Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2022: entries close this Sunday

The call for entries for Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2022, presented by Fujifilm, closes this Sunday. Now in its 14th year, the competition has uncovered and helped boost the careers of numerous emerging photographers in Australia and New Zealand.

The prize pool for 2022 currently stands at over $30,000 in cash and prizes. The overall winner, Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2022, will receive a Fujifilm X-T4 and XF18-135mm lens valued at $4,578, from our major sponsor, Fujifilm. The competition's overall runner-up will receive a Fujifilm X100V (body only) valued at $2,349, also from Fujifilm. Each of the nine category winners will take home $1,000 cash, along with prizes from the category sponsor. A full list of all the prizes up for grabs can be seen here

One of the things that sets this competition apart from most others around the world is that it's judged by an impressive array of some of the most respected professional photographers from Australia, and around the globe. In 2021, the judging panel featured 34 judges, which included some of the world's best photographers along with respected industry leaders. This year we have the biggest panel of world-class professionals every assembled to judge the 2022 competition – a total of 41 judges, and counting. Check out the stellar panel of judges at this link.

And if you're after some top tip to improve your chances this year, then our piece featuring the Top 50 pearls of wisdom from the 2021 panel of judges is compulsory reading. Follow this link for all the wisdom.

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Entires close 20 February 2022.

Past winners

2021

© Carole Mills Noronha. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2021, and winner of the Portrait category.
© Carole Mills Noronha. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2021, and winner of the Portrait category.

2020

© Callie Chee. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2020, and winner of the Travel category.
© Callie Chee. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2020, and winner of the Travel category.

2019

© Tristan Still. Overall winner - Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer. Winner, Portrait. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2019.
© Tristan Still. Australasia's Top Emerging Photographer 2019 and winner of the Portrait category.

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© Amber Botterill. From the featured entry, Paper Wish.

 

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© Natalie Finney. Emergence.
Single Shot category featured entry,
Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2022

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