone who participated and we look forward to seeing your wonderful images again in 2025.

Elizabeth Passuello
Chairperson
Māwhera National Salon of Photography

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Results for 2024 Mawhera National Salon

There were 95 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

Feeling the Groove Cathy Price – Gold Medal Open Color	Delicate Rest Stop Glenys Steegh – Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Orange Nectar Bat Trish Brown – Gold Medal Nature	Down the Gurgler Helen McLeod – Gold Medal Creative
Apprehension Irene Callaghan – Gold Medal Portraits	Please Release Me Jeanette Nee – Silver Medal Open Color
Jed Piers Bayley – Silver Medal Open Monochrome	Alpine Penwiper Nadine Campbell – Silver Medal Nature
Unravelled Gillian Maclean – Silver Medal Creative	Young Violinist Pauline Smith – Silver Medal Portraits
Surfing the Kaikoura Coastline Greg Wass – Bronze Medal Open Color	Gizza Kiss Lynn Fothergill – Bronze Medal Open Monochrome
Toutouwai with Weta Carole Garside – Bronze Medal Nature	Painting Hope Julia Rae – Bronze Medal Creative
A Little Bit Of Eden Jan Miller – Bronze Medal Portraits	Glenorchy Storm Helen McLeod – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color
Natures Mosaic Les Rackham – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color	Mother Nature at Work Mark Stevens – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color
Goodnight Moon Anna Menendez – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color	Concentration Glenda Rees – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color
Sun Worshipping Noelle Bennett – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Color	Walking Shoes Linda Mannix – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome
Tiny Kitty Lynn Fothergill – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome	Pond Reflections Helen Howie – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome
The Crow Anne Tate – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome	Joy Brian Eastwood – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome
Flow Dianne Kelsey – Judges Choice Ribbon Open Monochrome	Tuturiwhatu NZ Dotterel Deborah Martin – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature
Rifleman with Berry Glenda Rees – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature	Rifleman with Prey Glenda Rees – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature
Lagenorhynchus obscurus Glenys Steegh – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature	Hemimycena Glenys Steegh – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature
Nidula niveotomentosa Shona Kebble – Judges Choice Ribbon Nature	Moving House Helen McLeod – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative
Reading London RG30 Helen McLeod – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative	Troubled Soul Kirsty Wilson – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative
Tree House Sheree Davidson – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative	The Kingfishers Tale Deborah Martin – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative
Curls Irene Callaghan – Judges Choice Ribbon Creative	The Self Portrait Perry Hoffman – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits
Boy Agra Lynn Fothergill – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits	Russian Beauty Kirsty Wilson – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits
Batwa Pygmy Paul Donegan – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits	Portrait with Flowers Irene Callaghan – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits
The Secret Robyn Carter – Judges Choice Ribbon Portraits	Renaissance Karen Moffatt-McLeod – Honours Ribbon Open Color
Red Room Murray Dunn – Honours Ribbon Open Color	Colour Run Fun Lynn Fothergill – Honours Ribbon Open Color
Enduring Presence Gill Hodgson – Honours Ribbon Open Color	Claret and Grapes Paul Byrne – Honours Ribbon Open Color
Morning Tranquility Glenys Steegh – Honours Ribbon Open Color	Royal Spoonbill Martin Barwood – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome
Make a Wish Colleen Linnell – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome	A Pair Sheree Davidson – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome
Crash of Rhinos Martin Sanders – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome	Featherweight Glenys Steegh – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome
Dahlia and Friend Noelle Bennett – Honours Ribbon Open Monochrome	Crested Grebes Feeding Chicks Martin Barwood – Honours Ribbon Nature
NZ Dotterel Tuturiwhatu Sharon Souproanuck – Honours Ribbon Nature	Pied Stilt Sue Henley – Honours Ribbon Nature
Adelie Penguin Jo Broadhead – Honours Ribbon Nature	Yellow Eyed Penguins Gill Hodgson – Honours Ribbon Nature
The Baya Weaver Nicole Tai – Honours Ribbon Nature	The Fisher King Liz Hardley – Honours Ribbon Creative
Reasons for Voyaging Eunice Belk – Honours Ribbon Creative	Dreaming of Yesterday Perry Hoffman – Honours Ribbon Creative
The Blues Linda Mannix – Honours Ribbon Creative	Entering Wonderland Julia Rae – Honours Ribbon Creative
Drink Me Small Julia Rae – Honours Ribbon Creative	Khazana Karen Moffatt-McLeod – Honours Ribbon Portraits
Innocence Liz Hardley – Honours Ribbon Portraits	Getting Ready Nicola Copland – Honours Ribbon Portraits
Byzantian Beauty Perry Hoffman – Honours Ribbon Portraits	Squirreling Nuts Mark Roxburgh – Honours Ribbon Portraits
In his Library Hans Hockey – Honours Ribbon Portraits	Retribution Liz Hardley – Merit Ribbon Open Color
Natural and Manufactured Iain Galloway – Merit Ribbon Open Color	Cats of Chefchaouen Lynn Fothergill – Merit Ribbon Open Color
Drowning Noelle Bennett – Merit Ribbon Open Color	Determination Susie Hare – Merit Ribbon Open Monochrome
The Masked Violinist Kirsty Wilson – Merit Ribbon Open Monochrome	One Shadow Dianne Kelsey – Merit Ribbon Open Monochrome
Awaiting the Hunt Jasmine Booth – Merit Ribbon Open Monochrome	Grebes at Catons Bay Dawn Kirk – Merit Ribbon Nature
Little Grebe Mandy Hague – Merit Ribbon Nature	NZ Dotterel Scratching Mandy Hague – Merit Ribbon Nature
Nesting Rockhopper Penguin Glenda Rees – Merit Ribbon Nature	Elven Queen Richard Laing – Merit Ribbon Creative
Tribute to Shift Urban Art Takeover Dianna Hambleton – Merit Ribbon Creative	Top Floor Dianne Kelsey – Merit Ribbon Creative
Walking on the Waterfront Maartje Morton – Merit Ribbon Creative	The Hongi Cathy Price – Merit Ribbon Portraits
Ripped Cathy Price – Merit Ribbon Portraits	Olivia Noline Skeet – Merit Ribbon Portraits
Richie the Terrorist Paul Byrne – Merit Ribbon Portraits

