Including over 450 photo-based artworks Kodak Salon is Australia’s largest open-entry photo-based exhibition and competition. Fourteen artists have been awarded prizes from industry leaders including Kodak Professional, Adobe, Kayell Australia and Sandisk.

Images of award winning artworks can be viewed online at www.ccp.org.au The Kodak Salon is a truly democratic event, wherebyartists at all levels of experience and practice are invited to exhibit work at CCP. The resulting exhibition is a survey of where the camera is being pointed now and includes an exhaustive number of styles and genres such as documentary, portraiture, directorial, formalist and conceptual.

Visitors to the exhibition are invited to vote for their favourite image in the People’s Choice Award. A prize for the winner and a lucky voter will be announced at the close of the exhibition. There is also an opportunity to purchase artwork from the exhibition at affordable prices.

Winners

Kodak Professional Excellence in Photomedia

Jake Wotherspoon Birka 2007

Adobe Best Use of Digital Media
Sally Frith Untitled 2007

Patrick Corrigan AM Acquisitive Award
Mischa Baka Scarlett 2007

Patrick Corrigan AM Acquisitive Award
Briony Ridley Cyclone Isobel, Perrinvale Station 2007

Kayell Best Inkjet Print
Karma Jercher Seven Choices 2008

Sandisk Best Digital Work
Irena Conomos Wrapped 2007

Manfrotto Best Portrait
Shannon Rose Arwen 2008

Bond Imaging Best Work on an Environmental Theme
Christopher Crocker Untitled 2007

Photographic Imaging College Excellence in the Use of Colour
Sabrina Chin The Wolf’s Betrayal 2007

Chapman & Bailey Framing Services Best Black and White Work

Tim Gresham Frequency II 2008

Lomography Most Innovative Use of Photomedia
Dan Cuttiford Untitled 2008

Lomography Best Animal Image
Simon Cook The Freest man is a bard 2007

Next Byte Best Video/DVD Work
Deanne Kampe All That You Can’t Leave Behind 2007

ACP Most Emotionally Intense Image
Belinda Mason Ramesh 2007

People’s Choice Award
Briony Ridley Cyclone Isobel, Perrinvale Station 2007

Judging Panel

Jane Haley
CEO
Australian Business
Arts Foundation

Simon Terrill
Artist and Lecturer
Victorian College of the Arts
University of Melbourne

Naomi Cass
Director
Centre for
Contemporary Photography