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RUNNER-UP
BLACK
& WHITE
THE SEED POD
BLACK & WHITE TOP 20
1. Jacqueline Hammer 2. Janine Dawes
3. Grant Faulkner
4. Graham Earnshaw 5. Steve Day
6. Jacqueline Hammer 6. Farzin Sahebjam
8. Cameron Meacham 9. Steve Day
9. Linda Bernau
9. Heather Soo
12. Maria Bastin
13. Luna Morrow
14. Cameron Meacham 15. Harman Singh Heer 16. Nola Sumner
17. Louise Nott
18. Alan Coligado 19. Matthew Tuffield 20. Marta Yebra
SPONSOR
JANINE DAWES @jnine_d
Perth based accountant Janine Dawes says she has always had a keen interest in macro photography and with restrictions imposed due to the pandemic, decided to look for subjects like flowers, leaves and insects that were easy to find and close to home.
“One day when I was out for my daily walk, some seed pods that had fallen on the ground caught my eye. They had started to dry out in the sun and looked like a great subject to photograph so I picked one up and took it home,” she says.
“The intricate details and vein like markings that the macro lens was able to capture on the pod were amazing and even more so once converted to black and white.
After a few days, the pod started to break apart, almost like seg- ments of an orange, with various layers peeling off, finally revealing the dried seed inside.”
The result is a portfolio that’s on one hand simple, but also shows a clear understanding of light and composition that elevated this portfolio in the black and white category this year.
WHAT THE JUDGES’ SAID
DOUWE DIJKSTRA: This is a wonderful and minimalist series of seeds, which have been beautifully composed and isolated on a white background. They appear almost translucent and look very fragile and brittle.
I love the juxtaposition between the almost clinical scien- tific research centre look and feel (the seeds look like X-rayed objects with main arteries and other blood vessels) and the pure natural world.
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