Australia's leading international photography event announces 2020 winners and launches expansive digital program
Sydney, Australia: Head On Photo Festival, Australia's leading international annual photography event, have today announced the winners of the 2020 Head On Photo Awards. Judged anonymously by a panel of internationally recognised photographers, editors and leading industry professionals, the annual awards celebrate excellence in three categories including Portrait, Landscape and Student. The winners were announced on Friday 1 May as part of the Head On(line) Photo Festival digital launch event hosted by Bachelor Host Osher Günsberg. Exhibitions featuring the winners and finalist works for each category will be presented online as part of the 2020 Head On(line) Photo Festival. Running from 1 – 17 May 2020, the digital festival features 110 exhibitions by leading international and local photographers from around the globe alongside a public program of over 80 artist talks, panel discussions and webinars, led by internationally renowned photographers and industry professionals, stretching five continents.
The annual awards offer a prize-pool of $70,000 to professional and amateur photographers around the world. The awards are a rewarding platform for both professional and amateur photographers with finalist exhibitions set to tour internationally after the festival.
Festival Director Moshe Rosenzveig OAM said, "The Head On Photo Awards are at the centre of our festival and showcase incredible talent from professionals and amateurs alike. The judges and I have been blown away by the high standard of this year's submissions and we are delighted to announce the 2020 winners as we launch our exciting digital program. We look forward to sharing the winners and 2020 program with our international community.
The 2020 Head On Photo Award Winners are as follows:
The 2020 Portrait Prize
● Overall Winner: Australian photographer Fiona Wolf-Symeonides's The gift, RHW 2020, which captures a modern family story of a girl born by a warrior woman to two loving dads, with the love and support of a wonderful family around them.
● Australian Runner Up: Australian photographer and filmmaker Jon Frank' s Yuendumu, Northern Territory, 2019, created during his year living and working with the Warlpiri people in the Northern Territory.
● International Runner Up: Acclaimed Dutch photographer Jouk Oosterhof's work Egbert, a portrait of toddler Egbert that draws on an old technique used for long exposures where children were held by their parents who were covered in decorative fabrics, to keep them in place and prevent blurry pictures.
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