2nd September – 1st October 2016
In its fourteenth year, the IRIS Award focused on portraits that are unique, compelling and engaging whilst maintaining excellence in photography. IRIS is an international prize recognising new and outstanding portraiture in photographic art and is open to all artists practising in the medium of photography.
The award provides artists with the opportunity to be discovered by a renowned international photographic platform and to be exhibited amongst fellow high profile artists.
Congratulations to 2016 IRIS AWARD Finalists and Winners:
The IRIS Award 2016 Overall Winner : Chris Bowes, First Impression
Judges Commendation Award: Matthew Abbott, Matt and Jessie
Student Award Winner: Madeline Bishop, Liz and Talulah
2016 IRIS AWARD Finalists
Matthew Abbott | Madeline Bishop | Paul Blackmore | Claire Blankendaal | Chris Bowes | Aaron Bradbrook | Shannon Calcott | Brett Canet-Gibson | Jade Clifford | Simon Deadman | Kern Hendricks | Bridget Hough-Neilson | Moon Hee Kim | Bronek Kozka | Jon Lewis | Mia Mala McDonald & Catherine Tipping | Amy Meacham | Emma Murray | DeeDee Noon | Kellie North | Isabelle Osborne | Sonja Porter | David Porteus | Marc Pricop | Heather Raadgever | Cecilia Saurí | Tristan Still | Sarah Walzer | Laurence Watts | Alex Weltlinger | Alexandra Zhidkikh
This year’s CLIP AWARD was carefully selected by :
Andy Adams, Independent Producer + Publisher, Creator of FlakPhoto
Robert Cook, Curator of Contemporary Design and International, Art Gallery of Western Australia
Loren Kronemyer, Artist