2010 RMIT Diploma
of Photoimaging
Graduation
Exhibition http//rmitphotographytafe.com/
Introduction
The 2010 RMIT Diploma in Photoimaging Graduate Exhibition celebrates the passion and creative endeavours of the students. Held at First Site Gallery in the city, the exhibition highlights work from diverse fields including fashion, photojournalism, sport, portraiture, architecture, illustrative, landscape, advertising, commercial & industrial, still life and digital imaging. With a staff of practicing professionals comes a discipline from the conceptual to the technical. The benefits of this are illustrated throughout the work. The exhibition celebrates the commitment, hard work and dedication of each student across their chosen discipline.
Front Cover Photo: Sally Plottel
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Felicity Bale 6
Ellice Beaumont 7
Chidchanok Senanunsakul (Film) 10 William Kalengkongan 14 Pitichai Nittayarumphong (Joji) 18 Emma Relph 23
Jaimie Brasier 8
Hendry Gan 11
Joseph Lichstein 15 Bernardo Pati単o 19
Rendy Putra Mahardika 24
Chandran Mookken 9
Janelle Low 12
Jacob McFadden 16 Trent Perrett 20
Michelle Jarni 13
Alexander McIntyre 17
Sally Plottel 21
Trisno Purwandi Tjandi 25
Mike Read 22
Yan Luo (Yanzi) 26
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Awards 2010 1st Year
2nd Year
Nick Stephenson
Alexander McIntyre
Emma Relph
Best Landscape Work
1st Place - Digital Inkjet Print
1st Place ‘Stolen moments’
2010 Ilford Tertiary Student Photgraphic Competition
A Worldwide Lomography Competition. 2010
The Centre for Contemporary Photography 2010 Kodak Salon
Sally Plottel Silver Award Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards 2010 Illustrative Category
Ali Ryan From the Hip 2010
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Mike Read
Trent Perrett
Finalist
Silver Award
2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic
Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards 2010
Sally Plottel Silver Award Illustrative Category AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010
Alumni
Jaimie Brasier Finalist Editorial Category ACMP Projections 2010
Felicity Bale
Felicity Bale
Thea Petrass
Silver Award
Silver Award
Finalist
AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010
Silver Award Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards 2010
AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010
Editorial Category ACMP Projections 2010
Silver Award Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards 2010
Patrick Rodriguez Kata Most Adventurous Artwork The Centre for Contemporary Photography 2010 Kodak Salon
Trent Perrett
Trent Perrett
Best Colour Image
Silver Award
Canson Masters
Silver Award
Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010
Trent Perrett Ist Highly Commended Essence of St Kilda 2010
Victorian Photography Student of the Year Awards 2010
Silver with Distinction Award Australian Professional Photographer of the Year Awards 2010
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Felicity, (flick) as a small child, saw the world through pictures and travel. Majoring in dance and movement flick is passionate about capturing the intimate detail in a fraction of a second, from the subtlety of human movement to the fold in fabric.Flick’s style is about the illusion of pushing boundaries to the next level.
Felicity Bale
A quirky view juxtaposing differing worlds. Enjoying the discipline of working in the studio, it’s the control of lighting, and taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary that drives flick to one day have her own studio and combine her love of travel. Specialties : Dance, Still Life, Macro, Wedding, Product, Fashion & Portraiture
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+61 0418 219 675 fbale89@hotmail.com
After three years as a head photographer and manager of studios in Melbourne, Ellice didn’t hesitate to make a change and jump right in with RMIT. Since then she has successfully freelanced with a variety of clientele and worked for several photographers whilst enjoying being completely engulfed with her studies.
Ellice Beaumont
Her major study revolves around an individual as his or herself, and then in juxtaposition what they’ve always wanted to be, an alter ego so to speak. This allows Ellice to explore and play with every possible area of photography, and she continues to learn from it.
alex@netscape.com.au
She envisages herself in the fashion world, working along side and learning from the best.
+61 0439 397 776
ebeaumontphotography@gmail.com
Specialities: Fashion and Portraiture
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Jaimie is an emerging photographer with a passion for capturing people and bringing out their personality, especially unique individuals adorned with tattoos. Her major study consists of a series of fun and colourful images of women of different careers and jobs, capturing the theatrics of their playful character as well as the beauty of 1950s pin-up girls.
