This stunning picture of a Spitfire flying over York Minster has earned a national award for a The Yorkshire Post photographer.
Simon Hulme won the Photographer of the Year prize at the Regional Press Awards, which were held in Mayfair, London, yesterday. It is his fourth success in the awards.
He said: “I am very pleased to have won this award. I’m proud of the Spitfire image. I was in a Mustang flying alongside the Spitfire and we had to get the moment just right to get the aircraft and the Minster in the frame. It was a difficult picture to plan but it turned out well.
“His portfolio also included images of a swimmer at Bramley Baths’ mermaid club in Leeds and a woman with a red umbrella among rapeseed. James Hardisty and Tony Johnson from The Yorkshire Post were shortlisted in the awards.
The Yorkshire Post reporter Ruby Kitchen was highly commended in the Feature Writer of the Year section. She submitted a feature investigation about river pollution, plus a piece about a £2 day trip on a Coastliner bus and a feature about a trip to Scarborough.
The Regional Press Awards are said to be “the pinnacle of the UK’s local journalism sector”.
