URBAN LIFE INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY ANGELA CONNOR

Angela Connor is Senior Curator at the Museum of Australian Photography in Melbourne, where she delivers an ambitious exhibition programme and selects from an extensive archived collection focused on Australian image making.

She has a Master of Fine Arts, and has worked in the industry for the last fifteen years, as both manager of a contemporary art gallery and as a studio manager for renowned painter and sculptor Robert Owen, before curating shows for some of Australia’s most celebrated photographers at MAPh. From 2019-2022, she has been on the board of the Kyneton Contemporary Art Triennial, commissioning artists to make context sensitive work that explores place and community. This rich experience and her passion for the art world give her a valuable perspective for photographers both experienced and emerging.

IMAGES © ANGELA CONNOR / MAPh

FOUR SEASONS INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY ALEX SNYDER

Alex Snyder is Senior Photo Editor at The Nature Conservancy, where he works to showcase the beauty and urgency of environmental conservation through powerful imagery across the organization’s magazine and other channels. Collaborating with a network of world-class photographers, Snyder assigns, curates and edits visual narratives that highlight the organization’s global efforts to protect land, water, and biodiversity, bridging the gap between scientific research and public engagement .

Alongside this role he is Communications Director at the The Photo Society, a collective of over 200 National Geographic photographers, where he manages an online community of almost 5 million and hosts the groups monthly virtual talk, “The Photo Society Presents.” He was previously Official Photographer for the Peace Corps, which took him to 15 countries photographing the volunteer experience. With a background in photojournalism and extensive experience in environmental media, he has worked tirelessly to highlight the immense beauty of our shared planet and some of the challenges we and its other inhabitants face.

IMAGES © ALEX SNYDER / THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

ANIMAL KINGDOM INSPIRATIONAL GALLERY

COMPETITION JUDGED BY PETROS KOUBLIS

Petros Koublis is a photographer known for his deeply philosophical work inspired by the natural world. He started out as a painter, and that sensibility is apparent in his work, blending the real and the surreal into ethereal landscapes free from human intervention. His projects frequently draw on the beauty of the landscapes of his homeland Greece, capturing majestic animals and desolate nature to invite the viewer to contemplate the subtle power and complexity of the natural world. The resulting images are not only aesthetically arresting, but have a deeper emotional, perhaps spiritual dimension, and have rightly won him a raft of admirers, awards, and publication with prestigious platforms such as Phaidon and iGNANT.

IMAGES © PETROS KOUBLIS