Congratulations to Kilmarnock Photographer, Lynne Harper, Photographer of the Year 2019

That the Parliament congratulates the Kilmarnock photographer, Lynne Harper, on winning several awards recently at the prestigious Guild of Photographer awards, including the highly-coveted overall photographer of the year award for 2019; recognises that the Guild runs an image of the month competition that has received over 13,000 entries in 2019; further recognises that these entries are then scored, with each individual receiving a yearly total score to determine who wins the individual genre groups and also the photographer of the year accolade; acknowledges that Lynne is one of only a few Guild members from Ayrshire and has only competed at this high level for four years; recognises that Lynne also won first place in the maternity genre and the newborn and baby genre, runner-up in the people genre, winner of the image of the year competition in the newborn category and runner-up in the children’s portraiture category; further congratulates Lynne on this outstanding achievement, and wishes her continued success in the future.