Sunburnt Lake Ballard
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PrizeBronze in Nature/Sunrise / Sunset
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PhotographerGerardine Gannon, Australia
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The bed of Lake Ballard in the southern central Outback of Australia rarely ever holds water. It is so salty that barely anything can survive on this huge barren expanse. British Artist, Antony Gormley, placed 51 stark rusting sculptures across this vast area, each one barely visible from the next, a reminder of the harshness of the sun in the Outback.
I grew up on a farm in Australia, where I often witnessed the power of nature, both the good and the bad. I sometimes had mixed feelings that nature could be both beautiful and brutal at the same time, but it always left me in awe.
I then came to Melbourne where I worked as a designer but was interested in photography from early on. I see patterns, lines, colours and shapes that change in different lights and I take shots to forever set a place card in my memory.
Awards 2024 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Gold Winner -Press/ Nature/ Environmental
2024 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention – Nature/ Landscape
2024 PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris Honorable Mention - Nature/ Sunrise/Sunset
2024 IPA International Photography Awards 2nd Prize subcategory winner -Events/ Wedding
2024 IPA International Photography Awards 3rd Prize subcategory winner - Nature
2024 IPA International Photography Awards Juror’s Top 5
2024 International Color Awards Honorable Mention -Nature
2024 International Color Awards Honorable Mention -Silhouette
2024 APP Australian Photographic Prize Highly Commended 1
2024 APP Australian Photographic Prize Highly Commended 2
2018 Lake Macquarie National Exhibition of Digital Photography Honourable Mention