2026 Photography Prize Winners
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*Please note this list is not indicative of place winners, entries have been listed in alphabetical order. Prize winners will find out the outcome of their entry at the Presentation Ceremony.
Prize Winners
- R-2 Prize Winners
- 3-4 Prize Winners
- 5-6 Prize Winners
- 7-8 Prize Winners
- 9-10 Prize Winners
- 11-12 Prize Winners
Highly Commended
- R-2 Highly Commended
- 3-4 Highly Commended
- 5-6 Highly Commended
- 7-8 Highly Commended
- 9-10 Highly Commended
- 11-12 Highly Commended
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R-2 Prize Winners
Sophie Mackenzie-Pearson
Highgate School
Project: Macro Spikes: Cacti Up Close
Harriet McComb
Wilderness School
Project: Nature's Architects
Harriet Riley
Kangaroo Island Community Education - Kingscote
Project: Against the Odds: Plants in Tough Places
Ivy Constantini
Pedare Christian College
Project: Close Encounters: Macro Photography of Nature's Details
3-4 Prize Winners
Harriet Durbridge, Riley Towers
Paringa Park Primary School
Project: Close Encounters
Jack Lang
Stirling East Primary School
Project: Bark observation
5-6 Prize Winners
Jake Basheer
Burnside Primary School
Project: Carbon Catchers
Nathan Voisin, Teo Van Der Merwe
Highgate School
Project: Life's down under
Emma Zuo
St Andrew's School
Project: Patterns in Nature
7-8 Prize Winners
Harris Zi-Rong Cheong
Pembroke School - Middle School
Project: Water Works
Anh Nguyen, Raed Khan, Oliver Brown
Roma Mitchell Secondary College
Project: Water Works
Alice Schammer
Heathfield High School
Project: Water Works
Arlo Wallace
Westminster School
Project: Fluff to Feathers
9-10 Prize Winners
Yesha Patel
Glenunga International High School
Project: The Hidden Colour Code of Animals in Nature
Luca Stewart
Unley High School
Project: Patterns in Nature: Discovering Hidden Designs
Alina Thai
St Aloysius College
Project: Water Works
11-12 Prize Winners
Kirra Lashmar
Kangaroo Island Community Education - Kingscote
Project: Arachnid Architecture
Rojee Rai, Asmita Subba
Playford International College
Project: Patterns in Nature: Discovering Hidden Designs
Sylvie Ramala
Playford International College
Project: Close Encounters: Macro Photography of Nature's Details
Aurora Templer
Prescott College Southern
Project: Beneath Our Feet
2026 Photography Highly Commended
R-2 Highly Commended
Lily Davison
Annesley Junior School
Project: Nature's Architects
Michael Franz
Heathfield Primary School
Project: Shadows
Millie Jayasundera
Highgate School
Project: Nature's patterns
Lily Johnson
Stirling East Primary School
Project: Animals in Nature
Archer Nguyen
St Andrew's School
Project: Nature's Architects
Bianca Pennino
St David's Parish School
Project: What we are not seeing?
Oriana Tai, Oliver Crilley
Burnside Primary School
Project: Macro Photography of Nature's Details
Spencer Thoo
Trinity Gardens School
Project: Patterns in Nature: Discovering Hidden Designs
3-4 Highly Commended
Delilah Carne
Belair Primary School
Project: Life at Ground Level
Mia Chunduru
St Andrew's School
Project: Close Encounters
Jaime Giannis
Annesley Junior School
Project: Life at Ground Level
Piper Lashmar
Kangaroo Island Community Education - Kingscote
Project: Plants in Rocky Places
Anais Mascles
Highgate School
Project: Nature Designs
Lucy McDonald-Sheldon
Paringa Park Primary School
Project: Magical Monarch Metamorphosis
David Sevo
Mitcham Primary School
Project: Botanical Captures
Max Zivkovic
St John's Grammar School - Junior
Project: Life at Ground Level
5-6 Highly Commended
Ben Adley
East Marden Primary School
Project: Aquatic Life of South Pacific Ocean
Senali Ariyarathne
Edwardstown Primary School
Project: A journey of a droplet
Ruby McVeigh
Caritas College
Project: Ngatji Yuki:My Backyard
Aaryan Singh
St Therese School
Project: Nature's Hidden Code
Ava Thomson
St Therese School
Project: Animals in Nature
7-8 Highly Commended
Yvette Cassetti
Mercedes College
Project: Nature's Architects
Henry Crase
Pembroke School - Middle School
Project: Animals in Nature
Teagan Ellson
Kangaroo Island Community Education - Kingscote
Project: Orchid Observations
James Hall, James Andriolo
Torrens Valley Christian School
Project: THE MONARCHY
Ibbie Schar
Scotch College - Senior
Project: Ocean erosion of the Robe coastline
9-10 Highly Commended
Sean Ayom Deng
Portside Christian College
Project: Life at Ground Level
Chloe Fels, Angus Herreen, Nicholas Broadbridge
Heathfield High School
Project: Patterns in Nature: Discovering Hidden Designs
Marley Watson, Harper Griffen
Mount Compass Area School
Project: Plants & Flowers
11-12 Highly Commended
Aazeen Haider
Glenunga International High School
Project: Animals in Nature
