Occupying more than 20,000Ha in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia, Lake MacLeod is a vast inland salt lake that supports a system of wetlands featuring one of the largest inland mangrove communities in the world. These communities provide a natural habitat for a countless variety of birds, fish and other animals. The wetlands are serviced by ocean tides, which flush seawater into channels below and out through vertical shafts, sinkholes, and other surface vents within the lake.
Captured from a Robinson R22 helicopter.
Steven Stanley Manolakis is a photographer based in Sydney. His images of Australian landscapes photographed from above provide a unique view of what lies surrounding us.
Since he began shooting in 2018, Steven has earned more than 50 international photography awards and has been published in numerous magazines, including All About Photo, Australian Photography, and The Eye of Photography.
Awards 2022 Moscow International Foto Awards
-Germinate, Bronze, Fine Art – Landscape
-Physis, Bronze, Nature – Aerial
-10 Honourable Mentions, Fine Art – Landscape
Australasia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2022
-Top 20
-11 Highly Commended
-Commended
8th Annual Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA)
-Nominee, Seascape
-Nominee, Nature
2021/2022 The Chelsea International Photography Competition
-Untethered, Cash Prize Winner
2022 The Motif Collective February Landscape Theme
-Blue Dragon, Shortlisted
-Hope-Despair, Shortlisted
2022 Muse Photography Awards
-The Kimberley, Platinum, Fine Art Photography – Nature
-Neuron, Platinum, Fine Art Photography – Landscape
-The Kimberley, Gold, Fine Art Photography – Landscape
-Lament, Gold, Fine Art Photography – Landscape
-Varnish, Silver, Fine Art Photography – Landscape
2021 London International Creative Competition
-Finalist
2021 Australian Photography POTY
-Top 10, Aerial
2021 The Motif Collective December Minimalism Theme
-Still, Shortlisted
2021 Chromatic Photography Awards
-Blue Dragon, Honourable Mention, Landscape
-Archetypal, Honourable Mention, Landscape
-Transfusion, Honourable Mention, Landscape
-Gilded River, Honourable Mention, Landscape
-Physis, Honourable Mention, Landscape
2021 Creative Communication Award
-Best of Best, Landscape
-Best of Best, Nature
2021 ND Awards
-Honourable Mention, Nature-Aerial
2021 International Photography Awards
-3 Honourable Mentions, Fine Art-Landscape
-Honourable Mention, Fine Art-Abstract
-Honourable Mention, Nature-Landscape
2021 Moscow International Foto Awards
-Silver, Nature
-Bronze, Fine Art
-Honourable Mention, Nature-Aerial
-Honourable Mention, Fine Art-Abstract
2020 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
-Finalist, Landscape
2020 Creative Communication Award
-Best of Best, Landscape
-Best of Best, Nature
2020 International Photography Awards
-Honourable Mention, Nature-Aerial / Drone
-Honourable Mention
