Best of Head On 2019

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The winners of the 15th Annual Head On Photo Awards have been announced, with Sydney-based advertising photographer Juliet Taylor taking out the headline category, the Head On Portrait Prize.

Each year the Head On Festival recognises photographers in each of four categories: Portrait, Landscape, Mobile and Student. You can see the winning images below or catch all the winning images including finalists at the following venues around Sydney:

Head On Portrait Prize: Festival Hub, Paddington Town Hall, 249 Oxford St. Open 7 days, closes 19 May 2019.

Head On Landscape Prize: Parliament of NSW, 6 Macquarie St, Sydney. Mon-Fri, closes 30 May.

Head On Mobile Prize: Festival Hub, Paddington Town Hall, 249 Oxford St. Open 7 days, closes 19 May 2019.

Head On Student Prize: Paddington Reservoir Gardens, 251-255 Oxford St. Open 7 days, closes 19 May 2019.

First place, Head On Portrait Prize. Juliet Taylor, 'Unlucky.'
Pioneertown sits in the basin of the San Bernardino High Desert, where it is so black at night you can barely see a foot in front of you. Sheryl sits in her taxi outside Pappy & Harriet's bar, waiting for her husband to finish drinking so she can take him home.
First place, Head On Portrait Prize. Juliet Taylor, 'Unlucky.' Pioneertown sits in the basin of the San Bernardino High Desert, where it is so black at night you can barely see a foot in front of you. Sheryl sits in her taxi outside Pappy & Harriet's bar, waiting for her husband to finish drinking so she can take him home.
Second place, Head On Portrait Prize. Chris Bekos, 'Apparently André.'
With the sun setting, playful André lies on the sand; the ocean seems to wash away my little boy to reveal the young man he will become.
Second place, Head On Portrait Prize. Chris Bekos, 'Apparently André.' With the sun setting, playful André lies on the sand; the ocean seems to wash away my little boy to reveal the young man he will become.
Third place, Head On Portrait Prize. Nadide Goksun, 'You are so self-controlling'.
My mother-in-law, reading a newspaper in the garden.
Third place, Head On Portrait Prize. Nadide Goksun, 'You are so self-controlling'. My mother-in-law, reading a newspaper in the garden.
First place, Head On Landscape Prize. Bruce Haswell, 'Blackpool, UK, 2016.'
First place, Head On Landscape Prize. Bruce Haswell, 'Blackpool, UK, 2016.'
Second place, Head On Landscape Prize. Itamar Freed 'Arizona diptych.'
This photograph is of a diorama: a model of Arizona permanently installed in New York. The diorama's original intent was to inspire environmentalism and visually preserve a unique landscape. I reinterpreted the scene; three-dimensional taxidermied birds and flora, and a two-dimensional painted mural in the background to produce a picture-perfect landscape, alerting the viewer to the disappearance of the natural landscape and the dissolving of two seemingly separate categories - nature and culture.
Second place, Head On Landscape Prize. Itamar Freed 'Arizona diptych.' This photograph is of a diorama: a model of Arizona permanently installed in New York. The diorama's original intent was to inspire environmentalism and visually preserve a unique landscape. I reinterpreted the scene; three-dimensional taxidermied birds and flora, and a two-dimensional painted mural in the background to produce a picture-perfect landscape, alerting the viewer to the disappearance of the natural landscape and the dissolving of two seemingly separate categories - nature and culture.
Third place, Head On Landscape Prize. Joel Jimenez, 'When the dust settles.'
There is a symbiotic relationship between humanity and the landscape, continually evolving, changing and influencing one another. These traces of human intervention deal with themes of longingness, solitude, and nostalgia in contemporary society, through ambiguous and elusive imagery that respond to the personal experience of the land we inhabit.
Third place, Head On Landscape Prize. Joel Jimenez, 'When the dust settles.' There is a symbiotic relationship between humanity and the landscape, continually evolving, changing and influencing one another. These traces of human intervention deal with themes of longingness, solitude, and nostalgia in contemporary society, through ambiguous and elusive imagery that respond to the personal experience of the land we inhabit.
New South Wales Landscape Prize. Chris Round, 'The Big Trout, Adaminaby, NSW.'
