Celebrating the Mining Industry - 2008 Winners Announced
Hundreds of exceptional photographs from around the globe faced Snowden's panel of judges on 15 July for the 2008 Snowden photography competition "Celebrating the Mining Industry". Lead once again by world renown Australian photographer Richard Woldendorp, the panel have made their selection. Winners for 2008 are:
Overall winner - AUD$10,000 prize:
Indra Manik - "Loading"
Slag Dump Hill, Sorowako, Indonesia
Category Winners - AUD$3,000 each:
Equipment/Machinery:
Richard Bell - "Doing it the hard way"
Terrace Mine, South Island, New Zealand
People/Culture:
Hugh Francis - "Artisanal miners mining for golf"
Zara Gold Project, Eritrea
Landscape:
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Greg Tossel - "Stairway to Aircore"
St Ives Goldmine, Kambalda, Australia
People's Choice Winner - AUD$1,000 :
Mary Christine Villanueva - "My equipment and me"
Rizal, Philippines
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Doug Semple - " Blasting on 8 South"
Mt Whaleback, Australia
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Graham Sweetman - "Ring drilling at Jaguar mine"
Jaguar Mine, Australia
Anthony Hespe - "Waiting for blasting"
Wulanbaiqi, China
Lutz Geissler - "Rails for mining trains"
Lusatia, Germany
Didik Fotunadi - "Loading at night"
Sorowako, Indonesia
Ichwan Andrianto - "Early morning at Nickel Slag Dam"
Sorowako, Indonesia
Ivan Kuscevic - "Another afternoon in the Pilbara"
Yandicoogina, Australia
Nick Toli - "Early morning day shift"
Papua New Guinea
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Phil Kemp - "The sun breaks through the late afternoon clouds"
Mt Lyell, Australia
Danilo Victoriano Jr - "Miner coming out"
Benguet Mines, Philippines
Andrew Payne - "Diamond Dusk"
Argyle Diamond Mine, Australia
The top photographs from the competition will be available for the public to view in Perth and Brisbane in October.
Our annual photography competition is an excellent opportunity for us to celebrate the exciting and diverse industry. The 2009 competition opens on 1 January.