Our first judge for this year’s awards, needs little introduction.
Presenting our Head Judge Peter Eastway.
Below his biography.
Peter Eastway G.M. PHOTOG., HON. FAIPP, HON FNZIPP, MNZIPP, FAIPP – HEAD JUDGE
Peter Eastway has been involved in landscape photography, photography competitions and judging for over 30 years. He was the Canon AIPP Australian Professional Photography Award Chairman for six years, is the Head Judge for the International Loupe Awards, and has judged internationally around the world.
Peter has won many awards for his photography. In 1996 and 1998 he was the AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. He was Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996 and 1998, Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year in 2004, and NSW Professional Photographer of the Year in 1995, 1996, 2004 and 2010. He has also won the Grand Award for the Commercial Category at the 2005 and 2008 WPPI Exhibition in Las Vegas.
Peter’s passion is for landscapes, portraiture and the printed page. He is the publisher of Better Photography magazine and website. Peter’s work is so respected that Lonely Planet chose him to write their international photography guidebook on landscape photography.
Peter’s early landscapes were primarily black and white, carefully printed and toned, but with the advent of digital photography, he is taking a leading role internationally, creating a New Tradition of high quality landscape imagery.
Peter speaks nationally and internationally on topics including landscape photography, Photoshop techniques, publishing and the business of professional photography.
Peter is a member of the ND5 Ninety Degrees Five collective with Christian and Michael Fletcher, Tony Hewitt and Les Walkling.
Peter is an AIPP Grand Master of Photography, one of only a dozen or so in the world and earned from a career spanning nearly 30 years. His role in the FOCUS Awards 2015 is as Head Judge.