A multiple exposure park scene has been selected as this year's winner of the Olympus Auckland Photo Day. Photography enthusiast Holly Corbett made clever use of her camera's remote control to capture the creative self-portraits and take first prize in the 24-hour competition.

Image: Holly Corbett's winning entry, Study Can Wait.A multiple exposure park scene has been selected as this year's winner of the Olympus Auckland Photo Day. Photography enthusiast Holly Corbett made clever use of her camera's remote control to capture the creative self-portraits and take first prize in the 24-hour competition.

Image: Holly Corbett's winning entry, Study Can Wait.Holly was one of more than 300 photographers who participated in the event, sending in over 800 entries. The top 30 images will feature in an exhibition in Auckland's Aotea Centre, which opens Monday 25 June.

The judging panel of Ron Brownson (senior curator at Auckland Art Gallery), Kellie Blizard (chief photographer, The Aucklander), and freelance photographer Jocelyn Carlin all agreed that Holly's entry was "a delightful contrivance".

"It is a fresh, engaging, well-composed photograph which remained mysterious whilst being beautifully constructed," they said.

Holly is a 22-year-old engineering student who was in the middle of exams on competition day.

"The idea of multiple exposures was a planned one," she says. "I came across this fantastic old tree in the grounds of Auckland University and I just had to have a play in it.

"The whole collection took about one hour to complete. It was quite straight forward, but I did get one or two strange looks from people nearby!"

A black and white landscape image of Motuihe Island by Agnieszka Kozlowska came second in the competition, while the third prize went to Albany photographer Karen Lewis.

25/6/07