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PRESENTED BY SUPPORTING SPONSORS
An emotive street portrait captured in available light, a gorgeous in-camera double exposure and a beautiful wildlife behaviour shot have shared the honours in The Mono Awards 2022 presented by SanDisk.
Now in its fourth year, the Mono Awards 2022 featured a prize pool of more than $12,000 thanks to sponsors SanDisk, Momento and Momento Pro, in our hunt for the best black and white imagery in the region.
Thousands of images from photographers in Australia and New Zealand were entered in the competition, with photogra- phers Karen Waller, Tebani Slade, and Steve Nicholls, taking out the People, Places and Animals categories, respectively.
The competition was judged by a panel of twelve pro- fessional photographers, selected for their expertise in the black and white format.
This year we’ve devoted more space to showcasing the fi- nalists, and over the next few pages you can see the top 40 images across the three categories in the competition, as well as judges’ comments on the winning and runner-up images.
A huge thank you to our major sponsor, SanDisk, and supporting sponsors, Kudos Cameras and Midland insur- ance, who have contributed to a prize pool of $13,500, in- cluding $10,000 cash. Without them we simply couldn’t run The Mono Awards, and their support of Australasian photographers is hugely appreciated by all of us here at AP.
Also, a huge thank you to our star studded judging pan- el of Adrian Cook, William Long, Lynton Crabb, Sophie Howarth, Jackie Ranken, Mike Langford, Alex Cearns OAM, Anthony McKee, Marley Morgan, Jayne Mclean, Michele Mossop and Matt Palmer. You can read their full bios at themonoawards.com.au.
Finally, and most importantly, a huge thank you to ev- eryone who entered The Mono Awards 2022. In a year when we saw more images entered in the competition than ever before, it’s clear that black and white remains a hugely important and exciting medium for photographers in Australasia.
The 2023 edition of The Mono Awards will open in February. Head to themonoawards.com.au for more info.
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