NZIPP Iris Awards winners revealed

The professional photography community convened in Wellington in June for the annual New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) Ilford ExposurePro conference. Alongside the programme of talks and workshops runs the much-anticipated Nikon Iris Awards, which reveal 2019’s top professional photographers. D-Photo is proud to be NZIPP’s media partner and an Iris Awards sponsor, and is honoured to present this year’s winners.

Major award winners

Highest Scoring Print Award — sponsored by Ilford

Loren O’Connor

 

International Photographer of the Year — sponsored by Nikon

Belinda Richards

 

New Zealand Photographer of the Year — sponsored by Nikon

Katherine Williams

 

Category award winners

Book — sponsored by NZIPP

Esther Bunning

 

  

Commercial — sponsored by Sony

Sarah Caldwell

 

Creative — sponsored by NZIPP

Jackie Ranken

 

Documentary — sponsored by Sony

Katherine Williams

 

Family — sponsored by Canon

Jo Frances-Moore

 

Illustrative — sponsored by Tamron

Richard Wood

 

Landscape — sponsored by Olympus

Janyne Fletcher

 

Nature Category — sponsored by Epson

Simone Jackson

 

Portrait In-Camera Artistry — sponsored by CR Kennedy (NZ)

Katherine Williams

 

Portrait Open — sponsored by Canon

Richard Wood

 

Student — sponsored by D-Photo magazine

Timothy Lomax

 

Travel — sponsored by Olympus

Nicky Kerr

 

Wedding In-Camera Artistry — sponsored by Momento Pro

Justin Aitken

 

Wedding Open — sponsored by CR Kennedy (NZ)

Doug Richardson

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