Another year of the Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPAs) have concluded and the results are in: wedding photographer, James Simmons has claimed the title of Australian Professional Photographer of the Year.
The contest was judged over the weekend as part of The Digital Playground event at Luna Park in Sydney, and James was given the award at a presentation night on Monday, September 15 in Sydney.
‘I work really hard for what I do but I never dreamed this win was possible. I’m honoured to be positioned in the ranks of so many photographers that I’ve idolised,’ James Simmons said.
‘I’m a pretty adventurous person. I like to push people out of their comfort zones and give them the confidence to be photographed. I want to make people feel good in front of the camera and getting them to try something that is a bit different creates artwork they can be proud to hang on their walls.’
The awards, which are in their 38th year, include 21 sub-categories covering specialised forms of professional photography as well as a handful of other industry related awards. And here they are:
– 2014 Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year – James Simmons
– 2014 AIPP Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year – Matthew Everingham
– 2014 AIPP Australian Birth Photographer of the Year – Victoria Berekmeri
– 2014 AIPP Australian Fashion Photographer of the Year – Peter Coulson
– 2014 AIPP Australian Commercial Photographer of the Year – Aran Anderson
– 2014 AIPP Australian Sport Photographer of the Year – Matt Palmer
– 2014 AIPP Australian Travel Photographer of the Year – Nick Rains
– 2014 AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year – Ricardo Da Cunha
– 2014 AIPP Australian Science Environment & Nature Photographer of the Year – Joshua Holko
– 2014 AIPP Australian Documentary Photographer of the Year – Anthony McKee
– 2014 AIPP Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year – Keren Dobia
– 2014 AIPP Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year – Peter Rossi
– 2014 AIPP Australian Family Photographer of the Year – Kelly Brown
– 2014 AIPP Australian Wedding Photographer of the Year – James Simmons
– 2014 AIPP Australian Creative Photographer of the Year – Kirsten Graham
– 2014 AIPP Australian Student Photographer Of The Year – Jacqui Hogan
– 2014 AIPP Australian Emerging Photographer Of The Year – Adam Williams
– 2014 AIPP International Photographer Of The Year – Luke Edmonson
– 2014 AIPP Australian Tertiary Photography Institution Of The Year – Photography Studies College – Melbourne
– 2014 Australian Highest Scoring Image Award – Kelly Gerdes
– 2014 AIPP Australian Album of the Year Award – Nadine Saacks
– 2014 AIPP Australian Photography Book Award – Peter Eastway
The Canon AIPP APPAs offer a grand prize of $10,000 and category prizes of $1,000 cash.
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