Four Stuff visual journalists are competing for Photographer of the Year in the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. They tell Virginia Fallon about their favourite entries, and the stories behind the images. Auckland-based Ricky Wilson has been a visual journalist for six years. He says of his picture of Elaine Cowlin, who along with Dylan Lewis was ordered to get rid of over 300 rabbits at their shared property in Mt Eden: “You can see the look of her face is sort of ‘what am I going to do with all these bloody rabbits?’ She was so lovely and keen to chat. I love the evening light in this photo…”

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