Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize
2023 Black and White category, First Prize, Sky Rat Myriad, Megan Cheung, Yr 9, Loreto Kirribilli
2024 Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize
The Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize has been running since 1994, showcasing a broad range of images and short films from thousands of students over the years. This annual competition and exhibition, with cash prizes totalling more than $2,000, is a local celebration of creative expression by our young and talented high school students.
Categories and Prizes
Photography
Junior category (Years 7, 8, 9)
First prize: $300
Highly Commended: $150
Senior category (Years 10, 11, 12)
First prize: $300
Highly Commended: $150
Open Categories (Years 7–12)
Special category: Collage Photography
First Prize: $300
Highly Commended: $150
Mayor’s Choice
First prize: $300
Highly Commended: $150
People’s Choice
Voted by the public: $150
Short Film
Open category (Years 7–12)
First Prize: $400
Highly Commended: $200
Judges
The 2024 Youth Photographic Award and Short Film Prize judges are:
Alina Gozin’a - Photographer, Artist and Thought Leader on Creative Intelligence
Alina Gozin'a is a renowned photographer, artist and thought leader, who left a corporate career in banking & finance at PwC, to become a leading global creative. She went on to become a Cannes Lions nominated, award-winning creative, harnessing the innovative powers of photography, film, and art to tell stories for global corporations and her art.
As a photographer, Alina is known for creating photographs of some of the most iconic AFR Magazine covers of notable figures like Frank Lowy, Scott Farquhar, Judith Neilson, Canva's co-founders Melanie Perkins & Cliff Obrecht. Gretel Packer; Oscar winners Alicia Vikander and Emile Sherman, Anthony LaPaglia, Kathy Lette, Kip Williams to mention a few.
Alina has been featured in TEDxSydney 2021 video & article, on ABC breakfast news, AFR magazine, AFR and SMH newspapers, ABC national radio, SBS radio, various podcasts and other numerous media. She has earned numerous awards and nominations for her photography and film work, including a nomination for the Young Director Award at Cannes Lions for her directorial debut commercial 3 Fat Babushkas. Her short documentary, Life on the Rocks, received a grant from both The City of Sydney and Screen Australia. International recognition for her work also culminated with a gold prize for Monkey Business (featuring Luke Doolan) at the London Photographic Association Portraiture competition.
Luke Doolan - Film Director, Editor and Cinematographer
Luke Doolan is an Academy Award nominated Director, as well as an Editor and Cinematographer, known for Miracle Fish (2010), and Animal Kingdom (2010), The Great Gatsby (2013), The Gift (2015) and more. He is a member of the Blue Tongue Films collective, and currently lives and works in the USA.
Explore last year's entries