Photography Awards

AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

I rarely enter competitions, mostly due to lack of time, but they are a great way of getting professional feedback on the quality of work and hopefully gaining a bit of insight and  inspiration along the way.  One of the most relevant competitions I regularly enter is the annual AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPAs).  I’ve even managed to win a few awards.

On this page I will keep a running list of any further awards that I do achieve, from the most recent at the top to the oldest.

2016 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver with Distinction Award in Landscape Category for Bluff Knoll Sunset.

2015 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Travel Category for Lamas and Shadows
• Silver Award in Travel Category for Old Man of Bhutan
• Silver Award in Travel Category for Morning Study

2014 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Did Not Enter

2013 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Travel Category for HoiAn Fisherman

2012 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for Lake Argyle Skyline

2011 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for Wild Sky
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Blackwood River Nymph
• Comendation in Landscape category for Little Beach Sunset 1

2010 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for In the Beginning…
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Impermanence

2009 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Did not enter

2008 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for Breaking Wave
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Melting Chocolate

2007 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Did not enter

2006 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for Santos Beach at Sunset
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Os Amigos Velhos
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Rio by Night (not currently on site)

2005 AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards

• Silver Award in Landscape category for Futbol na Praia, Santos Brasil
• Silver Award in Landscape category for Life on the Edge (not currently on site)

What is the AIPP? 

The Australian Institute of Professional Photographers is the professional body of Australian Photographers, it was founded in 1963.   The AIPP is a not-for-profit organisation run voluntarily for and by professional photographers and industry representatives who seek to set a standard of excellence within the photographic industry. I have been  a member of the AIPP since 2002, and an associate member since 2005.

Update July 2017.

After 15 years of continuous membership I have officially resigned from the AIPP, effective immediately.  Due to recent decisions of the AIPP management, and changes made over the last couple of years to the AIPP structure, as well as the changing nature of the photography industry I no longer believe the AIPP has any relevance.  A professional representative body should be limited to and represent professionals, that is people who actually earn their living within that industry.  From my understanding and observations this is no longer the case with the AIPP.