Youth Photographic Award & Short Film Prize

Beware the Power, Daniel Slade, Yr 12, Cranbrook School - 2022 Senior entry, Winner: Highly Commended

The 2023 Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize

Congratulations to all our 2023 photographic and short film winners!

The competition was judged this year by Photographer Garry Trinh, Photographer and Artist Lulu Pinkus and the Mayor of Woollahra, Councillor Richard Shields.

The exhibition of all entries is on view at Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf until Sunday 26 November.

Vote for your favourite!

The People’s Choice Award is open until Monday 27 November. Vote in person at the Gallery or online.

The winner of the $150 People’s Choice Award will be announced on our website early December.

List of all winners

Senior Category

First Prize $300
In Absentia, Justin Huynh, Yr 12, Sydney Boys High School

Highly Commended $150
Beware the Power, Daniel Slade, Yr 12, Cranbrook School

Junior Category

First Prize $300
Stay, Renee Lam, Yr 8, Ascham School

Highly Commended $150
Sleep Walking, Bronte Walsh, Yr 8, Ascham School

Highly Commended $150
Aurora Light in One Night, Alexandra Kovalenko, Yr 9, Kincoppal Rose Bay

Black and White Category

First Prize $300
Sky Rat Myriad, Megan Cheung, Yr 9, Loreto Kirribilli

First Prize $300
Shadows of Light, Tennyson Wheeler, Yr 8, Emanuel School

Highly Commended $150
Shivers, James O'Rourke, Yr 9, Cranbrook School

Highly Commended $150
Lost, Charlotte Fletcher, Yr 9, Kincoppal Rose Bay

Mayor’s Choice Awards

Junior Category

First Prize $200
Fresh out of the Shearing Shed, Dylan Davison, Yr 7, Cranbrook School

Highly Commended $100
Deflated, Nicole Wei, Yr 9, Kincoppal Rose Bay

Senior Category

First Prize $200
The Quiet Place, Lacey Prokop, Yr 10, Ascham School

Highly Commended $100
Salty Hour, Zac Coonan, Yr 11, Waverley College

Short Film Winners

First Prize $400
I Miss You, James Iatrou, Yr 12, Waverley College

Highly Commended $200
Cibernetic Dissonance, Felix Swan, Yr 12, Cranbrook School

Highly Commended $200
BEYOND, Dimitri Tsovolos, Kalan Cusick, Brannavan Prabaharan, James Cao, Yr 10, Sydney Boys High School

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