Awards

Awards & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Tony Harding, AFIAP, AAPS, ASSOCIATE APJA (AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHIC JUDGES ASSOCIATION)

Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography, Acceptances - Monochrome Section - Images: Coming & Going, Tower Tall & Helen
PHOTOCROWD, New Joiners People Section - Winner CROWD CHOICE - “Arnhem Land Dancer” January 2024
Image of the Week, Aussie Photography Facebook, theme - Street; “Grecian Street” October 2023
Australian Photography Society, Contemporary Group Exhibition, Highly Commended - Realism “Messed Up” October 2023
Australian Photography Magazine June-July 2023, ‘Your Best Shot’ in Top Picks, “Flower Planets” P. 16
Chelsea Art Show May 2023 - Highly Commended, “Mordialloc view”
Banner page - ongoing Cloud Lovers facebook - Mordialloc clouds
Knox Art Show November 2022 - Highly Commended, ‘War Memorial’
Co-Winner, Australian Photographic Society - Contemporary Group Exhibition, ‘Upward’, October 2022
Finalist, Optika City of Kingston Photographic Award, ‘Lush & Sustainable’, May 2022
Hastings Art Show, Scottish Highlands Image (framed) sold April 2022
Mono Awards, Places Section, 2021 Commended “Wasdale View”
Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize, 2021 Finalist “Hanging by a Thread”
AIPP - Australian Institute of Professional Photographers, Semi-Finalist Shades of Grey section Silver Lining Awards, “Drenched” April, 2021
Shortlisted, Optika, City of Kingston 2020, “Connected”
Certificate of Merit, Pakenham National Photographic Exhibition, 2020 “Apartments” and several other image Acceptances
Published, Herald Sun 13/10/2020 edition “Parkdale Cloudscape”
Image of the Week, Friends of Australian Photographic Society, 27 September 2020 - Canadian Staircase
Mono Awards, 2020, Australian Photography & Capture Highly Commended - “Sandy Point View” & “Lake District Gully”
Winner, People’s Choice, Australian Conceptual Photography Prize, 2020 - “Life’s Uncertainty”
Australian Photographic Society, Australian Digital Photography Awards (ADPA) 2020, Merit - “Pencil Colour”
Australian Photographic Society, Contemporary Section Free Expressions Cover July 2020
Australian Conceptual Photography Prize, 2020 Finalist “Life’s Uncertainty”
City of Kingston, OPTIKA 2019, Finalist, April 2020 “Weathered Trough Time”
Australian Photographic Society, Contemporary Section Free Expressions Cover February 2020
Australian Photographic Society 2019, APSCON 2018 Best Image, Herbert Award - People
Australian Conceptual Photography Prize, Finalist, 2019 “Knowledge”
Victorian Association for Photographic Societies (VAPS) Annual Convention 2019 - Merit "Helen’s Look"
Australian Photographic Society, 43rd National Exhibition, Digital 2018 Merit - Anchorage Gully
OPTIKA, Kingston Art Gallery Exhibition Dec 2018 - shortlisted for Architecture, Space and Home - “Pidgeon Home”
Dandenong Show 2018, Winner, Night Photography - Fireworks at Honolulu; Third - Landscape - Trousers Point
Dandenong Show 2018, Winner Bill Dalton Monochrome Award - Arches
Monash Gallery of Art, Friends of MGA Exhibition 2018, Finalist - Alpine View
Published with other APS Contemporary Artists, "Free Expressions" 2017 https://www.momentoshop.com.au/sp/id/20076#!prettyPhoto
Australian Photographic Society, 4 Nations 2018 represent Australia - "Holi Man"
Australian Photographic Society, APSCON Image 2017, 3rd "Evening at Port Willunga"
Dandenong Show 2017, Best in Show, First, Portrait - "Market Man" Second - Ivor; Second, Mono - "Helen", Third, Mono - "Arches"; Second, Open - "Harvester View"
Australian Photographic Society, 42nd National Exhibition, Digital 2017 Merit - "Swiss Rural"
Winner, "Best Shot I've Ever taken" theme - Aussie Photography Facebook August 2017 - "Arnhem Land Dancer"
Highly Commended, "Your Best Shot",Australian Photography Magazine, July 2017 Theme - "Looking Down"
Featured in Gallery "Your Best Shot", Australian Photography Magazine, June 2017 Theme - "Signs"
Australian Photographic Society 2017 - represent Australia in Four Nations Competition (Australia, NZ, South Africa, Canada) - "Coastal at Schanck"
Pakenham National 2016 - Merits : "Market Man", "Indira"
Victorian Association for Photographic Societies (VAPS) Annual Convention 2016 - Merit "Market Man" (also one of 10 Colour Prints to represent Victoria at APS Conference 2016)
LENS MIST Photographic Competition, Melbourne, 2016. Finalist
Feature Gallery - Australian Photography Magazine September 2015
Macquarie Photographic Prize 2015, Winner, People Section
Australian Photographic Society, 4 Nations 2014 represent Australia - "Boy Z"
Finalist, Landscape Photographers Network (Facebook) - Architecture 2014
Honours - AAPS, Australian Photographic Society 2014
Yellow Pages Capture the Cover Competition, Bayside Region - Runner Up image 2013
LENS MIST Photographic Competition, Melbourne, 2014. Finalist
International Loupe Awards 2013, Two Silver Awards – People and Portraits, Bronze Award – Illustrative
Published NPhoto magazine November 2013, United Kingdom
Honours - AFIAP, Federation Internationale de l'Art Photographique, 2013
Published in online Landscape Photography Magazine, 2013
Yea Spring 2013 Print Competition, First Prize - "Castle Rock" (Landscape), Second Prize – "Hilltop", Second Prize – "Orchid View"
Australian Photographic Society Print Competition June 2013, Two Merits, "Ivor", "Castle Rock"
Australian Photographic Society – Digital (Creative Section) Highly Commended 2013, "Nonchalance"
International Loupe Awards 2012, Bronze Award – People and Portraits
APSCON 2012 Digital People Category, Third Place
Yellow Pages Capture the Cover Competition Bayside Region - Two Runner Up images 2012
Open House Melbourne Highly Commended 2012 and exhibited, "Palais Theatre"
Australian Photographic Society 2012 Digital Competition – Merit, "Orchid View"
APSCON 2011 Digital Open, Third Place, "Peeking Out"
Honours - LAPS, Australian Photographic Society
Tasmania Circuit 2010, First Place Photo Travel Projected Images Tamar Valley National, "Woodshop"
Australian Photographer Magazine, March 2010 Third prize Dusk to Dawn competition
Georgia Southern (GASO) 19th Circuit International exhibition 2010, USA, Two Honourable Mentions