APS Photo Book Competition winners announced

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The winners and of the 2020 Australian Photographic Society (APS) Photo Book Competition have just been announced.

Now in its fifth year, all the placed winners shared in a prize pool of $1,900 worth of cash prizes and book prizes from Momento Pro and the APS’ Print Group.

Portfolio

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Lesley Bretherton from Melbourne Camera Club has won first place in the Portfolio category for her photobook titled Hokkaido Winter. The winning entry was described as “a collection of immaculate landscape images poetically paired with Haiku.”

You can watch a video of the book on Youtube here.

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© Australian Photographic Society

Brian Rope from the Canberra Photographic Society and Canberra PhotoConnect has been awarded second place in the Portfolio category for his photobook Liked, which features black and white images that received a like or a love react from a photography peer on the entrant’s Facebook account.

You can watch a video of the book on Youtube here. 

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© Australian Photographic Society

Third place has gone to Anne Pappalardo of the Queensland Camera Group for her photobook Amsterdam Rush Hour. The book features a series of images of the city’s cyclists.

To have a look for yourself, watch the video of the book here.  

Storytelling

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Lou Gilbert from the Brisbane Camera Group has received the first place title for his photobook I’m not me anymore, which showcases portraits of an elderly woman paired with her comments on moving to live in a nursing home.

Have a look at a video of the book to see the storytelling come to life here.  

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© Australian Photographic Society

Second place in the Storytelling category has been awarded to Helen McFadden from Canberra PhotoConnect. Helen has received the title of second place for her entry If I had my life over I’d pick more daisies, which is a memoir as told by flowers, combining photography with illustrations and poetry.

If you’d like to see the book for yourself you can see the video of Helen’s entry here.  

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© Australian Photographic Society

Paul Balfe from the Redlands Camera Club has won himself the title of third place in this category for his photobook titled The Music of the Spheres. Paul’s photobook depicts moving light sources through a series of clear and consistent images.

To see Paul’s photobook, you can watch the video of his entry here. 

The competition was decided by a judging panel comprised of photographers Sue Gordon, Warren Vievers and Momento Pro’s co-founder and major sponsor of the annual competition, Libby Jeffrey.

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