Here’s a good news story for local photojournalists! Australians are over-achievers when it comes to the prestigious World Press Photo Contest. The world leading photojournalism contest published data in its 2018 Technical Report, which shows Australians win awards every year, … Continue reading
Prominent Melbourne photo artist, Polixeni ‘Poli’ Papapetrou, has sadly passed away after a long battle with breast cancer. She was just 57 years old, and was first diagnosed with cancer in 2007. Six years ago the photographer defied odds by … Continue reading
ProGrade Digital, a new premium memory card manufacturer, has invested in CFexpress card technology, pulling back the curtain on a 1TB memory card with lightning fast read and write speeds that exceed 1GB/s. The ProGrade CFexpress card may set a … Continue reading
While photography has historically been a male-dominated industry, two events held over International Women’s Day have shined a light on established and up-and-coming female talent. The aim of the two events – Loud and Luminous in Melbourne and Agender in … Continue reading
Accomplished documentary photographer, Lee Grant, has won the prestigious 2018 National Photographic Portrait Prize for her photo, Charlie. Charlie is one of the youngest residents at Ainslie Village in Canberra, a social housing complex that provides accommodation and support services … Continue reading
Australian photographers have set a high standard at this year’s WPPI 2018 Annual photo contest, with Ryan Schembri, Rocco Ancora, Kelly Brown, and Tony Hewitt taking out category wins. The Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) Expo, which ran for … Continue reading
Australian Oceanscape photographer, Trent Mitchell, has won the 2018 Nikon Surf Photo of the Year award for a photo taken from his Tessellated Seas project. ‘Tessellated Seas is an ongoing body of work exploring human connection with nature. Intrigued by … Continue reading
John Swainston, a co-opted Board member of the AIPP, found himself as one of four remaining caretaker directors after the big Board decisions earlier this week. ProCounter asked him to share some impressions with our readership and give some perspective … Continue reading
Two Australian photographers, Patrick Brown and Adam Ferguson, are in the running to win the prestigious 2018 World Press Photo (WPP) Contest. For the first time the WPP went public with the six nominees’ in consideration for the top prize, … Continue reading
Rumours that Fujifilm’s upcoming pro-oriented X-H1 mirrorless camera will be announced this week have been accompanied by leaked pictures and a press release. UPDATE: Yep – it happened! Arriving in March. Full local press release here: Fujifilm X-H1 February… Or … Continue reading
