Jan Breckwoldt is the overall runner-up, and winner - Architecture in Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

The overall winner of the 2017 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers is Paul Alsop. He also won the Portrait category.

© Mark Brierley was Runner-up in the Architecture category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Kate Patten was Runner-up in the Art category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Rowena Meadows was Runner-up in the Documentary/Photojournalism category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Yang Liu was Runner-up in the Editorial/Fashion category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Jarrad Parker was Runner-up in the Landscape category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Jennifere Thompson was Runner-up in the Portrait category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Davor Jakovljevic was Runner-up in the Sport category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Miriam Deprez was Runner-up in the Student category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017.

Dylan Goldby was Runner-up in the Travel category of Australia's Top Emerging Photographers 2017

Documentary photographer and multimedia storyteller, Deanne Fitzmaurice not only has an impressive list of clients to her name, but has also been awarded a Pulitzer Prize, and gone on to co-found the highly successful bag company, Think Tank Photo.

At a time when digital photography and, primarily, the DSLR reign supreme, it is rare to find a photographic practitioner still fully relying upon the niceties of 35mm film, let alone medium format or large format view cameras.

A self-taught photographer, James Smart describes his studying methodology as being a digital sponge. Smart has found his own place in the world of photography and continues to sharpen his technique with every shoot he does.

Recovering from hand surgery, Jennifere Thompson made the decision to retire from her job with Victoria Police in 2011. Since graduating from photography studies, Thompson says she never dreamed she'd be in the position she now finds herself.

Katherine Williams' self-confessed obsession with portrait photography began on a road trip from Adelaide to Darwin; planning to focus on landscape photography, the connections she made with interesting characters along the way could not be ignored.