Gold Medal Winners
Honour Awards
The Australian Photographic Society is the winner of the 2022 Four Nations Competition. Congratulations to our colleagues in Australia.
Many outstanding images were submitted for this competition by all participating photographic societies.
OVERALL SCORES
Australian Photographic Society – 2987 – Gold Medal
Photographic Society of South Africa – 2967
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – 2883
Photographic Society New Zealand – 2880
INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY AWARDS
Monochrome
Photographic Society of South Africa – “Kiss of Light“ by Martin Barber – Gold Medal
Australian Photographic Society – “Parents and Child Trees“ – by Malcom Gamble – Honourable Mention
Australian Photographic Society – “Time Out” by Julie Rathbone – Honourable Mention
Photographic Society of New Zealand – “Captain My Captain” by Karen Moffat-McLeod – Honourable Mention
Nature
Photographic Society of South Africa – ‘Sealion Tendermess‘ by Dieter Butouw – Gold Medal
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – “Maternal Love” by Daisy Lai – Honourable Mention
Photographic Society of South Africa – “Guineafowl at speed” by Eddie Reinecke – Honourable Mention
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – “Fox Family” by Qing Li – Honourable Mention
Open Colour
Australian Photographic Society – “Anemone Bunch” by Dianne English – Gold Medal
Australian Photographic Society – “A Real Boy” by Jennie Stock – Honourable Mention
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – “Buddhist Mountain” by Haokun Xu – Honourable Mention
Photographic Society of South Africa – “House in the Mountains” by Rob Heffer – Honourable Mention
Our Country
Australian Photographic Society – “Binnalong Rock” by Sandy Mahon – Gold Medal
Australian Photographic Society – “Camel Rock Sunrise” by Vicky Zhou – Honourable Mention
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – “Yellowknife NWT” by Steve Donnelly – Honourable Mention
Canadian Association For Photographic Art – “Sunrise at Abraham Lake” by Philip Wong – Honourable Mention
All images submitted for this competition were viewed, scored and awards assigned by the following members of the Federation of Indian Photography:
Dr Barun Kumar Sinha has a long and successful history with FIP and photography as all the Honours after his name show. He is currently the Honorary Secretary General of FIP having previously served as President. His favourite genre is nature and he was awarded the coveted MFIAP for his series on Cheetah.
Mrinal Kumar Bandyopadhyay is one of the finest pictorial photographers of India and his photographs have been exhibited in over 40 countries. He has been serving as webmaster of FIP from the very beginning and is managing the entire FIP website. He was the first to develop the judging software in India.
Sona Beniwal is a Passionate Freelance Photo Artist. Creating something artistic and unique out of nothing embedded with a straight-forward approach is the best part of her passion with Monochrome and Nature being her favourite. She has achieved many awards from Salons in more than 25 countries.
We thank Jill Sneesby for coordinating this year’s competition and the Photographic Society of South Africa for hosting the competition.
The 2023 Four Nations Competition will be hosted by the Canadian Association For Photographic Art.
To learn more about the Four Nations Competitions, click here.
