Photography industry awards
PSC students and teachers are often winners of the prestigious AIPP Photography Awards at both state and national level.
PSC teachers and graduates are also regularly involved in exhibitions of their work both nationally and internationally.
2009
Photography industry names Photography Studies College the 2009 Tertiary Institute of the Year.
Photography Studies College (PSC) has scooped the education awards in the national photography industry awards for 2009.
At the gala Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards night in Sydney on 29th June, Australia's peak photography industry association, the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) awarded PSC the 2009 AIPP Tertiary Institute of the Year, and awarded PSC student Alf Caruana the 2009 AIPP Australian Student Photographer of the Year. These two education and training awards are sponsored by Kodak Professional Imaging Solutions.
The annual event recognises excellence in all areas of commercial photography, including photojournalism but also acknowledges excellence in the education and training sector of the industry. Eligible entrants for the photographic education awards come from the university and vocational education sector right across Australia
In accepting the awards, PSC's Managing Director Julie Moss acknowledged the enormous change the industry has undergone in recent years, and the huge challenges this poses for any college in keeping abreast of these changes. "One of the key challenges facing the industry is finding skilled teachers who are across all the latest technologies, not to mention the huge cost involved in funding these technologies. This award is a great acknowledgement of the dedication of our staff and the determination of our students to being the best", she said.
Former PSC student, Yervant Zanazanian was the winner of the 2009 Highest Scoring Wedding Print (Wedding Photojournalistic) Award and the 2009 AIPP Australian Wedding Photographer of the Year.
The PSC award winning entries will be featured in the new mid year exhibition as part of the PSC Open Day on Sunday 16th August 10am - 4pm.
2008
In 2008 PSC student Kohei Sato (2009 Commercial Major Graduate) won the Advertising category at the (AIPP) Victorian Photography Student of the Year photography industry awards.
2007
This high level of achievement followed on from the previous year when, in 2007 our students won the two top Victorian photography student awards: (AIPP) Victorian Photography Student of the Year Sylvia Kreinberg, (2008 commercial major Graduate) and runner up Rachael Demenico (2008 Art major Graduate).
Previous award winners
In 2005 PSC won the AIPP national Tertiary Institute of the Year award and the Australian Student of the Year Award.
Photography Studies College has recently scooped the 2005 photography education and training awards at the annual Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) national awards held in Brisbane. PSC took out the Tertiary Institute of the Year award and Steve Young, a PSC commercial major student won the prestigious Australian Student Photographer of the Year.
Steve was thrilled and reflecting on his win said "Winning this award is certainly something out of the box, its great!" Now in his final year of the course Steve combines his photography with work commitments and has found that he really looks forward to his time at PSC. "You know, mixing with very creative students and talented lecturers is very inspirational. You see a continual flow of photographic work and that's an excellent way of getting the creative juices happening." Steve went on to add "I guess the interest I had in photography three and a half years ago is now an absolute passion and I'm really looking forward to taking up the profession full time in the near future."
