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2008 Pirelli Photography Awards

Both 2008 Pirelli Photography Awards presented to same
journalist -- Amee Reehal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON  - October 23, 2008

Above: Clay Stang (judge), Amee Reehal, Derek Shapton (judge), Anthony Paulozza from Pirelli

It's been a crazy month...

If getting married in Maui and throwing a huge reception back home wasn't enough, I managed to spend a week in Toronto with my brother (also my stills producer) Rimy, sourcing studios for future car shoots. But the week started out in Niagara-on-the-Lake at AJAC’s 25th Automotive Journalism Awards Banquet where I accepted a couple awards (unbeknownst to me). It was great seeing everyone and the evening was a lot of fun!

Amee

ps. congrats to my friends Mike and Tanya who just had a baby girl!

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Press Release:

Both 2008 Pirelli Photography Awards presented to same
journalist -- Amee Reehal

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON  - October 23, 2008

The Pirelli Photography Awards are presented to AJAC members each year
honouring the best in published and unpublished automobile photographs.

Photography is part of the Pirelli culture. The company has created one of the
world’s most well known photographic traditions – the Pirelli Calendar.  The
calendar was launched in 1963 from Pirelli’s London office as a gift for privileged
customers, its concept a take-off on the pin-up popular with automobile
manufacturers. But the subtlety of its images and the quality of its photographers
made the calendar a coveted collector’s item. 

To his considerable credit, the same AJAC member won both major awards this
year. The 2008 Pirelli Award for Best Un-Published Photograph and the Pirelli
Award for Best Published Photograph go to Amee Reehal of Calgary. It’s worth
noting that the judging is done with the photographer’s name hidden, which adds
to Reehal’s dual win.

In the Un-Published Category, the runners up are Bradley Horn and Brian Early. 

In the Published Photography category, Russell Purcell, a first place winner last
year, and Justin Pritchard are the runners up.

In addition to the prestige of the awards, Anthony Paulozza, Marketing Director of
Pirelli Tire Inc presented Reehal with a visit to the Pirelli-sponsored Jim Russell
Racing Drivers School in Mt Tremblant as well as a collector copy of the Pirelli
calendar.

The judges for the award are celebrated photographers Clay Stang and Derek
Shapton of Toronto and Alana Riley of Montréal, all national and international
award winners in their field.

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For more information contact:
Anthony Paulozza, anthony.paulozza@pirelli.com  or John Morris,
John@marcovitchpr.ca

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Above: 1st Place- Published Category (Performance Auto & Sound Magazine)

Above: 1st Place- Unpublished Category