World award for Rotorua Bike Festival photo
20 March 2014
Local Rotorua photographer Peter Graney has been named the winner of the New Zealand National Award, part of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards, one of the world's leading photography competitions. The award aims to uncover the single best image taken by a New Zealand photographer entered into any of the ten Open categories of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards.
Peter, who was runner-up in the same competition last year, was chosen as the winner for a Rotorua Bike Festival image titled Into the Bend.
The stunning winning photo captures a bike speedway rider giving his all coming into the final bend at the Rotorua BMX Club speedway course while younger riders eagerly watch from the side line hoping to emulate his skill.
The image is not just about the race but, importantly, also about passing on skills and enthusiasm for a sport to the next generation, he said.