Photography Awards


Photolucida Critical Mass (USA)

2023 - Top 200 Finalist

19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers
2022 - Highly Commended Award for Photographic Series 


Head On Photo Awards

2022 - Finalist Documentary Category
2022 - Finalist Landscape Category


Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women

2022 - Finalist - Two Portraits


Australian Photography Awards
2022 - Shortlisted - Experimental & Documentary Categories


Australian Photography Magazine, Photographer of the Year Awards

2021 - Photo of the Year Award Winner
2021 - Top 20 Award - Black & White Series
2021 - Top 30 Award - Series


Australian Photography Awards
2021 - Fourth Place Finalist - Open Illustrative Category
2021 - Shortlisted - Portrait Category
2021 - Shortlisted - Animal Category


Documentary Family Awards
2021 - Third Place Award - Real Life Category
2021 - Top Ten Award - Joy Category
2021 - Finalist - Water Category


MONO Awards
2021 - Highly Commended - Animal Category

International Photography Awards
2021 - Three Honourable Mentions - One Shot Category 


Australian Photography Awards
2020 - Shortlisted - Portrait Category

Portrait of a child with their hair covering their face.
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The Windy Day

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2020

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The Windy Day

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2020

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A child swings out over the river on a rope swing.
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Anthropause

Photo of the Year Winner 2021

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Anthropause

Photo of the Year Winner 2021

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A close up photo of an old mans hands hovering over his bowl eating his breakfast.
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Breakfast with Dad
Third Place - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Breakfast with Dad
Third Place - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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A multiple exposure photograph of a child with water from a waterfall washing over their body.
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Wash Over You

Finalist - Australian Photography Awards 2021


I feel so incredibly grateful for this boy, for his life that saved mine. I made this image with him last week after having scans for the breast cancer I was diagnosed with shortly before he was born. My mother wasn’t around for this chapter of my life but if she had been there would have been moments when she said ‘Try to let it wash over you’ and this image has a little of her in it.

Celebrating eight years cancer-free, I’m so happy to be here in this crazy beautiful world.

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Wash Over You

Finalist - Australian Photography Awards 2021


I feel so incredibly grateful for this boy, for his life that saved mine. I made this image with him last week after having scans for the breast cancer I was diagnosed with shortly before he was born. My mother wasn’t around for this chapter of my life but if she had been there would have been moments when she said ‘Try to let it wash over you’ and this image has a little of her in it.

Celebrating eight years cancer-free, I’m so happy to be here in this crazy beautiful world.

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Portrait of a child's head emerging through a turtle neck jumper.
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Griffin at Twelve

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021


Griffin, pictured at twelve years, emerging in plain clothes after spending a childhood in costume.

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Griffin at Twelve

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021


Griffin, pictured at twelve years, emerging in plain clothes after spending a childhood in costume.

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White geese stand in forefront of frame with contrasting dark background and pond behind.
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Geese

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021

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Geese

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2021

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Siblings wrestle on a black background covered in soap and water.
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Soap & Water

Top Ten - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Soap & Water

Top Ten - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Father and son enter the freezing water, a horrified expression is seen on sons face.
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Birrarung, Cold

Finalist - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Birrarung, Cold

Finalist - Documentary Family Awards 2021

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Photo of a child leaning over a jigsaw puzzle with jigsaw pieces multiply exposed on their back.
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Lockdown 2.0, In Pieces

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021


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Lockdown 2.0, In Pieces

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021


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Half used role of toilet paper hangs in the light on the bathroom door.
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Family Rations

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021

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Family Rations

Honourable Mention - International Photography Awards 2021

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Portrait of a child's face pressing his blanket against the glass of a door.
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Eighth Annual Orange Blanket Portrait

Finalist - Maldon Portrait Prize 2021

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Eighth Annual Orange Blanket Portrait

Finalist - Maldon Portrait Prize 2021

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Close up photograph of an elderly woman with alzheimers looking out the window.
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Resolution

Finalist - Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women 2022


I’d not seen my mother-in-law since her Alzheimer's diagnosis, just before the lockdowns. I see a sound determination in her to get things sorted and a fragility that wasn’t there before - always searching for an answer, an item or just trying to remember what it was that she forgot.

