The Head On Photo Festival, Australia’s leading international annual photograph event, has announced the winners of this year’s Head On Photo Awards. The annual awards celebrate excellence in three categories – Portrait, Landscape and Student – and are judged anonymously by a panel of internationally recognised photographers, editors and industry leaders. The winners were announced on May 1 as part of the Head On(line) Photo Festival digital launch.

Offering a prize pool of $70,000 to professional and amateur photographers around the world, the Head On Photo Awards are made doubly attractive to entrants given that they tour finalist exhibitions internationally at festival’s end.

Fiona Wolf-Symeonides‘s The gift, RHW 2020. Photo supplied

“The Head On Photo Awards are at the centre of our festival and showcase incredible talent from professionals and amateurs alike,” said Festival Director Moshe Rosenzveig. “The judges and I have been blown away by the high standard of this year’s submissions and we are delighted to announce the 2020 winners as we launch our exciting digital program. We look forward to sharing the winners and 2020 program with our international community.”

In the Portrait category, the Overall Winner is Australian photographer Fiona Wolf-Symeonides’s...