{"id":684433,"date":"2024-07-23T13:30:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/?p=684433"},"modified":"2024-07-30T04:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T08:41:19","slug":"australian-photographic-prize-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymodernmet.com\/australian-photographic-prize-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal Photo Wins the 2024 Australian Photographic Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Andy Cheung, Digital Photographer of the Year and Winner, Single Capture, Life Events<\/p><\/div>\n

A poetic moment between tennis star Rafael Nadal and a moth won Andy Cheung<\/a> the title of Digital Photographer of the Year at the third annual Australian Photographic Prize<\/a>. The Sydney-based professional sports photographer was honored alongside Queensland-based wedding and portrait photographer Frances Suter<\/a>, whose wintry landscape won the Print Photographer of the Year award.<\/p>\n

Their images were singled out from the nearly 2,000 photographs from 12 countries entered into the competition. Thirty-five judges from Australia and New Zealand judged the contest, one of the few remaining photo competitions that accepts both printed and digital photographs.<\/p>\n

Standout winners include photographer Belinda Richards<\/a>, who teaches My Modern Met Academy's pet photography course<\/a>. Her striking and creative image of parrots won the Pet and Animals division. Melbourne-based fine art portrait and fashion photographer Forough Yavari<\/a> was honored with awards in both the digital and print divisions. Her incredible fashion photography won both the EIZO Prize for artistic digital photography and the Illustrative Print category.<\/p>\n

Scroll down for even more winners and get inspired by their creative photography.\n<\/p>\n

These are the incredible winners of the 2024 Australian Photographic Prize.<\/h2>\n
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