Won a photography prize at the Australian Centre for Photography
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 10:15PM | in Photography 
Adhit; Sydney, Australia; 2009 ©Gabriel Ponzanelli
Just a quick note to get it out there that a few weeks ago I was awarded a prize for a student exhibition at the Australian Centre for Photography. I enrolled in a 5 week course called Skin taught by Sydney-based photographer Hamish Ta-mé. The course was really good and we did 2 shoots, one with Adhit (the photograph above) and one with Eugenia (I posted it earlier before I knew about the prize, but it's below again). Both of them were really cool, especially given they were photographed nude, which isn't easy. We had Adhit jumping in the studio and shot Eugenia out in the open using only harsh daylight.
Anyway, I submitted both photographs to the student exhibition and was lucky enough to have been chosen for an award. I really like how both turned out and I think they look especially good together. It creates a nice juxtaposition: one on a dark background, one on an almost white one; one of a man, one of a woman; one in action showing movement, one sitting calmly.
Special thanks have to go to both of the models and to Hamish for his mentoring.
Eugenia; Sydney, Australia; 2009 ©Gabriel Ponzanelli
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