John Feely has been named the overall winner, Australia’s Top Emerging Photographer 2016. A massive congratulations to all the other category winners, runners-up and finalists – all of whom are listed below.
Along with the title, Feely also won the grand prize – a Fujifilm X-T1 and XF 18-135mm lens valued at $2,599 – from our major sponsor, Fujifilm, along with $5,000. He won the Documentary/Photojournalism category and was runner-up in the Portrait category. Congratulations must also go to Sarah Maslankiewicz, winner of the Student category, but also overall runner-up, Australia’s Top Emerging Photographer 2016.
Photo © John Feely.
In 2016 the total prize pool for Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers was worth over $21,000, with $11,715 in prizes from our category sponsors and cash prizes of $9,500.
Overall winner: John Feely
Overall runner up: Sarah Maslankiewicz
Winner
Gregory Evans
Runner Up
Becky Strong
Finalists
Mihai Florea
Chrissie Francis
Daniel Pockett
Andrew Privitera
Elizabeth Schiavello
Jude Watson
Winner
Marea Reed
Runner Up
Izzy Gramp
Finalists
Thomas Brown
Amy Crawley
Henrique Fanti
Hayden Griffith
Winner
John Feely
Runner Up
Niki Boon
Finalists
Jane Cowan
Kern Hendricks
Lynette Letic
Harrison Moss
Winner
Ribal Hosn
Runner Up
Waded
Finalists
Lori Cicchini
Freya Lamont
Ren Pidgeon
Steven Popovich
Winner
Luke Tscharke
Runner Up
Robert Salisbury
Finalists
Mieke Boynton
Lee Duguid
Craig George
Michael Harris
James Smart
Katherine Williams
Winner
Niki Boon
Runner Up
Kelly Tyack
John Feely
Brook Ready
Finalists
Tracy Botica
Amy Crawley
Steven Cutts
Shamima Islam
Ona Janzen
Kelly Morgan
Jennifere Thompson
Pippa Williams
Winner
Samuel Costin
Runner Up
Jeremy Ng
Finalists
Mark Croker
Aidan Cunningham
Mel Lyons
Daniel Pockett
Brook Ready
Dennis Tan
Winner
Sarah Maslankiewicz
Runner Up
Kate Bowman
Finalists
Andrew Arismunandar
Tony Evans
Heather Gaskell
Ricky Gestro
Ahkam Nasution
Marc Pricop
James Thorn
Winner
Grace Hobson
Runner Up
Jai Long
Finalists
Mark Condon
Aimee Dehaan
Matt Godkin
Edwina Robertson
Shane Shepherd
Lucy Spartalis
Jonathan Suckling
James Thomson
Fiona Vail
Image credits: © Gregory Evans (Architecture); © Fiona Harding (Art); © Lori Cicchini (Editorial/Fashion); © Sheldon Pettit (Landscape); © Ingetje Tadros (Documentary/Photojournalism); © Yunis Tmeizeh (Portrait); © Steve Wall (Sport); © Cyndi Briggs (Student); © Lucy Spartalis (Wedding)
The total prize pool for the 2016 competition was valued at more than $15,000, including a cash prize of $5,000 to the overall winner.
The overall winner, Australis’s Top Emerging Photographer also received a Fujifilm X-T1 camera and XF 18-135mm lens, valued at $2,599.
Category winners shared in a prize pool of over $7,000, including a cash prize of $500 per category winner.
Please direct inquiries to Marc Gafen, Editor, Capture magazine, at emergingphotographer@capturemag.com.au
