Congratulations to Ilan Wittenberg on winning four Awards out of four print entries at the 2019 Australian Professional Photography Awards by the AIPP!

Established in 1963, AIPP promotes the profession of photography, enhancing the skill and knowledge of professional photographers. It is the largest awards for professional print photography in Australia.

A panel of five expert judges is looking for exceptional images that inspire and impress: images that exhibit visual and emotional impact, innovation and creativity. Awards go to prints that demonstrate excellence in skill, craftsmanship and conceptual development of an idea.

Below are two of Ilan’s award-winning prints…

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Drought, Sliver – 2019 APPA: Portrait In-Camera © Ilan Wittenberg

This image represents drought. Climate change has brought drastic changes to many regions on earth. Global warming is causing severe drought. Huge areas that were once fertile are no longer suitable for agriculture. Millions of people are already impacted by these catastrophic changes. A deadly civil war in Syria has erupted when the government decreased the allocation of irrigation water to farmers. Vast regions in Iran are no longer cultivated and the population is helpless. They cannot grow any fruits or vegetables. The earth is dry and so is the woman’s skin, both are cracked. The woman is bare, she is completely exposed – just like our land. This is a desperate call to stop the devastating impact of industrial pollution on our planet.

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Amy, Sliver – 2019 APPA: Portrait In-Camera

”I was diagnosed with grade 3 aggressive breast cancer in January 2016. My family has the BRCA1 mutation. Each child of a carrier has a 50% chance of inheriting the gene and each carrier has extremely high risk of cancer. Five of my six great aunts died of cancer by their forties. I had four different chemotherapy drug treatments as well as radiation treatment. Luckily, I had a positive response to treatment and the 5 cm tumour was totally destroyed. I underwent bilateral mastectomy with a two phase silicon reconstruction as well as a total Salpingo-oophorectomy. I also had a hysterectomy surgical operation to remove my uterus. Knowing I have beaten what by nature ought to have been certain death, gives me a sense of immediacy and urgency in life. There is no sense in waiting or hesitating because there is no guarantee of tomorrow!”

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