The Big Trout in the trout fishing village of Adaminaby weighs 2.5 tonnes and holds the illustrious title of the world's biggest trout. Seemingly leaping into the air to swallow a fortuitously placed star trail, the fish is given a new lease of life. This image, part of an ongoing project about the Snowy Hydro Scheme and surrounding region in NSW, explores the balance between nature and man's intervention - vast structures amongst epic landscapes, re-shaped waterways and newly created ones. Also the exploration of life in the region - skiing in winter; walking, boating and fishing in warmer months.
New South Wales Landscape Prize. Chris Round, 'The Big Trout, Adaminaby, NSW.' The Big Trout in the trout fishing village of Adaminaby weighs 2.5 tonnes and holds the illustrious title of the world's biggest trout. Seemingly leaping into the air to swallow a fortuitously placed star trail, the fish is given a new lease of life. This image, part of an ongoing project about the Snowy Hydro Scheme and surrounding region in NSW, explores the balance between nature and man's intervention - vast structures amongst epic landscapes, re-shaped waterways and newly created ones. Also the exploration of life in the region - skiing in winter; walking, boating and fishing in warmer months.
First place, Head On Mobile Prize. Mel Meek, 'Fruit crush.'
On a hot day, the whole family was at the beach. My niece had been swimming all day and it was time for a rest. I looked up and took a photo that was not so typical of our family photos, no silly faces or asking them to pose. I found my self asking what is she thinking about? It was the first time I saw her not as a child but as becoming so grown up.
First place, Head On Mobile Prize. Mel Meek, 'Fruit crush.' On a hot day, the whole family was at the beach. My niece had been swimming all day and it was time for a rest. I looked up and took a photo that was not so typical of our family photos, no silly faces or asking them to pose. I found my self asking what is she thinking about? It was the first time I saw her not as a child but as becoming so grown up.
Second place, Head On Mobile Prize. Lulu Pinkus, 'Cloud surfing.'
Second place, Head On Mobile Prize. Lulu Pinkus, 'Cloud surfing.'
Third place, Head On Mobile Prize. Jennie Groom, 'Weed on ice.'
This photo is all about nature, textures and ice, the real stuff.
Third place, Head On Mobile Prize. Jennie Groom, 'Weed on ice.' This photo is all about nature, textures and ice, the real stuff.
First place, Head On Student Prize. Aimee Sluga, 'The last goodbye.'
My grandma was brought into the hospital with severe pressure sores, dementia, pneumonia and weighing only 45 kg. She is completely reliant on nurses and no longer knows who I am. Although she was smiling, you could tell she was in pain and it wasn't a genuine smile, as though she was just copying my smile. I was shocked to see her this way and wanted to capture the sadness in a photo before she passed away.
First place, Head On Student Prize. Aimee Sluga, 'The last goodbye.' My grandma was brought into the hospital with severe pressure sores, dementia, pneumonia and weighing only 45 kg. She is completely reliant on nurses and no longer knows who I am. Although she was smiling, you could tell she was in pain and it wasn't a genuine smile, as though she was just copying my smile. I was shocked to see her this way and wanted to capture the sadness in a photo before she passed away.
Second place, Head On Student Prize. James Dryden, 'Spilt milk'.
A portrait focusing on forced advertising of commercial products.
Second place, Head On Student Prize. James Dryden, 'Spilt milk'. A portrait focusing on forced advertising of commercial products.
Third place, Head On Student Prize. Sonia Judo, 'Change.'
Is it her hair, her smile, her laugh? The clothes she wears, the shoes. Is it because she's not the same? Nothing is; everything moves, everything changes, fashion, hairstyles, and people. Why is it like that, why do you think that? This image describes change and the effects of it, the different tones of lighting portray each individual to be their unique selves.
Third place, Head On Student Prize. Sonia Judo, 'Change.' Is it her hair, her smile, her laugh? The clothes she wears, the shoes. Is it because she's not the same? Nothing is; everything moves, everything changes, fashion, hairstyles, and people. Why is it like that, why do you think that? This image describes change and the effects of it, the different tones of lighting portray each individual to be their unique selves.

 

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