Bachelor of Arts (Photography) Awards
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Courtney Stockdale
Kallman Feitel Endowment Award for portfolio which demonstrates the greatest potential (client-centred). ATMOS is the first instalment of an ongoing series, comprised of both architectural and interior photography. Positioned as a rebuttal to persistent criticisms of minimalist design, which is often more …
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Jeong Hu Kim
Kallman Feitel Endowment Award for a portfolio which demonstrates the greatest potential (Art-centred practice) THE BEAUTIFUL MISUNDERSTANDING As we go through life, we are influenced by everything around us. It’s almost impossible for aperson to live in complete isolation from more …
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Jonah Meaden
There’s wolves in the house. In his photobook, ‘There’s wolves in the house’, Jonah navigates his journey with trauma as a means of finding peace with these events and their effects. Through a fragmented and non-linear narrative, mirroring the fluid more …
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Lulu Bolt
Kallman Feitel Endowment Award for portfolio which demonstrates the greatest potential (World-centred). THOMAS explores the concepts of masculinity and identity, as experienced through my friendship with three individuals named Thomas. Through the medium of photography, I explore the dynamics of identity more …
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Mingyuan Zhang
Robyn Beeche Award. BON APPETITE – An expression of the personal experience of suffering resulting from eating disorder behaviours. An eating disorder is a combination of physical problems and mental issues. The reason behind it is beyond complex. Instead of more …
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Nick Orloff
Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Bachelor of Arts (Photography) Highly Commended. In his recent keynote presentation at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Platon said “as a portrait photographer, my job is to tell the truth and to capture someone’s spirit more …
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Phương Nguyên Lê
Baillot & Balfour Endowment Award for most outstanding final year student in photography. Perimeter Books Award (portfolio review): most potential for publication. Blindside Award. SUNSHINE On January 15th 2022, I moved to Sunshine, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne, where I rented out a bedroom more …
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Rani Bartholomeusz
Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Bachelor of Arts (Photography) Sponsored by Sun Studios. WATER AND LIGHT My body of work explores light and water’s relationship with the sublime. Looking at various bodies of water, I capture how different lighting can manipulate more …
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Tayla Edwards
The Brownbill Effect Award: pushing the boundaries of commercial photography. This body of work utilises the photographic medium to investigate and capture the local beverage maker industry in the Mornington Peninsula region. Inspiration is derived from the annually published Eat. Drink. magazine. more …
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Zhuoyu Gan
Centre for Contemporary Photography Award for outstanding folio. Reviewed in MASS MEMO | Photography, RMIT by Leah Shyra (memoreview.net) “[…] Zhuoyu (Bǫbbi) Gan brings me out onto the balcony of an apartment, her photographic installation Boundaries Theatre (2023) exploring a desire to more …
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Zoe Willis
Kindred Cameras Award. In this portfolio, I present a series of photographs, each embodying a distinct theme and narrative. Inspired by cinematic aesthetics and fashion nuances, these images are more than visual representations – they aim to communicate truths, evoke more …
Bachelor of Arts (Photography) (Honour) Awards
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Adrian J. Song
Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Bachelor of Arts (Photography)(Honours) sponsored by Kayell Australia. UNSETTLED OPACITIES: REASSEMBLING THE UNKNOWN. This year my research focused on approaching my practice as a site of resistance to maintain my right to opacity. The works more …
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Donna Venables
Lightscapes Award for outstanding Folio. RETRO-FUTURISTIC ECHOES (Areas A-J) AI-infused artistry of the pulp Sci-Fi era My final art project for the Honours program Retrospective Echoes (Areas A-J) marries the aesthetics of retro sci-fi pulp movies from the 1950s through to more …
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Ryley Clarke
Lightscapes Award for outstanding Folio. DARK SIGNS OF A RED SUMMERS SHADOW is a photographic narrative that draws on the conventions of documentary practice, to reflect upon the interrelated experiences of young adults living through a time of heightened uncertainty. In more …
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Zina Sofer
Dr Ray Cook ‘hang onto your dreams’ Award: folio that demonstrates potential for further exploration. OUT OF THE SHADOWS Forgotten History of the War Widows’ Guild of Australia It makes me sad to see how my neighbourhood is changing. The housing estate in more …
Master of Photography Awards
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Mikayla De Pasquale
NAVA Ignition Award for highest performing in Profession Practice. CELESTIAL TRACE is a photographic exploration that documents solar and lunar phenomena. The research project uses handmade pinhole and mirrorless cameras to capture various durations that span across hours, days, weeks and more …
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Raghav Kumar
Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence, Master of Photography sponsored by Kayell Australia. NAVA Ignition Award for highest performing in Profession Practice. Seventh Gallery Award. ALL THAT REMAINED ARE MEMORIES: a photographic exploration of Home, Family and Material memory to reclaim more …
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Tammy Wu
B2 Scan Photography Award: analogue merit. SURREAL OF MIRROR is a combined photography project that takes on a personal explorational journey to resolve my sense of loneliness and depression by revealing inner insecurities and self-consciousness. It discusses existentialism through superimposition more …