Australian Photography Awards Winners Show the Beauty and Weirdness of The Time that We Live In

PORTRAIT

Nicole Reed/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Australian Photography Awards (APA) recognizes and celebrates Australian photographers and their work. This year’s winners have just been announced, and it’s a truly wonderful collection of images. They show us the touching, difficult, but also the beautiful side of living in this world at this time.

The contest focuses on original, artful, and creative work. They say that it’s not just about the technical quality, but more about “soulful photography” which has an important message that reflects our current times or reminds us of important events and movements in history. And this is exactly what the winning photos are like.

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Alison Stewart/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Glenn Hunt/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

LANDSCAPE

Tom Putt/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Samuel Markham/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Warren Keelan/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

DOCUMENTARY

Christopher Hopkins/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Isabella Melody/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Rachael Tagg/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

STUDENT

Claudia Messenger/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Luke David/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Charlie Barker/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

ANIMAL/WILDLIFE

Natalya Stone/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Lewis Burnett/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Emilie Ledwidge/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

OPEN/ILLUSTRATIVE

Cara O’Dowd/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Farley Webb/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Tony Hewitt/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

TRAVEL/STREET

Pepijn Thijsse/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Mark Davidson/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Renata Filippi/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place

JUNIOR – 13 AND UNDER

Harper Allen/Australian Photographer of the Year, winner

Lola Star Everett/Australian Photographer of the Year, second place

Jamie Wilson/Australian Photographer of the Year, third place