Dean Sewell (photographer)

Dean Sewell (b 1972) is an Australian documentary photographer. He has won a number of awards. He lives in Sydney.

Life and work

Sewell grew up in Sydney and started his career as a news photographer for The Sydney Morning Herald.^[1]

His first major award was in 1994 when he received the Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year.

Based in Moscow in 1996 and 1997, Sewell covered the First Chechen War and Russian Federal Elections as well as documenting social issues in the Post-Soviet states.^[2]

Sewell'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, Sewell was a co-founder of the Australian documentary photography collective Oculi.

In 2004, Sewell flew to Aceh just after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and photographed the aftermath. His work won a World Press Photo award.^[3]

Awards

• 1994 – Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year^{[citation needed]}
• 1998 – Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year^{[citation needed]}
• 2000 – World Press Photo Award – 2nd Place – People in the News category – East Timor independence^{[citation needed]}
• 2001 – Leica/Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) Documentary Photography Award – Highly commended 'Cave Clan'^{[citation needed]}
• 2002 – World Press Photo Award (3rd Place) – Nature and the Environment category – Australian bushfires^{[citation needed]}
• 2003 – Finalist – Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize^{[citation needed]}
• 2003 – Finalist – Agfa, Das BildForum 7th International Prize for Young Photojournalists^{[citation needed]}
• 2004 – Finalist, Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize – 'Lara'^{[citation needed]}
• 2005 – World Press Photo Award – Spot News Stories – Aceh Tsunami aftermath^{[citation needed]}
• 2006 – Winner, Australia's Top Photographers, Photojournalism^{[citation needed]}
• 2007 – Finalist, Head On portrait prize, Australian Centre for Photography^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 – Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize – 'Common Ground'^{[citation needed]}
• 2009 – Moran Contemporary Photography Prize – 'A Dry Argument' Murray Darling Basin^[4]

References

1. . Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
2. . Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
3. "Sewell wins world prize". 12 February 2005.
4. "Home". moranprizes.com.au.

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