Winner, 2015 Photographer of the Year Winner, 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year
Dasha Riley
The overall winner of the 2015 Photographer of the Year, Dasha Riley, started out as a painter and only discovered photography in 2013 when a friend suggested a photo course. She went along because she wanted to shoot better reference photos for her paintings and found it opened her eyes to a new side of photography.
"For the first time I started loving photography as a means of artistic expression," said Riley, who photographed her daughter Julia against a series of painted backdrops for her winning 2015 Photographer of the Year portfolio.
"I tend to get most of my inspiration from painters. I love the Old Masters like Albrecht Dürer, Jan van Eyck, Jusepe de Ribera, Diego Velázquez, Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer."
Dasha Riley was also named 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.
Portfolio: My Daughter Julia
Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.Photo by Dasha Riley from the series, 'My Daughter Julia.' Winner 2015 Photographer of the Year and 2015 Portrait Photographer of the Year.
