Philip Myers is a passionate photographer. His personal work concentrates on portraiture and documentary photography as well as artistic and conceptual photography. He loves all photographic genres. Philip has been a finalist and semi-finalist in numerous Australian and international photographic competitions including the National Photographic Portrait Prize and the Doug Moran Photographic Prize. Philip had his first solo photographic exhibition Istanbul Encounters in June 2014 and last year was an Associate Exhibitor in the Head On Photo Festival with the exhibition A Personal Journey. Some of his photographs have been published in the media such as the Sydney Morning Herald and feature on the covers of various novels and magazines including the front cover of the Weekend Australia magazine.
Exhibitions
A Personal Journey
Head On Photo Festival Associated Exhibition
StirrUp Gallery, Marrickville
(2nd to 7th May 2017)
Istanbul Encounters
Seaview Gallery, Dulwich Hill
(11th to 15th June 2014)
(A series of street photographs taken in Istanbul, Turkey)
Acknowledgements
2018: Finalist | Head On Photo Festival Landscape Prize
2018: Finalist | Head On Photo Festival Mobile Prize
2018: Finalist | HIPA International Photography Award (TheMoment)
2017: Finalist | SMH Big Picture Photo Competition
2017: Finalist | National Photographic Portrait Prize – National Portrait Gallery
2016: Semi-finalist | Doug Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2016: Finalist | Photo of the Year – Australian Photography Magazine
2015: Finalist | Sydney Morning Herald Shoot the Chef photographic competition
2015: Finalist | National Photographic Portrait Prize – National Portrait Gallery
2015: Semi Finalist | Art & About Sydney Australian Lifephotography competition
2014 Semi Finalist | Doug Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2014: Finalist | Head On Mobile Prize
2014: Finalist | Art & About Sydney Australian Life photographic competition
2014: Semi Finalist | Macquarie Photography Prize
2014: Editors Choice | National Geographic Traveler photo Contest
2013: Finalist | Doug Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2013: Finalist | Sydney Morning Herald Shoot the Chef photographic competition