Sports photographer Adam Pretty has been named overall winner in the 2012
Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards.
Pretty, who began his career as a news photographer with The Sydney
Morning Herald in 1997, moved to Getty Images in 1998 where he soon established
himself as a specialist sports photographer. These days he divides his time
between sport and advertising.
As well as the overall title, Pretty was also named 2012 AIPP Australian
Sport Photographer of the Year.
The Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards, now in its 36th
year, offer a prize pool of more than $40,000 in cash and prizes including the
grand prize – $20,000 worth of Canon EOS professional digital camera equipment.
This year more than 850 photographers submitted more than 3,100 images for
judging, with winners announced in 21 categories.
The full list of category winners follows:
• 2012 Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year -
Adam Pretty, Sydney NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year – Easton
Chang, Warners Bay NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Fashion Photographer of the Year – Genelle Bevan,
Berwick, VIC
• 2012 AIPP Architectural Photographer of the Year – Tim Griffith,
Castlemaine, VIC
• 2012 AIPP Fusion Award – Matthew Ebenezer, Toowoomba, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Australian Sport Photographer of the Year - Adam Pretty, Sydney
NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Travel Photographer of the Year – Todd McGaw,
Brisbane, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year – Jackie
Ranken, Queenstown, NZ
• 2012 AIPP Australian Science Environment & Nature Photographer of
the Year – Darren Jew, Brighton, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Australian Documentary Photographer of the Year – Lesley
Downie, Noosa Ville, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year – Charmaine
Heyer, Mooroobool, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Australian Fine Art Photographer of the Year – Hilary Hann,
Kent Town, SA
• 2012 AIPP Australian Portrait Photographer of the Year – Sue Bryce, Leichhardt,
NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Family Photographer of the Year – Jonelle
Beveridge, Banjup, WA
• 2012 AIPP Australian Wedding Photographer of the Year – Ryan Schembri,
Drummonye, NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Creative Photographer of the Year – Kelly Brown, Kenmore
Hills, QLD
• 2012 AIPP Student Photographer Of The Year – Ona Janzen, Blackheath, NSW
• 2012 AIPP Tertiary Photography Institution Of The Year – Photography Studies
College (PSC), South Melbourne, VIC
• 2012 Highest Scoring Colour Print Award – Charmaine Heyer, Mooroobool,
QLD
• 2012 Highest Scoring Print Monochrome Award – Jose Luis Guardia, Granada
• 2012 AIPP Australian Album of the Year Award – Nadine Saacks, Rose Bay,
NSW
• 2012 AIPP Australian Photography Book Award – Fier Institute,
Capalabar, QLD
More information: www.aipp.com.au 
Photo by Adam Pretty. (2012 Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year and Australian Sport Photographer of the Year.)
Photo by Adam Pretty. (2012 Canon AIPP Australian Professional
Photographer of the Year and Australian Sport Photographer of the Year.)
Photo by Easton Chang. (2012 AIPP Australian Advertising Photographer of the Year.)
Photo by Jackie
Ranken. (2012 AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year.)
Photo by Tim Griffith. (2012 AIPP Architectural Photographer of the Year.)
Photo by Jose Luis Guardia. (2012 AIPP Highest Scoring Print Monochrome Award.)