By
LEUT Aaron Matzkows
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Joanne Edwards next to her award- winning photo.
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The
winning photo. AB Craigh and AB Patterson during an exercise
onboard HMAS Adelaide.
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Another
photo entry captures a patriotic moment for these two sailors.
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A
rare sight as a submarine surfaces in Jervis Bay.
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A
view of HMAS Success, reflected in a signal lanter on Sydney.
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Able
Seaman Photographer Joanne Edwards of the Navy Imaging Unit-West
has taken, officially, the best Navy picture of the year.
AB Edwards has been awarded this year’s Rosemary Rodwell
Memorial Prize for the best contribution to photography in the
RAN in any one year.
The Rosemary Rodwell award is open to all members of the Navy’s
photography category and is highly regarded among them.
For Joanne, in only her second year as a Navy photographer, the
prize is due recognition of an outstanding talent.
She has spent considerable time deployed on various ships, gathering
images of the Navy’s men and women and the equipment they
operate to promote their activities, not only within the Navy
but also to the wider community.
Jo has also spent time with the Rockingham’s Sound Telegraph
newspaper working alongside its photographer as part of her training
and career progression.
Competition manager WOPH John O’Brien said independent experts,
John Wallace of Maxwell’s and Danny Newhouse of Nikon on
Broadway, judged the entries.
WO O’Brien, who has managed the competition since its inception
four years ago, said the standard of entries was getting better
and better.
“It is good to see young, junior Navy phots win the competition,”
he said.
“The pictures were of an extremely high standard.”
Joanne’s picture, of ABs Craigh (foreground) and Patterson
during a damage control exercise in HMAS Adelaide on her India-South
East Asia deployment last July, was selected from a total of 45
images submitted by Navy phots around Australia. The other photographs
are a random selection of entries.
The prize is awarded in memory of Petty Officer WRAN Writer Rosemary
Rodwell, who joined the Navy in 1953.
She spent more than 20 years in the RAN and the Naval Reserves
and was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1982.
Her many postings included secretary to the Chief of Naval Staff
and as a core member of the RAN’s Bicentennial Committee.
She died in April 1987 following a car accident and her family
established a trust fund in her memory with a prize to be awarded
to the member whose picture is judged the best contribution to
Navy photography each year.
For
the technically minded, Joanne took her image on a Nikon digital
at 1/30sec, aperture f4.5, 800ISO.
Note: Photos shown were picked randomly from submitted entries.
