PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
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Australian Institute of Professional Photography awards Angela Wylie won the Press Photographer Award for her picture at Oaks Day in 2005. The Age won the overall Press Award for a portfolio of 10 photographs from various sections of the paper. May 7, 2007 |
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 Left: A clock frozen in time shows the very second life changed for hundreds of thousands of people, following a massive earthquake near Jogyakarta in Indonesia. Picture: Jason South "Covering a huge earthquake that hit Jogyakarta in Indonesia, I was confronted with scenes of total devastation and misery. People struggling to make sense of how their lives had been changed or destroyed in a matter of moments. Thousands had lost their homes and many had lost their whole families. In a market area just south of Jogyakarta where we had been told of hundreds of casualties, I found this old man wandering through the rubble of what was left of his house. I used the headlights of a scooter to light the subject, giving it that surreal feel." – Jason South Right: Bill Gordon emerges from the swirl of dust over his nephew's property near Wycheproof, Victoria. Picture: Neil Newitt "My brief was to find a wheat farmer to illustrate a story on the predicted drop in production due to the record breaking autumn dry spell. With no contacts or leads, I needed to find a wheat farmer working the land. Eventually I spotted a huge cloud of dust on the horizon. As I got closer it was like driving through smoke from a bush fire. I waved down the farmer, and as the tractor stopped, Bill emerged from the centre of the choking red cloud." – Neil Newitt  Left: The Sydney Swans celebrate their win in the 2005 AFL grand final. Picture: Vince Caligiuri "At the grand final we all have a specific role to do before, during and after the game. My job after the game was to shoot the winning team with the trophy. This was the first year the AFL used the ‘snow flakes’ at the presentation of the cup. They didn’t go off as planned when the players were on stage, but as soon as they walked back onto the ground and got into a huddle, the flakes went off. Perfect timing!" – Vince Caligiuri Right: Crown Oaks Day at Flemington - very windy and changeable weather made the day difficult for the ladies. Picture: Angela Wylie "It was a really, really windy Oaks Day and I was asked to get some 'colour' from the crowds. I was patiently waiting in the windiest spot at Flemington for a hat, maybe, to fly off. I was facing the wrong way, but fortunately the squeals of embarrassment from these three caught my attention and I turned in time to capture them in this terrible predicament." – Angela Wylie  Left: – Autumn in Melbourne is still hot - a swimmer enjoys the weather at the Prahran pool. Picture: Angela Wylie "It was lucky that my neighbour was home taking a ‘sicky’ when I went to collect my bathers so I could do an underwater shot. The brief was for an illustrative weather pic, it was unusual that it was still so hot in autumn. She happily obliged (so long as it wasn't too identifying!) and jumped in. The leaves were covering the surface of the water which told the major part of the story. We just held our breath for the rest!" – Angela Wylie Right: Shaun Micallef allows himself to be covered with cold, wet pasta and sauce for an Epicure story about ‘the worst meals of my life’. Picture: Simon Schluter "Shaun Micallef, the consummate professional, remained still, calm and composed as we dumped kilo after kilo of cold spaghetti on him. After 20 minutes of being thoroughly sodden with meat sauce he didn’t hesitate when I asked if we could do a secondary pic of him with a dozen eggs on his face. You can’t help but wonder whether you were going to be talkback fodder the next day!" – Simon Schluter  Left: Drew Sinton of the Haunted Book Shop and former Grotto Master of The Church of Satan. Picture: Craig Sillitoe "This picture took a lot of effort and preparation. It was one of the first jobs I did with the new Sunday Age picture editor, Simon O'Dwyer, so we were both keen to make an impression. We workshopped for quite a while, and came up with the most outrageous idea. I spent a day doing a location search around the city, I needed an appropriate laneway where we weren't going to encounter trouble with the council, and where we would have power access. The actual shoot was as outrageous as the idea, and the subject was more than happy to along with it." – Craig Sillitoe Right: The dredging ship Queen of the Netherlands at work in the south channel, Port Philip Bay, Friday 2 September, 2005. Picture: Craig Abraham "One of the biggest challenges for photographers covering a news story is being able to wade through the controls and spin placed upon them to make a picture that shows how the event really unfolded. The picture of the trial dredging project in Port Phillip Bay was no exception. With little knowledge of the ship’s whereabouts and when it was actually dredging, I jumped in a helicopter and went looking for the ship, hoping that it would be dredging when we flew over. Luckily, it worked out." – Craig Abraham  Left: Australian actress Emily Browning, star of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, photographed for the cover of theage(melbourne)magazine. Picture: Marina Oliphant "This was the second shoot I had done with Emily. It’s great being able to photograph someone more than once, as you’ve already built a rapport with them, and gained their trust. Emily is a joy to photograph. Those big green eyes and beautiful lips just love the camera. Emily had brought a friend with her to the shoot. Between shots they would be giggling about boys, school friends, parties and bands, typical teenage stuff. Then Emily would turn back to the lens with that soulful stare that conveys a maturity and wisdom beyond her years." – Marina Oliphant Right: Barry Humphries, photographed in style for theage(melbourne)magazine. Picture: Simon Schluter "Barry Humphries doesn’t need much help to get comfortable in front of the camera. He just kind of switches on, making anything you give him a prop - in this case a lapel. True to his reputation he has a presence that you can’t ignore, and dresses to the nines. For photographers it’s an easy shoot, just set up the light and go snap, he does the rest." – Simon Schluter |
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