Drum roll please ….

And the winner of the Momento Pro People’s Choice Award is

Sarah Story for her series “Still Life”

Congratulations Sarah, we hope you enjoy using your $250 Momento Pro voucher!

We received over 500 votes this year so thank you to all those who took the time. As promised, one voter has been chosen at random to receive a limited edition Projections 2011 Momento book featuring the work of the Projections 2011 finalists ….

And the winning voter is Rebecca Wimberley – congratulations!

Congratulations to the Projections team for another  year of hard work and passion put into inspiring and promoting Australia’s emerging photographers.

And most of all congratulations to the best Australian emerging photographers of 2011.

Overall Winner & Art Category Winner: Jason Morey / And Then

Commercial Category Winner: Raphael and Jol from Billy Jean Is Not My Lover / Lady Petrova, Peace Hotel

Documentary Winner: Kate Lambe / Unexposed Kashmir

Completing the top 15 Australian Emerging photographers for 2011 are:

Art Category – Alison Mitton, Sarah Story, Emma Sailah and Juan Wang

Comercial Category - Susannah Wimberly, Kirstin Dickie and Leeza Reid

Documentary Category – James Thomas, Lauren Marshall, Cameron Herweynen and Christopher Pearce

The winner of the 2011 Pool Grant is Brodie Standen who has been awarded $10,000 to pursue a project of his choice which will be shown as a part of Projections 2012.

If you would like to help make Projections 2012 even bigger and better in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Canberra or hold a screening in your city, please email Lisa info@theprojections.com

Keep an eye out for screening excerpts, more info and images from the 2011 finalists to be published soon on the Finalists page.

The countdown is on!

Thank you to everyone who entered Projections 2011 and congratulations to the 15 finalists.

Category winners, the overall winner and the winner of the Pool Grant will be announced at the Award Night Screenings.

Covering the genres of Commercial, Documentary and Art, this audio visual presentation showcases photographs from 15 finalists of the Projections 2011 competition as well as the work of the 2010 Pool Grant recipient.

We would love to have you with us to help celebrate the best of Australia’s emerging photographers at the  Award Night Screenings held throughout September in

Melbourne
Tuesday 13th September
6:30pm drinks, 7:30pm screening
The Astor Theatre
1 Chapel St, St Kilda, VIC

Brisbane
Thursday 15th September
6:30pm drinks, 7:30pm screening
Tribal Theatre
346 George St, Brisbane, QLD

Canberra
Tuesday 20th September
6:30pm drinks, 7:30pm screening
Arc Cinema – National Film and Sound Archive
McCoy Circuit, Acton, ACT

Sydney
Wednesday 28th September
6:30pm drinks, 7:30pm screening
Chauvel Cinema
Cnr Oxford & Oatley Rd, Paddington, NSW

Tickets to all events $20 for ACMP members and students and $25 for non members

Book Tickets Online

Limited tickets will be available at venues on the night

Entries now close Friday 5th August.

Open to all emerging photographers the $10,000 Pool Grant could give you the chance to complete your personal project, simply fill out the entry form and submit a proposal of no more than 300 words detailing how you envisage realising the project along with some examples of your work.

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Are you thinking of entering Projections 2011?

Check out the work of Projections 2010 finalists for inspiration and to get a sense of the quality of work needed to win.

Projections provides emerging photographers with the opportunity to gain career-building exposure within the photographic industry and wider creative community.

The competition is designed to encourage excellence across a series of images rather than a single image and to highlight the very best emerging photographers in Australia who are recognised as the future of the Photographic industry.

The competition is open to all Australian based photography students, photographic assistants and photographers and photo artists that have been established for 3 years or less.

Emerging photographers are invited to submit a series or body of work shot in the last 12 months in the categories of Commercial, Documentary or Art.

Six judges from within the photographic and wider creative industries will select 15 finalists from across the three categories. Winners of each category and an overall winner are also selected from the finalists.

Each Projections finalist
• Has their work featured in a DVD production shown at a cinema screeningin Sydney, Melbourne Brisbane and Canberra
• Receives an assortment of prizes from our sponsors including Momento Pro Books, Crumpler Bags and vouchers from Kayell. Category winners also receive Sony Cameras and equipment and studio      hire from The Front.
• Are invited to participate in a Master Class run by advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.
• Will be a part of the people’s choice award with the winner and voter receiving prizes from Momento Pro.

The finalists’ work is put together in an audio-visual screening shown in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane & Canberra theatres. Screening the finalists’ work in full High Definition quality with contemporary music and design, the event showcases the latest photographers to keep an eye on and creates a night that is inspirational and entertaining.

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