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Resolution

Finalist - Maggie Diaz Photography Prize for Women 2022


I’d not seen my mother-in-law since her Alzheimer's diagnosis, just before the lockdowns. I see a sound determination in her to get things sorted and a fragility that wasn’t there before - always searching for an answer, an item or just trying to remember what it was that she forgot.

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A diptych photograph of the back of a child standing in the bush on the left and a dark road lit by a rainbow on the right.
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The Gender Diverse Road

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Walking the gender diverse road with my eight-year-old, who has recently made a transition in pronouns. Looking back at the road travelled it all makes sense to me now. I have no idea what lies ahead but I recognise happiness when I see it.


‘Since I’ve been true to myself, I feel like I’ve unlocked a superpower inside me’

Essi, eight.
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The Gender Diverse Road

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Walking the gender diverse road with my eight-year-old, who has recently made a transition in pronouns. Looking back at the road travelled it all makes sense to me now. I have no idea what lies ahead but I recognise happiness when I see it.


‘Since I’ve been true to myself, I feel like I’ve unlocked a superpower inside me’

Essi, eight.
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Diptych photograph of a woman, post mastectomy, on the left and her cut off plat on the right. It's the last day with hair before loosing it to chemotherapy.
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Last Day with Hair

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Portrait Category 2022

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Preparing for chemotherapy is brutal. The day I cut off my long, thick, youthful hair, I knew it would never return in the same way again. It was hard to say goodbye, but everything’s always measured against the alternative – dying - and it was easier than dying.

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Last Day with Hair

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Portrait Category 2022

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


Preparing for chemotherapy is brutal. The day I cut off my long, thick, youthful hair, I knew it would never return in the same way again. It was hard to say goodbye, but everything’s always measured against the alternative – dying - and it was easier than dying.

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Diptych photograph of chemotherapy machine in oncology on the left and Conceptual landscape image of Chemotherapy on right.
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Chemotherapy

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Landscape Category 2022


The pink hue on the grass is where it has been poisoned. The weeds have now gone, and new growth appears, changed, but more beautiful than before.
This is how I’ve visualised chemotherapy working in my body. At first it obliterates all life, even the good is destroyed. But then, over time, new growth appears. Colourful, playful life in the place near-death once stood.
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Chemotherapy

Semi - Finalist Head On Photo Awards, Landscape Category 2022


The pink hue on the grass is where it has been poisoned. The weeds have now gone, and new growth appears, changed, but more beautiful than before.
This is how I’ve visualised chemotherapy working in my body. At first it obliterates all life, even the good is destroyed. But then, over time, new growth appears. Colourful, playful life in the place near-death once stood.
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A woman, with no hair, stands on a rock and reflects on her experience of breast cancer paired with a dried flower in a documentary and conceptual style diptych photograph.
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Reflection

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


I recently turned fifty and it felt like a big number but after surviving heart failure and breast cancer – one near death experience for each of my children – I know that any number is a gift and there is beauty in all stages.


In celebration, my family gave me a new camera and a dear friend surprised me with some beautiful flowers which I tried to make look vital and vibrant throughout the decomposition process. To me they looked like they were dancing well into the night, which is what we all hope to do in life.
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Reflection

Shortlisted - Australian Photography Awards 2022


I recently turned fifty and it felt like a big number but after surviving heart failure and breast cancer – one near death experience for each of my children – I know that any number is a gift and there is beauty in all stages.


In celebration, my family gave me a new camera and a dear friend surprised me with some beautiful flowers which I tried to make look vital and vibrant throughout the decomposition process. To me they looked like they were dancing well into the night, which is what we all hope to do in life.
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Gold Car

Second Place in Cars as Art category, AUTO Photo Awards, 2023

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Gold Car

Second Place in Cars as Art category, AUTO Photo Awards, 2023

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