Kym Martin’s photographic passion rewarded with Corbis Creatives Behind the Lens honour 04 Dec 2009
Corbis, the international photo library, recently announced the “Corbis Creatives Behind the Lens” competition winners at The Museum of Contemporary Arts, Sydney.
With close to 500 submissions for the competition, the panel of judges, including Vince Frost, founder & creative director of Frost Design, Julian Melhuish, creative director at Saatchi Design, Alasdair Foster, director for the Australian Centre for Photography and Marc Gafen, editor Capture Magazine, had their work cut out.
Judging took place at the Sydney Opera House, with 47 pieces of work being selected for the Creatives Behind the Lens exhibition.
The winners and their work were unveiled at a private viewing hosted by Corbis at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney on November 12.
Kym Martin, Creative Director, of Martins Integrated was voted a winner with his photograph titled "Bird Watching in Barcelona" which he took in July this year whilst on a study tour for the City Image project being undertaken in Al Ain.
The Creatives Behind the Lens competition, invited non-professional photographers working in the creative industries to submit their personal photography to be judged by an expert jury. The competition is supported by several industry partners, including D&AD and Group Momentum. "Having personally launched this competition with D&AD in the UK, I am thrilled to have brought what is now a prestigious, large-scale annual event to Australia," said Amy Timbrell, director for Corbis in Australia.