Jaimie Brasier
Specialities: Portraiture, Pin-Up, Fashion
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+61 0418 364 116
jaimie.nicole@hotmail.com
www.jaimienicolephotography.com
Chandran, who served in the Singapore Armed Forces for 34 yrs, retired in 2009. Enjoying a challenge, Chandran decided to pursue a lifelong passion in photography. Relishing the opportunity to re-invent himself, led him to take-up travel, landscape, nature and sports photography.
Chandran Mookken
Focusing on sports photography, covering a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports photography for his major study, Chandran is concerned with the relationship between the human body with all its physical and mental capabilities, subtle maneuvers and the skills of the competitors, and the sport itself.
+61 0413100304
baba.64@live.com
Chandran plans to become a sports and landscape photographer, traveling the world and producing his own coffee table books in the related fields.
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Born in 1984, Chonburi,Thailand. I graduated with a BA in Advertising from Bangkok University. I am also holding Diploma in graphic design from University Of The Arts London and Diploma in Photoimaging from RMIT University.
Chidchanok Senanunsakul (Film)
Growing up with my father, as a photographer. Living in a household filled with artistic photographs, photography equipment that my father repaired fascinated me. I saw things differently looking through the camera lens, it kindled my passion to visually express myself. I have now turned my focus to be a photographer. I am interested in Editorial Fashion Photography.
alex@netscape.com.au
Don’t let anyone take this passion away from me.
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+614 2148 1159
Film_beck7@hotmail.com
www.flickr.com/photos/voguefilmsena
Hendry’s major in advertising is on lifestyle, technology and product. How its used. Professionalism is very important to Hendry in all genres and technical aspects of photography and enjoys the challenge of producing quality work in differing photographic disciplines.
Hendry Gan
Another area of interest is documentary photography, to see things from someone else’s point of view and to ultimately become a war photographer, to try to be an objective messenger in history and hopefully try and understand two opposing points of view.
alex@netscape.com.au
+61 0422 335 686 fixitingraphy@yahoo.com
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In 2009 Janelle dropped her psychology degree, packed up her life, and moved across the country to pursue photography. Over the past two years she has worked within the industry, shooting and retouching jobs for clients, and assisting a variety of professional photographers.
Janelle Low
Heavily inspired by music, she has created of body of work translating the auditory to the visual. This is a concept she will continue to explore and develop over the next few years.
alex@netscape.com.au
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Janelle’s ambition would be to work creating artwork for bands, and shoot portraits of artists around the world.
+61 0431 147 987
eclecticphotoimaging@gmail.com
alex@netscape.com.au
At the ripe age of 3 Michelle was sat in front of the computer with paintbrush in hand (and up brother’s nose) ready to embark on a journey of creative vision. Photography seemed the only natural answer. She is interested in the construction of surreal scenes that tangle fantasy with reality. Michelle’s major study piece explores the many characters that create one’s personality. She specializes in making the impossible happen using photo compositing techniques in Photoshop. Next year, Michelle is hoping to return to Japan where her true love of photography began to unfold. After 14 long years of learning Michelle is excited to break into the industry and show what she has to offer.
Michelle Jarni
+61 0468 696 380
michellejarni@gmail.com
www.flickr.com/michellejarni
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William’s keen appreciation for architecture manifests in the pictorial reconstruction of insentient structures into an ocular feast personified by mere lines, forms and textures. His photographs capture not only the architects’ exposition of the structure, but are also saturated with William’s personal interpretation of the immutable edifice encapsulated with the fleeting elements of light and time. The zenith of his achievement, however, is in his meticulous creation of an almost animate portrait simply from basic line, form and asymmetry in a structure we daily considered pedestrian.
William Kalengkongan
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+61404707600
kalengphoto@yahoo.com
Joseph Lichstein is a young, fresh emerging photographer specialling in the fields of Advertisement, Fashion and Commercial photography. Ever since I was young, I have wanted to work in a career in which I can wake up, and look forward to, photography allows for me to do this.
Joe Lichstein
Having freelanced for a number of publications throughout the past four years, my style of photography is often referred to as raw, grungy and fresh. I aim to bring a style of photography that is different, unique and creative, in saying this I love to capture raw emotion in my photos, whom I believe separates me from the field of other photographers.
alex@netscape.com.au
+61 0424 659 134
joe@jlphoto.com.au
www.jlphoto.com.au
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Jacob is a Melbourne based portrait fashion photographer and photographic assistant. Coming from Hamilton in country Victoria, Jacob has always had a fascination with light and its ability to transform a scene or subject. His work revolves around the use of powerful lighting, His love of light and his obsession with the intensity and excitement of the fashion world, aids his passion for bringing concepts to life. Inspired by classic vogue, his melodramatic major study series employs the concept of smoke to emphasize a dramatic atmosphere. When he finishes his study he plans to continue freelancing in Melbourne and working as a photographic assistant to acquire as much knowledge in the field as possible.
