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APS Photobook Competition winners 2021

Meet the winners of the 2021 Australian Photographic Society Photobook Award proudly sponsored by Momento Pro. View their books and learn about the characteristics that made them successful.

Now in its sixth year, the Australian Photographic Society’s (APS) annual Photo Book Awards 2021 attracted a total of 20 entries. While the number of submissions was down on last year (impacted by the extended lockdowns in Victoria, New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory) the quality of entries was once again very high. Congratulations to the six winners across the Storytelling and Portfolio categories, whose books are outlined below and offer plenty of food for thought for your next creation. 

 

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APS Photobook Competition winners 2020

Meet the winners of the 2020 Australian Photographic Society x Momento Pro Photobook competition. View their books and learn about the characteristics that made them successful.

Congratulations to the winners of Australia’s only national amateur photobook competition hosted by the Australian Photographic Society (APS) and Momento Pro. In its fifth edition, the competition attracted 37 entries across the Storytelling and Portfolio categories, from members of the APS and local camera clubs. The books were diverse in format and subject, and they featured a range of photographic genres including landscape, portrait, travel, nature, architecture, street and fine art nudes.

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Sarah J. Walker: Second Sight & Pelci Manor

If you’re contemplating entering the Australia & New Zealand photo book awards (or not), peruse this post about Melbourne-based Gen Z photographer Sarah J. Walker who can credit two photobook award wins for producing her first two publications.

Book awards have already played a significant role in the career of emerging Melbourne photographer Sarah J. Walker. In 2017 she won the Perimeter Small Book Prize. She went on to win the Photobook category of the Australia and New Zealand Photobook Award 2018 with Second Sight – the book published as a result of the Small Book Prize.

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How to self publish a photo book in the Antipodes

Momento Pro has learnt a lot about the ins and outs of publishing a photo book over the last 15 years, and now we’ve summarised the main points in this blog post, along with links to further information. To make your book a reality, read on …

Momento Pro has spent 15 years immersed in photo book printing, learning about people’s publishing experiences in Australia and New Zealand, and making friends with all the services that can help make your book a success.

We’ve also hosted photo book awards since 2011 which give us unique insight and statistics into antipodean photo book publications. In this blog post we share our findings in a simple guide that includes data, questions and topics for you to consider before publishing your photo book.

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