A stunning photograph of a cloud formation over the horizon by West Australian Chris Barry has won the Healthcare Professionals division of the mEYE World Photographic Competition for 2013.
The competition, run by the Macular Disease Foundation Australia to highlight the importance of vision, was judged by renowned Australian photographer Ken Duncan and 2013 Australian of the Year
Ita Buttrose.
Commenting on his photo, Mr. Barry, of Sorrento, said the world “contains so many magnificent sights… the mechanism of seeing seems so fragile and delicate compared to the vastness of the world around us”.
The overall winner was a black and white portrait by Denis Fitzgerald of Victoria. Mr. Fitzgerald had taken a candid shot of his daughter: “The look I saw in her eyes was one of beauty, of feeling… It was the realisation that my baby girl is all grown up.”
