Australian Photography

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Plants can be photographed in an infinite number of ways, and this is something we looked for this issue – images that went beyond just capturing the traditional, but explored different creative techniques to bring out the best in bloom. HIGHLY COMME

The competition is the largest of its kind for amateur photographers in Australasia and for 2023 had a prize pool valued at more than $20,000. Slater’s series marks his early foray into 1860sera wet plate photography, an archaic, artistic process tha

@raoulslater THE SUNSHINE Coast’s Raoul Slater only set up a wet-plate collodion studio in February last year, but he hasn’t stopped since. In fact, he has just ticked over his 50th portrait captured with the 1860s era technology. Captured with a Rus

@drcamera SPECIALIST OBSTETRICIAN and Gynaecologist Dr Tony Lawrence is no stranger to Photographer of the Year, with the Melbourne photographer taking out the Travel category in 2020. His People category winning series this time took him to the worl

FARMYARD FRIENDS RIVER BOYS NIGHT CRUSADERS SPEECHLESS BEST OF MY FIRST YEAR AT COLLARTS WHAT HAVE I DONE? PEOPLE OF MELBOURNE BULLRIDER EMOTION - PHILIP HOLI SAMAJ OLD LADIES MAKING BASKETS STREET PORTRAITS COUSINS SUNSETS & SILHOUETTES WIDOWS OF VR

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@rdearphotography SYDNEY’S ROWAN Dear has been fascinated by the ocean since an early age, and despite initially being scared to put his head underwater, he has become a dab hand at underwater photography, something he showcased in his beautiful runn

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@murrayparkinson SPACE PHYSICIST Murray Parkinson says the four images in his runner-up winning series My Happy Place were captured on the same cold, wet, windy day on the top of the Rams Head Range in the Snowy Mountains. “I pitched my tent in a rel

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@waynerileyimages PERTH PHOTOGRAPHER Wayne Riley was kindly gifted an aerial photography flight – his one and only so far – by his wife for his 50th birthday present. The flight took him to areas over the southwest of WA. “Hanging between earth and s

@tarnhook MELBOURNE’S TARNYA Hook enjoyed a successful and creative career in the fashion industry, but has since returned to her love of painting and photography. She describes the images in her Black and White runner-up winning series Head in the C

THE BOTANICS A STORY OF THESE HANDS THE POWER OF WATER PORTRAITS B&W THE EYE MAJESTY OF THE STAGHORN A DELICATE BALANCE WYARALONG LONELY PORTRAITS OF THE WILD THE STAIRS IN ELIZABETH BAY HOUSE GENTLE-MEN MUNGO NATIONAL PARK LIFELESS ART MEGABATS NEW

REFLECTIONS OF VENICE THE HOUSE OF TAN TENG NIAH TOKYO KU SOCOTRA: YEMEN’S HIDDEN GEM NIPPON TEA IN A WARZONE FINE TIMES AT THE ASTOR UNDER THE STREETLAMPS (POSTCARDS FROM EUROPE SERIES) UP, UP AND AWAY KASHMIR UNVEILED IRANIAN LIFE ANTARCTICA 2023

SELF-TAUGHT BRISBANE based photographer Kym Douglas says her love for photography began in 1999 when she purchased her first film SLR. “I joined Brisbane Camera Group back in 2003 and I enjoyed challenging myself with their set subjects, which pushed

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