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Māwhera National Salon of Photography – Just 1 Week Till Closing Date!

There is just one week left till the 2024 Māwhera National Salon of Photography closes for entries, on May 31st. We look forward to having your images as part of our salon!

We also have exciting news to share; we have added Merit Ribbons to the list of Awards. Judges will award 4 Merit Ribbons per section.

Along with our existing awards, that is a total of 95 awards to be won! Be in to win!

Elizabeth Passuello
Salon Chairperson
mawherasalon@gmail.com

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Māwhera National Salon of Photography – NOW OPEN

The 2024 Māwhera National Salon of Photography is now open and accepting entries!

Closing date: May 31, 2024, at 11:59pm.

There are 5 sections:
• Open Colour
• Open Monochrome
• Nature (colour or mono)
• Creative (colour or mono)
• Portraits (colour or mono)

Entry fee is $30 for the first 2 sections entered, plus $10 per additional section:
• $30 for any 1 or 2 sections
• $40 for any 3 sections
• $50 for any 4 sections
• $60 for all 5 sections
Payment is via PayPal.

We look forward to seeing all your amazing and inspiring images.

Elizabeth Passuello
Salon Chairperson
mawherasalon@gmail.com

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Opening Soon!

We have great pleasure in inviting you to participate in the 2nd Mawhera National Salon of Photography, organised by the Greymouth Photography Club.

We have kept the sections and the entry fees the same as last year, but we have a few more awards on offer! We have also increased the image size to 1920 x 1200 pixels which is the same as many of the other salons on the MyPhotoClub platform.

Our salon opens for entries in just one week’s time, on May 1, 2024.

Closing date is May 31, 2024, at 11:59pm.

We look forward to seeing all your wonderful images.

For all enquiries, please contact the Salon Chairperson at mawherasalon@gmail.com