Rene snaps up international photography award

By Simon Ruppert

Jan 9, 2023

Winner: Benalla's Rene Marten was named photographer of the year, for this photo, in the Night Photography category of the Universe of Colour Photography awards. Photo by Contributed

Well known Benalla photographer, and regular Ensign contributor Rene Martens, recently won photographer of the year in the Golden Camera Award.

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He took out the prize for a photo of the Benalla-Monash bridge in the Night Photography category.

The Golden Camera Awards are held by the Universe of Colour Photography, which offers an online platform to offer an easy way for professional and amateur photographers to publish their work.

It currently has more than 55,000 contributing photographers.

Mr Martens said he took the winning photo in March last year.

“I got off the set as an extra for the film being (shot) out in Winton Wetlands and it was too late to go to bed but too early to go home, so I stopped at the Benalla-Monash bridge and grabbed a few photos,” Mr Martens said.