2015 AIPP APPA Category Winners

John Ansell APP M.Photog- 2015 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year

John Ansell APP M.Photog - I credit the scouting movement with keeping me out of a lot of trouble as a teenager. The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling when younger, and the integrity of Lord Baden Powell when slightly older, seemed to resonate with me. He seemed to display the best of British characteristics that this changing country needed. In every scout hall I went into there would be this portrait of the founder Baden Powell looking down. This image concept is entirely about that small portrait of him in the background. The shirt is that of a young scout and Lord Baden Powell is placed to be looking down on an older, softer and hopefully wiser man, not the young, and often stupid, teenager he looked over and tried so hard to guide in the 70's industrial town of Dandenong. Perhaps only my family can tell you whether the founders efforts were successful.
John Ansell APP M.Photog - Living in a regional area dominated by the coal powered Electricity industry we are blessed with a strong migrant community. Many migrants came out to Australia after WW2, and in particular to our region, from small Italian towns to build the industry and region into what it is today. I wanted to create an image that displayed the strong work ethic of those migrants, the literal rolling up the sleeves and getting the job done. It was harder yet simpler times, and the nearby Gippsland Immigration Park celebrates the contribution of immigrants to the development of Gippsland. In a timeline of Australia this post war migration changed the shape of our region and I wanted this portrait to celebrate the strength of those immigrants.
John Ansell APP M.Photog - Sometimes as photographers I think we all have preconceived ideas in our heads. In my Timeline of Australia series I was looking to honor the original Australians. I was influenced by recent public displays of strength and pride at AFL sporting events. I was introduced to Ronald Edwards and he was keen to get involved. A fine and respected Artist in his own right, Ronald is a very proud member of the local Gunai Kurnai people. However the more we progressed it became clear to me that my original concept did not really suit this wonderfully gentle, softly spoken and quietly proud man.
John Ansell APP M.Photog - I have had the idea for this image rattling around in my brain for some time. Like all areas of Australia our region has seen many people from Sudan join us, often from the larger Metropolitan areas. If my project and plan was to provide some sort of timeline of our country then it seemed to me this was a great image concept to provide some sort of bookend. To literally break free from the restrictions of the past to a new direction, for not just an individual, but for our country. This wonderful young man was keen to get involved and completely comfortable with me chaining him up. An act that I confess had me concerned for a man of African descent, that had spent two years of his childhood in a refugee camp. I need not have worried. A keen sportsman and University student he epitomises the hope, confidence and determination of a young generation and hopefully our country.
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Trevor Foon APP.L M.Photog III - 2015 Australian Alternative Process Photographer of the Year

Trevor Foon APP.L M.Photog III
Trevor Foon APP.L M.Photog III
Trevor Foon APP.L M.Photog III
Trevor Foon APP.L M.Photog III

Katie Kolenberg - APP M.Photog - 2015 AIPP Australian Family Photographer of the Year

Katie Kolenberg APP M.Photog - This is a composite of 12 images of the reflection of two siblings playing next to a dam on their family property just outside Canberra. I positioned them across the water, and then encouraged them to play with each other, run around, show their coolest dance moves and just generally muck around. The resulting image is quirky and illustrative making them look like little cartoon characters.
Katie Kolenberg APP M.Photog - These frames were captured right at the end of a particularly challenging session in a client's home. Directing a portrait session with three children under five is something most family photographers will have faced. But instead of making the children behave like something they're not, I set them up and waited to see what would happen. I feel particularly passionate about doing this, and have only ever received positive feedback from parents regarding images like this.
Katie Kolenberg APP M.Photog - We call this little girl 'Kissy Face'. She was photographed in our home studio. The first thing her mum did when they arrived for their family portrait session was apologise for her daughter's lopsided pigtails. But all I saw was the potential for a truly adorable baby portrait.
Katie Kolenberg APP M.Photog - This is a composite of 12 images of the reflection of two siblings playing next to a dam on their family property just outside Canberra. I positioned them across the water, and then encouraged them to play with each other, run around, show their coolest dance moves and just generally muck around. The resulting image is quirky and illustrative making them look like little cartoon characters.
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Gee Greenslade - APP AAIPP - 2015 AIPP Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year

Gee Greenslade APP AAIPP - Named Logical this image was created as a part of an ongoing series called 'We Could Have Moved Mountains' and talks about the tension between the digital age and natural world.
Gee Greenslade APP AAIPP - This was created as a piece illustrating one of my favorite Carl Sagan quotes
Gee Greenslade APP AAIPP - This is from a series called Blud Lines that was inspired by early 2000's digital art created on websites like devaintart. Its called Death Becomes Her. This image in particular is a mix between traditional digital photography and phone photography.
Gee Greenslade APP AAIPP - Inspired by the work of Ruben Ireland this piece is a part of my ongoing series 'The Arena' - a collection of warriors or 'tributes' going into a creative arena.
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Andrew Campbell APP.L GM.Photog - 2015 AIPP Australian Science Wildlife and Wild Places Photographer of the Year

Andrew Campbell APP.L GM.Photog - NGC 6188 - The Fighting Dragons of Ara Oblivious to their surroundings, locked in perpetual combat, Godzilla and Monster X fight their eternal battle to the death under the stars of Ara. This image captures the torn and fragmented structure of the swirling, fragmented clouds of gas and dust in the Milky Way; turning molecular clouds into a work of art. Tricolour Narrowband image 11 hrs exposure over 5 nights. Gold Appa 2015, Gold VPPY 2015, 2015 Winner David Malin Awards, Deep Space Category.
Andrew Campbell APP.L GM.Photog - Ic 2944 - The Cauldron - Lambda Centauri Nebula, a cloud of glowing hydrogen and newborn stars. This image reveals several Bok Globules thick clumps of star forming dust silhouetted against the blue Ionized oxygen glowing gas cloud. Tricolour Narrowband image taken over two nights 13 hrs exposure with RGB stars
Andrew Campbell APP.L GM.Photog - Sharpless Sh2-308 - A Cosmic Bubble. This shell of ionized oxygen 60 light years across was blown by the fierce winds of the huge Wolf-Rayet star at the centre. Like any good bubble, this one will eventually burst and disperse its stellar material into the surrounding space then explode as a supernova. One of only 12 known photographs of this extremely feint, relatively unknown object. 15hr exposure taken over 5 nights.
Andrew Campbell APP.L GM.Photog - NGC 3324 - The Tears of Allah Like a cool lagoon in space, the blue lagoon of ionized oxygen resists the fiery desert of Hydrogen gas that surrounds it. The intense ultraviolet radiation from several hot young stars causes the gas cloud to glow with rich colours and has carved out a cavity in the surrounding gas and dust. Tricolour Narrowband image taken over two nights 8 hrs exposure with RGB stars
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Peter Rossi APP.L GM.Photog - 2015 AIPP Australian Creative Photographer of the Year

Peter Rossi APP.L GM.Photog
Peter Rossi APP.L GM.Photog
Peter Rossi APP.L GM.Photog
Peter Rossi APP.L GM.Photog

Ricky Gestro - The 2015 AIPP Australian Student of the Year

Ricky Gestro
Ricky Gestro
Ricky Gestro