2020 : 05 May Alex Mao Photo Award

Kodiann; Playground fun; Me and my friend took pictures of each other
Lara Hope Anderson Lambert; Beach
Charlotte Koperu; Pencils
Darth Cornelius; Paradise Lost; This image was taken next to a forest which used to roar with the sound of insects and birdlife when I was a little kid. Since then, the rivers and streams near it have become lifelessly polluted, and the sound of the Fantails, Kereru and Tui which used to inhabit it, is scare. (Due to a massive decrease in flying insect biomass since the mid 2000’s, removing their primary food source.) The lake which
Sheila; Manu
Amindeep Singh; Outside
Sargent; Fakey
Sargent; What a nice morning
Sheila; Makisha
Amindeep Singh; Inside
Darth Cornelius; Priorities; With “Priorities” I was aiming to show the viewer how kids’ many kids lives in 2020 are centred around online appearances, and chasing recognition in a place that is not the real world. It’s not uncommon now for groups of friends to spend the day in silence, heads buried in their phones, looking for arguments which don’t involve them, or trying to gain clout and positive affirmation from total strangers, instead of actually interacting or bonding with one another.
Darth Cornelius; Because I can;

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