2022
Wildscreen Panda Photo Story Award
Finalist – Fighting the heat
National Wildlife Federation
Photographer of the Year (2021)
2021
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Finalist (highly commended) – Photojournalism (single image) ‘A caring hand’
Finalist (highly commended) – Behaviour: Mammals ‘A deadly huddle’
Australian Geographic
Favourite images of 2021 (x 3)
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner – ‘Our impact’ and ‘Animal portrait’
Finalist – ‘Our impact’
Finalist – ‘Animal portrait’
Finalist – ‘Botanical’
COP26: Nature under threat
Winner – Gallery 2 ‘Little blue penguins’
Zoological Society of NSW Whitley Award
Winner – Conservation for Children: Book ‘Life Upside Down’
2020
Environment Victoria
Outstanding commitment to safeguarding Victoria’s environment
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Finalist – Peoples choice award ‘Bat woman‘
National Geographic
Best animal photos of 2020 – ‘Fatal attraction’
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Runner up – ‘Our impact’
Finalist – ‘Animal behaviour’
BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition (California Academy of Sciences)
Finalist – Human/nature category ‘A Koala’s Eye View’
2019
BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition (California Academy of Sciences)
Finalist – Human/nature category ‘Breakfast with bats’
National Geographic
Out of 10 million photos, NatGeo editors pick their 20 favourites from Your Shot – Breakfast with bats
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Finalist – Animal Behaviour
2018
Wildscreen Panda Photo Story Award
Winner – Rescuing the Night Gardeners (series here)
National Photographic Portrait Prize
Finalist – ‘Breakfast with bats’
National Geographic
Yourshots best photos of 2018 – Breakfast with bats
Environment Victoria community environment award
Outstanding contribution as a wildlife photographer and successfully leading the platypus-safe fishing nets campaign
Ecology Society of Australia
Finalist – ‘Outstanding in the Field: Ecologists in Action’ category – ‘Looking for cats’
2017
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Finalist – ‘Our impact’ and ‘Animal habitat’
Peoples choice award, Australian Museum –‘Small penguin, big city’
International Photography Awards
Honourable mentions (4): Editorial, fine art, wildlife, wildlife
National Geographic:
Photo of the day – 28 January
2016
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Finalist – Photojournalism (single image) ‘Caring for Joey’
International Photography Awards
Honourable mention x 6
Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner – ‘Our impact’ category
BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition (California Academy of Sciences)
Finalist – human/nature category ‘A helping hand’
Moran Contemporary Photography Prize
Semi-finalist x 2
Australian Institute of Professional Photographers – Victoria state awards
Finalist – Science, wildlife and wild places
1 x gold medal, 1 x silver (high distinction), 2 x silver medal
National Geographic:
Published in assignment “Photo of the day”
2015
BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition (California Academy of Sciences)
Finalist – conservation category ‘Small Penguin, Big City’
Australian Geographic ANZANG Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner – Monochrome
Finalist – 3 categories: Animal behaviour, Animal portrait, and Threatened
National Geographic:
Published in assignment “Urban Wildlife”
Published in assignment “Inside story”
Published in assignment “Create it”
Travel 365
International Photography Awards
Honourable mention- 5 images, 4 categories: Landscapes, Landscapes, Night photography, Wildlife
PDN’s The Great Outdoors
First place Landscape category – Devil’s Punchbowl
The compelling image – Chp 4 ‘The Art of the Photograph’ (Art Wolfe)
Honourable mention
Australian photography
Peoples choice winner, April 2015 ‘Street photography’
2014
National Geographic:
Photo of the day, Included in A year in 30 seconds
International Loupe Awards:
Finalist: Science and Nature category
3 silver and 6 Bronze awards: Science and nature + Photojournalism categories
Center of Contemporary Photography – Salon Awards
Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) ‘Best Use Of Light’ Award
National Geographic:
Published in the ‘Spontaneous adventure’ story
