57th Annual Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Brian Cassey’s “Carol – Burns Survivor’ which was awarded the 2011 Walkley Portrait Award
Open for submissions! I’m looking forward to seeing the ‘photographic gems’ that are likely to come out of this prestigious competition. Sponsored by Nikon, the Walkley Awards target the best in press photography every year. In it’s 57th year, the competition is now open to as many as 34 categories. Anyone who has submitted photo’s for publication in an Australian media outlet in the past 12 month period (ending 31 August 2012) may enter.
The News Photography category, where photographs are judged on ‘newsworthiness, impact, technical superiority, creativity and orignality’ includes spot and general news, exclusive/spontaneous news under the banner of 7 different area:
- News Photography
- Daily Life/Feature Photography
- Sport
- Photographic Essay
- Portrait Photography
- Community/Regional Photography, and
- the Nikon-Walkley Press Photographer of the Year
A new general category included for 2012 called Artwork, could also be interesting for photographers as it is described as including ‘digital photo illustrations and information graphics displaying creativity, innovation and style, combined with artistic technique’.
With the final presentation and gala dinner held on 30th November in Canberra, the deadline for submissions is only ONE week away – 30th August 2012.
Best Portrait Prize in 2011 was won by Cairns based, multi-award winning photographer, Brian Cassey for his amazing portrait of “Carol – Burns Survivor’. He received a Nikon D700 and an AF-S 85mm F1.4 lens.
Look out for this and his other work at his website: http://www.briancasseyphotographer.com/awards.php#award39x
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NicP
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