CHRIS SAUNDERS
Chris Saunders is an award-winning accredited professional Perth based landscape photographer primarily focusing on aerial and abstract images of the Australian environment.
His unique style brings a painterly feel to the genre that allows the images to take on ethereal forms from the captured light and textures.
He is the 2018 Australian Professional Photographer of the Year and Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year.
Recent Exhibitions
2018 – “Perth National Photographic Exhibition” – Perth, Western Australia
2018 – “Photo Live” – Perth, West Australia
2018 – “ONO – Illumina” – Central Gallery, TAFE, Perth
2017 – “ONO – Meraki” – Central Gallery, TAFE, Perth
2017 – “Connected”* – Epson Print Gallery, Team Digital, Perth, Western Australia
2016 – “Stretch Arts Festival” – Mandurah, West Australia
2016 – “Photo Live” – Perth, West Australia
2016 – “Minawarra Art Exhibition” Armadale, West Australia
2016 – “Golden Shopping Trolley” – Epson Print Gallery, Team Digital, Perth, WA
2016 – “Paste it up” – Epson Print Gallery, Team Digital, Perth, Western Australia
2015 – “Spring in the hills” – Kalamunda, West Australia
Awards
2018 – Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. AIPP
2018 – Australian Professional Landscape Photographer of the Year. AIPP
2018 – Australian Landscape Highest Scoring Print. AIPP
2018 – Western Australian Professional Photographer of the Year. AIP
2018 – Western Australian Professional Landscape Photographer of the Year. AIPP
2018 – Western Australian Epson Signature Worthy Award. AIPP
2018 – Western Australian Highest Scoring Print. AIPP
2017 – International Landscape Photographer of the Year – Top 101 finalist (2 images)
2017 – Australian Emerging Photographer of the Year (Finalist). AIPP
2017 – Western Australian Emerging Photographer of the Year (Finalist). AIPP
2016 – Australian Emerging Photographer of the Year (Finalist). AIPP
2016 – Western Australian Emerging Photographer of the Year. AIPP
2016 – Peel Award – Mandurah Portrait and Landscape Competition
2015 – Bendigo Bank Acquisition Award – Spring in the hills
A selection of Chris’s work
