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YUNIS TMEIZEH

WINNER

Yunis Tmeizeh has operated a business for over 10 years as an illustrator and creator of Cybertart. The camera has always been part of his creative journey, but it was only in 2012 that Tmeizeh adopted the digital camera as a major tool in his creative process. He uses the camera to capture the moment as he sees it, and tries to use the image to replicate the feeling as he felt it.

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FINALISTS

Troy Baird
Nicola Bernardi
Tori Heron
Ona Janzen
Emma McEvoy
Conor Richardson
Nicole Wells
Dane Wang

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JUDGES

Peter Brew-Bevan, Jason Capobianco, George Fetting, Greg Gorman, William Long, Alexia Sinclair, Hugh Stewart.

Category prize

National Portrait Gallery prize pack valued at $295.

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JUDGES’ COMMENTS

“It’s easy to fall into the trap of doing what other photographers are doing, and that’s a race no one can win. Stay true to yourself and remember what it was that first made you fall in love with image-making, because that’s what shines through in winning images.”

“One or two weak images within the group nullified my confidence of the artist’s talent. You are only as strong as your weakest image!”

“In Portraiture, I look for an image that talks to me. Many of the entries were too remote in terms of connecting the viewer with the subject.”

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INGETJE TADROS

RUNNER-UP

Ingetje Tadros specialises in social documentary photography and storytelling. Her documentary photography involves interacting closely with people to tell their stories at a community level, and provides a conduit for global communication between different cultures. Tadros’ creative vision has been the catalyst for several documentary projects as diverse as mental health in Bali, leprosy in India, trans-sexuality in Asia, death rituals in Egypt and her ongoing documentation of Australia’s Indigenous people.