The winner of the australianphotography.com Portrait Photo Comp has been announced, with Anthony Byron taking out the top prize for his image, “The Face of Lavinia”. The judges commended a further 27 images (see list below).
Anthony has won a Lowepro Photo Sport 200 AW camera bag, valued at $219 from Maxwell International. The lightweight Photo Sport 200 is designed for bushwalkers and adventure sport enthusiasts and features ample storage space for a DSLR kit and personal gear. It weighs just 1.3kg and features a side-access pocket that lets users quickly rotate the pack to the front to easily access camera gear.
More than 350 images were submitted to the July Portrait Photo competition. Following is a list of images commended by the judges (not necessarily in order).
“James” by Paul Watson
“Grumpy” by Natalie Baig
“Nepalese Lady No.1” by Peter Hammer
“Escape” by Lolly Tarver
“Summer Swing” by Kaye Harris
“Shadow Boxer” by Anthony Poh
“Indigo” by Dennis Brennan
“This is me” by Dallas Bland
“Tribal Lady 1” by Kerry Boytel
“Sweet Dreams” by Anne Dickson
“Winter Woolies” by Luke Hawes
“94” by Lanny Edey
“Of an Angel” by Chris McKenna
“Unc” by Lorraine Kath
“Inner Drama” by Tom Dobrzanski
“Sahara's library” by Pierre Girard
“I Scream” by Lincoln Schultz
“A Portrait of Love” by Ebony Smith
“The Fisherman” by Robin Pitcher
“Watching me watching you” by Dallas Bland
“Mojo Rising” by Bianca Jayde T
“Boy Bathing 2” by Megan Couch
“Nicholas” by Norman Caddick
“Shenay” by Callum Smith
“Nocturne” by Geoffrey Jones
“Latin Beauty” by Tania Gonzalez
“Smiley this is my school” by Phil Robinson
You can see all the images from our Portrait Comp here.