Top 20, People Category, Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers 2026

WINNER, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Louise Wolbers, 'Dust Shaker'

 

RUNNER-UP, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Georgia Redden, 'Cowgirls, Servo, Paper'

 

3RD, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Rebecca Polonski, 'Madeline'

 

4TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Craig Mitchell, 'In-Theatre'

 

5TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Stephane Thomas, 'Imogen & Lewis'

 

6TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Anthony Leyba, 'Remote Work'

 

7TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Oliver Whitehouse, 'Petal'

 

8TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Emma Jeantou, 'We Are Who We Are?'

 

9TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Sim Chong, 'Locals at tea houses in Sichuan'

 

10TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Joshua Gray, 'Vanessa Gray'

 

11TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Orlanda Lucian, 'Volition'

 

12TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Jordan Disch, 'School of the Mecca'

 

13TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Lorenzo Passalacqua, 'On Loan'

 

14TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Julie Spencer, 'Weathered Soul, Faithful Friends'

 

15TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Venkatesh Kittur, 'Laneway League'

 

16TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Richard Misquitta, 'Sadhu Suresh'

 

17TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Renee Leth, 'Inked up'

 

18TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Katherine Carlin (Jenkins), 'What a Catch'

 

19TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Rowie Hawley, 'Summer days'

 

20TH, PEOPLE CATEGORY
Amanda Stuart, 'Senior swimmers, and proud of it.'