The winners of Bayside Council’s 2021 photography competition Aspects of COVID with a special category to highlight our COVID heroes were announced on Friday 26 November.
This year there were 6 categories and a total of $6,000 in prize money on offer.
The theme of the competition was Aspects of COVID and provided entrants with an opportunity to record how they and their families coped with the ups and downs of living in a pandemic.
“It was interesting, and inspirational, to see how individuals and families chose to tell their COVID story through a photo,” a Council spokesperson said.
Families and face masks featured in many of the entries this year while Botany Bay continued to be the most photographed location.
The COVID Heroes winning entry is a beautiful black and white image of a mother with a new born, while the winning entry in the primary school category shows a young girl wearing a rainbow mask of light. It is sad, but hopeful.
All entries from this year’s competition will form part of the Bayside Local History collection to provide an historical record our community’s view of 2020/2021 when the world was turned upside down by the COVID pandemic.
A new animal category also proved extremely popular as residents shared the best photos of their non-human companions, and while dogs and cats featured strongly it was great to see the family’s fish or bird also starred.
The six categories were: Primary school, High school, Amateur adult, Open, COVID heroes, and Our animal family.
Council received an overwhelming number of entries in this popular competition and the judging panel had a tough time narrowing them down.
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The Winners
First Name | Surname | Title | Place | Category |
Caitlin | Matthews | Accustomed Absence | First Place | Highschool |
Lachlan | Leitch | Covid Safe Fishing | Second Place | Highschool |
Natalia | Stathos | Algae Dayz | Third Place | Highschool |
Abilene | Bramble | Mask of Hope | First Place | Primary School |
Harper | Rogers | My Happy Place | Second Place | Primary School |
Nerida | & Doris | A Sunny Day | Third Place | Primary School |
Lisa | Russell | Bayside LGA of Concern | First Place | Adult Amateur |
Mandie | Sami | Crab Uprising | Second Place | Adult Amateur |
Karen | Jimenez | Bayside Moon | Third Place | Adult Amateur |
James | Stamparidis | A magnificent storm over the Bay | First Place | Open |
Marian | Angelopoulos | Flying over the sun | Second Place | Open |
Deanne | Charbel | A rose in the Bay Community Garden | Third Place | Open |
Michael | Mercado | A Mother’s Love | First Place | Covid Heroes |
Timothy | Chen | Covid Family Survival | Second Place | Covid Heroes |
Antara | Bal | Masking the pain | Third Place | Covid Heroes |
Jared | Underwood | Wash those Paws | First Place | Our Animals |
Karen | Jimenez | Marley the toy poodle | Second Place | Our Animals |
Ava | Fornasier | Coping with Lockdown | Third Place | Our Animals |
