2019 Schools Photo Competition prizegiving and exhibition
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Wed, 06/11/2019 - 6:22pm — botanicus
Competition judge Graham Gall presents the schools award for UCSSC Lake Ginninderra
The Friends Annual Photographic Competition for primary and secondary school and college students is now in its 23rd year. The exhibition of 2019 entries was opened on Saturday 2 November in the ANBG Visitor Centre, and prizes awarded to winners in five categories.
The competition was judged, and the prizes awarded, by Graham Gall and Jim Gould of the Friends Photographic Group.
The competition is open to any student attending an Australian primary, high school or college. Entries can be submitted individually or through the student’s school or college. All photographs must be taken in the Australian National Botanic Gardens. This is the first year that the competition has been open to primary school students.
The competition has a number of categories and cash prizes are awarded for places in each category. Highly Commended (HC) and Commended (C) certificates are also awarded.
Additional awards are given to the photographic departments of the school/college of each first and second prize winners. There is also one People’s Choice award, to be awarded at the end of the exhibition, and one Rangers’ award (over all categories).
Further information about the competition and entries will be posted once available.
Primary: Monochrome
| 1st | Banksia | Alyse Rooney | Hawker Primary |
Primary: Colour
| 1st | House Made of Sticks | Samuel Wagner | Aranda Primary |
| 2nd | Butterfly Breeze | Lily Werner | Aranda Primary |
| 3rd | Floral Firework | Hugo Potter | Maribynong Primary |
Secondary: Monochrome
| 1st | Monochrome Bird | Ky Trotter | Canberra College |
| 2nd | Sun Baking | Erin Duncan | Canberra High School |
| 3rd | Fading ln | Thomas Price | Canberra College |
| 4th | Shell | Isobelle Laing | Telopea Park School |
| 5th | Monochrome 2 | Jared Parsons | Dickson College |
Secondary: Colour
| 1st | Sweden | Riley Wilson | Canberra High School |
| 2nd | Looking at Me | Netti Nguyen | Canberra High School |
| 3rd | Flightless | Cameron Colebrook | UCSSC Lake Ginninderra |
| 4th | Nature's Favourite | Ellen Johnson | Canberra High School |
| 5th | Foggy Love | Imogen O’Brien | Canberra High School |
Secondary: Altered Reality
| 1st | Dripping Bottle Brush | Amy Lancaster | UCSSC Lake Ginninderra |
| 2nd | Waltz of the Flowers | Roberta Vagnarelli | Canberra High School |
| 3rd | Virtual Nature | Isabella Quan | Erindale College |
| 4th | Cloudless Day Orange Sand | William Loughton | Canberra College |
| 5th | Waterwise | Cameron Colebrook | UCSSC Lake Ginninderra |
Schools of first and second prize winners
| Hawker Primary | Primary: Monochrome – 1st |
| Aranda Primary | Primary: Colour – 1st and 2nd |
| Canberra College | Secondary: Monochrome – 1st |
| Canberra High School |
Secondary: Monochrome – 2nd Colour – 1st and 2nd Altered Reality – 2nd |
| UCSSC Lake Ginninderra | Secondary: Altered Reality – 1st |
Seen at the prize-giving... (photos: Brian Moir)
