- Dean Sewell (photographer)
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Dean Sewell (b 1972) is a multi-award winning Australian documentary photographer. He lives in Sydney with his partner, fellow photographer Tamara Dean.
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Career
Sewell grew up in Sydney and started his career as a news photographer for The Sydney Morning Herald.[1].
His first major award arrived when he was a very young photographer in 1994 when he was awarded the Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year.
Based in Moscow in 1996 and 1997, Dean covered the Chechen War and Russian Federal Elections as well as documenting social issues in the former Soviet Union.[2]
Dean's series on The Block, an Aboriginal community in Redfern, an inner suburb of Sydney, was showcased at the Visa pour L'Image festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France.
In 2001, Dean was a co-founder of the Australian photographic collective Oculi, which features Australia's best professional photographers.
In 2004, Dean flew to Aceh just after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and photographed the aftermath. His powerful and heartbreaking work, shot on black and white film, won a World Press Award. [3]
Awards
1994 - Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year 1998 - Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year 2000 - World Press Photo Award - 2nd Place - People in the News category - East Timor independence 2001 - Leica/CCP Documentary Photography Award - Highly commended 'Cave Clan' 2002 - World Press Photo Award (3rd Place) - Nature and the Environment category - Australian bushfires 2003 - Finalist - Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize 2003 - Finalist - Agfa, Das BildForum 7th International Prize for Young Photojournalists 2004 - Finalist, Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize - 'Lara' 2005 - World Press Photo Award - Spot News Stories - Aceh Tsunami aftermath 2006 - Winner, Australia’s Top Photographers, Photojournalism 2007 - Finalist, Head On portrait prize, Australian Centre For Photography 2008 - Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize - 'Common Ground' 2009 - Moran Contemporary Photography Prize - 'A Dry Argument' Murray Darling Basin[4]
References
External links
- [1] Oculi
Categories:- Australian photographers
- 1972 births
- Living people
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