Jacob McFadden
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+61 0433 007 603
jacob@jacobmcfadden.com.au
www.jacobmcfadden.com.au
Alexander is a fresh young photographer working and studying in Melbourne. He strives for the perfect balance between function and form to creating an image that shows insight into his subject, which is striking and interesting while still fulfilling all aspects of the brief. He uses his sense of light, space and form in his images to create intense visual space and style
Alexander McIntyre
Now that he has completed photo imaging at RMIT, Alexander will continue to work professionally with in the industry with a focus on refining both his photographic and production skills. Future plans include North American production experience, building a strong client base within Australasia and continuing to shoot personal projects.
+61 0420 529 158
adjmcintyre@yahoo.com.au
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Pitichai Nittayarumphong, or more commonly as Joji. Born in Bangkok, Thailand 1988. He developed his life-long love of photography 2006 shortly after receiving his first camera. After graduating high school, Joji commenced Communication Arts Advertising at Assumption University, Samut Prakarn Thailand. During this study Joji develeoped a passion for photography and this has led him to RMIT University Melbourne Australia in 2009. In terms of his expectations, Joji would like to continue photographic studies at either RMIT University or Academy of Arts USA and working with international advertising industry is his goal.
Pitichai Nittayarumphong (Joji)
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+61 0425182885
Jojizz13@gmail.com
Bernardo Pati単o is a young artist who found in Digital Photography the perfect media for image creation. On his Path to be a photographer he found himself amazed by the possibilities that digital photography showed him. Now taking this new path on digital image creation, he is exploring new ways and experimenting with other image creation possibilities. His next step is moving forward to combine 2D images together with 3D.
Bernardo Pati単o
+61 0401752200
dreamerouch@hotmail.com
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Trent is an emerging Melbourne based photographer who has his sights firmly set on the Industrial and Architectural sector of the Photographic Industry. His love of the constructed environment whether it be steel, concrete, wood or glass is apparent in his striking images of the man made. Trent’s major study focuses on environmental portraits within heavy industry and hunting down the graphically styled images that lay idle waiting to be captured in these spaces. Upon graduating Trent will continue to develop strong industry ties formed through this body of work and build his reputation as a professional photographer.
Trent Perrett
Specialities: Architecture, Industrial, Commercial
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+61 0416 850 745
trent@trentperrett.com
www.trentperrett.com
Sally has been interested in all things creative since childhood, so it comes as no surprise that she has decided to pursue a career in photography. While she has a background in visual arts and fine art photography, she is now focusing her attention specifically on fashion and hopes to work both in Australia and overseas as a fashion photographer. With a fresh, feminine and innovative style, her major study folio explores the relationship between fashion, nature, beauty and the body.
Sally Plottel
After graduating from RMIT, Sally would like to gain experience by working as a photographic assistant as well as continue to work on her own personal portfolio.
alex@netscape.com.au
Specialities: Fashion, Beauty, Illustrative
+61 0400 866 728
splottel@optushome.com.au
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Mike Read is a photographer with a visceral shutter finger working mainly on the streets of Melbourne. He aims to make images which ask questions rather than give answers, images which invite the viewer back to find something new on subsequent viewings. Mike was a finalist in the 2010 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize and is working on a number of group and solo exhibitions for 2011.
Mike Read
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www.mikereadphotography.com
Emma is a highly creative photographer, constantly refining her style and exploring as many different genres of photography as she can. Majoring in editorial fashion on location this year, Emma has developed a clean feminine look adapting to different locations and model styles. Having recently won a worldwide photography competition in promotion of an emerging newspaper, Emma aspires to make great achievements with her new skills in her budding career. Future plans consist of going on to continue studying at RMIT University next year to further experiment and involve herself in the photographic industry. She now works as a casual photojournalist for the urban city-based newspaper Broadsheet Melbourne
Emma Relph
Specialities: Fashion, Editorial, Still Life
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+61 0431177122
dartingeyes@gmail.com
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Born in 1989, Indonesia. He explored and knew his interest began when he was in high school, he used his fathers digital compact camera and knew he had something to do with photography. Currently he’s focusing in fashion photography and portrait illustrative. His adventurous and curious personality is reflected in his works. This open mind approach to photography creates a style with a blend of energy and emotion yet at the same time intimate.
