NIKON-WALKLEY COMMUNITY/REGIONAL PRIZE WINNERMarc McCormack

“Warning: Some images may offend the sensibilities of some people”

Andrew Quilty, NIKON-WALKLEY PHOTO OF THE YEAR WINNER A patient, later identified as 43-year-old husband and father of four, Baynazar Mohammad Nazar, lies dead on the operating table inside the Médecins Sans Frontières Kunduz Trauma Center in Afghanistan, following the 3 October attack by an American AC-130 gunship on the hospital in which 41 were killed.

NIKON-WALKLEY PORTRAIT PRIZE WINNERBrian Cassey . Iraqi asylum seeker Abdullatif Almoftaji stares through the wire of a police cell in the town of Lorengau, Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. Abdullatif was 17-years-old when he was first detained trying to enter Australia three years ago.

NIKON-WALKLEY FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY FINALIST Eddie Jim . Eight-year-old Koko Makura is from a remote inland village of Popondetta in Papua New Guniea who has a jagged leg from an accident at home when he was two years old.

NIKON-WALKLEY NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY FINALISTAnnette Dew . ‘It’s a heartbreaking and rare sight — a son wheeled in on a stretcher bed to his father’s funeral,’ said the awards team. ‘The service was delayed so that 17-year-old Brendan Powell could attend from hospital after being injured in a crane collapse at Newstead that killed his father, aerial photographer Chris Powell.

NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR FINALISTJason Edwards . ‘Jason has beautifully captured a year of politics, sport and art in Australia.

FINALIST - PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR-Andrew Quilty, Foreign Policy; The Washington Post; TIME Lightbox; SBS.com.au

NIKON-WALKLEY PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR FINALISTAlex Coppel . ‘A strong and diverse selection of images in this body of work show Alex Coppel’s technical skill and storytelling ability. He captures action in the sporting arena and violent clashes in the streets, dramatic weather and quirky daily life’.

NIKON-WALKLEY FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY FINALISTDavid Maurice Smith . ‘In 2015 the world witnessed a scale of human displacement unseen since World War II as millions of men, women and children fled Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, North Africa and elsewhere seeking safe haven.

NIKON-WALKLEY FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY FINALISTDanella Bevis . ‘After the death of a teenager [14-year-old Elijah Doughty], hundreds of Indigenous locals took to the streets of Kalgoorlie to vent their anger. Danella Bevis captures the grief and outrage of a family and a community.

FINALIST - PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR-Andrew Quilty, Foreign Policy; The Washington Post; TIME Lightbox; SBS.com.auYoung students in a classroom sit without a teacher at the Sayedabad-area school in Helmand's Nadali District.

NIKON-WALKLEY COMMUNITY/REGIONAL PRIZE WINNERMarc McCormack ‘Shooting photographs for a community paper requires skills across the board — catching split-second moments of sporting glory, knowing where to be for breaking local news, and finding creative ways to illustrate feature stories and eye-catching portraits’, said the awards team.

NIKON-WALKLEY SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY FINALIST Scott Barbour . ‘Scott Barbour nails the peak moments of action across a range of sports, with artistic as well as newsworthy images from the Australian sporting year.

NIKON-WALKLEY SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY FINALIST Cameron Spencer . ‘Spencer knows a thing or two about defining moments. If you saw one image from the Rio Olympics, it was probably his shot of a grinning Usain Bolt leading a pack of sprinters.

FINALIST - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY-Jake Nowakowski, Herald SunFrom the series "Moomba Gang Riot"

Marc McCormack from The Cairns Post won the Nikon-Walkley Community/Regional Prize for the second time.

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-If a picture is worth a thousand words, these collections are a book’s worth.

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-David Maurice Smith, Guardian Australia; Sydney Morning Herald; The Globe and Mail; Mother Jones MagazineFrom the series "Refugee Crisis in the Balkans"

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-Danella Bevis, The West AustralianFrom the series "The Day After"

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-David Maurice Smith, Guardian Australia; Sydney Morning Herald; The Globe and Mail; Mother Jones MagazineFrom the series "Refugee Crisis in the Balkans"

FINALIST - SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY-Scott Barbour, Getty ImagesFrom the series "Peak of the Action"

Marc McCormack from The Cairns Post won the Nikon-Walkley Community/Regional Prize for the second time.

FINALIST - PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR-Jason Edwards, Herald SunJason Edwards has beautifully captured a year of politics, sport and art in Australia.

FINALIST - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY-Andrew Quilty, Foreign PolicyFrom the series "The Man on The Operating Table"

FINALIST - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY-Andrew Quilty, Foreign PolicyFrom the series "The Man on The Operating Table"

FINALIST - NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY-Jake Nowakowski, Herald SunFrom the series "Moomba Gang Riot"

WINNER - NIKON-WALKLEY COMMUNITY/REGIONAL PRIZE. Marc McCormack, The Cairns Post…. From the series "Body of Work"

FINALIST - PRESS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR-To win this highest honor, photographers must use their self-editing skills. In this category, they enter up to ten images to show their talent across a range of genres and themes.Alex Coppel/Herald Sun

FINALIST - SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY-Eddie Jim, The Age, Fairfax Media"Champagne Shower"

FINALIST - SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY-Cameron Spencer, Getty ImagesFrom the series "The Defining Moment"

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-Eddie Jim, Good Weekend Magazine, Fairfax MediaFrom the series "The Day After"

FINALIST – FEATURE/PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAY-Eddie Jim, Good Weekend Magazine, Fairfax MediaFrom the series "The Day After"

FINALIST - SPORT PHOTOGRAPHY-Cameron Spencer, Getty ImagesFrom the series "The Defining Moment"

FINALIST - SPORT PHOTOGRAPHYCameron Spencer, Getty ImagesFrom the series "The Defining Moment"

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