Rendy Putra Mahardika
alex@netscape.com.au
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+61 434168005
rendy.godinc@gmail.com
Trisno is a photographer from Jakarta, Indonesia with a focus on portraiture. Starting photography in 2007 in Indonesia and then working briefly in Beijing as a commercial freelance photographer he became fluent in Chinese. Trisno’s love is glamour photography and portraiture, capturing expressions and peoples emotions, to bring out their character both inner and outer beauty.
Trisno Purwandi Tjandi
alex@netscape.com.au
+62 811 994449 (ID)
purwandi@y7mail.com
www.purwandiphotography.com
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Yanzi is into conceptual shooting with strong colors and minimal elements, her dramatic and surreal capture will invite you to a journey, a journey of stories, adventures and serendipities. Yanzi’s major study explores different looks and characters within different persons, as she believes beauty is inside various possibilities, Yanzi is passionate and creative, she is open for every opportunity!
Yan Luo (Yanzi)
Specialities: Fashion, Portrait, Editorial
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+61 0404247456
yanzirun@gmail.com
http://violent-blue.blogspot.com
Thanks
The graduating students would like to offer our thanks and appreciation for the support and assistance of many different people. Both throughout the two years of our studies as well as during the last months in making this exhibition possible. Thanks to following for all their patience, humour and extra effort that often went above and beyond the call of duty. Teaching Staff: Bill Burrows, Bryce Dunkley, Rob Gale, Naomi Herzog, Rob Imhoff, Eddie Javier, Rob Lawler, Guy Little, James Maher, Jo Press Thanks to all the guest speakers and the industry who gave their time and passion to share with our students, especially Dr Michael Coyne, Urs Rescher, Rod Shaw, Guy Gowan, Peter Coulson, Gavin Blue, Damon Rulach, Michelle Tuddenham, Julie Kimpton, Jay Town, Aida Sabic, Andrew Nunns, Sue Lewis, Sally Brownbill, Thea Petrass , Christian Blanchard, Rob Imhoff, Bronwyn Kidd, Adrian Tuazon, Todd Riddiford, Simon Frith, Ponch Hawkes, Bruce Wiliams, James Lauritz, Kim Tonelli, Daniel Mahon, Ned Meldrum and Tim Griffith. Thanks go out to David Amos, master framer for making our work look great and the ever wonderful Bryan Gracey and Darren Rokkor at CPL and Matt Johnston at Kayell for his energy and commitment. Particular special thanks also go to Michelle Tuddenham at Canon for her support and passion, Rod Shaw & Andrew Miller from SunStudios for just solving nearly everything, Michael Wagner at Kayell, Silvi Glattaeur, Dr Michael Coyne and Rob Imhoff for their absolute professionalism as industry
leaders, Gavin Blue ACMP Australian President, Sam Shepherd at Borge Imaging, Craig Wetjen and Andrew Harrison AIPP Victorian President, Cameron Levett, Tom Kinkel and Matt Gee and the staff at Michaels, Steve Mills at Teds and Kelly Bosman and Ben Bucknall at RMIT Marketing. To Jemma McLoud and Gen Honey, we wish them well and thank them for their contribution. To all our families, partners, and friends who have supported us, we thank you. Thank you to the following suppliers & clients who have supported the course, Ann Collacott, Rose Chong Costumes, Father John Murphy, Rifan Octavianus, Nick Shelton & Caroline Clements - Broadsheet Media and Thomas Formosa-Doyle, Bwalya Mulenga. Thank you to all the first years who assisted these graduates in particular Ryan Jaffe, Jessie DiBlasi, Alison Ryan, Heather Bock, Josh Vincent, Sotiria McDonald, Nick Stephenson and Lisa Drew. Models / Dancers / Hair / Make – Up / Stylists Beata Khaidurova, Olivia Gumienny, Kyrie Capri, Rhiannon Thomas, Chloe Cameron, Cindy Dawson, Jessica Kirkpatrick, Dena Kaplan, Gemma Ashley Kaplan, Tony Keeble, Laura Harris, Leah Hempenstall.
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