Based in Bunbury in the beautiful South West of Western Australia, Chris, became serious about photography in the early 2000's. She's a lover of nature, travel and more recently abstracts and creative techniques. She combines these passions with photography to show us the world through her eyes.
Over the years Chris has entered a number of local, national and international photography competition, as shown in the Awards below.
She contributes to the Dardanup Art Trail (Western Australia) with a photography stall annually.
Her work has been hung in Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, Zig Zag Gallery - Kalamunda, Muswell Brook Regional Art Centre and Bright Art Gallery and
ongoing at Evedon Park Lakeside Resort, Burekup WA
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AWARDS
2023 Winner Urban Landscape Category, The Landscape Awards 'Skate Park'
2022 Top 40 Golden Shopping Trolley Awards 'Skate Park'
2022 1st Place Photography Group of Bunbury (Photographer of the Year)
2022 Finalist WA Photo Salon 'Low Tide Green'
2022 Runner Up Dardanup Art Spectacular 'Old and New'
2021 Finalist Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize 'Days Go By'
2021 Runner Up Dardanup Art Spectacular 'Forest Blur Pano'
2021 Top 10 AIPP Silver Lining Awards 'Tidal Flats Tail' (Natural World Category)
2021 APG Honorable Mention Moldova Art Festival (Moldova) 'S Curve'
2021 FK Mladost Honorable Mention (Montenegro) 'Golden Light Great Egret'
2021 Jury Member Diploma, Spring Clicks (Montenegro) 'Rest Amongst the Legs'
2021 Salon Honourable Mention Maitland International Print Salon 'Sandy Point Textures'
2020 Semi Finalist AIPP Silver Lining Awards 'S Curve' (Places)
2019 TOP 101 - International Landscape Photograph of the Year Awards 'Tidal Flats Tail'
2019 3rd Place Australian Photography Awards (Aerial Category) 'Tidal Flats Tail'
2019 1st Place Perth Nationals (Mono Category) 'Fire Starter'
2019 APS Gold Medal, Maitland International Salon 'KT The Cockatoo'
2019 FIAP Gold Medal for Excellence, Maitland International Salon 'Coastal Birds'
2019 Honour achievement - Artist of The International Federation of Photographic Art (AFIAP)
2018 2nd Place In My View, We Are Australian 'Packsaddle Event'
2018 Mono image of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury 'KT The Cockatoo'
2018 Member of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2018 Finalist Australian Photography Awards (Landscape Category) 'S Curve'
2018 PSA Gold Medal, Redlands International Exhibition 'Congelin'
2018 Honour achievement - Associate of the Australian Photographic Society (AAPS)
2017 Member of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2017 Mono Image of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2017 3rd Place Focus Awards (Landscape Category) 'S Curve'
2017 Long List Fremantle International Portrait Prize
2017 3rd Place Spring in the Hills (Scapes Category) 'Mountains in the Mist'
2017 Finalist Canon Click West (Natural Portraiture and Portfolio Categories)
2017 1st Place Dardanup Art Spectacular (Photography Category)
2016 Member of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2016 1st Place Photography Group of Bunbury (Photographer of the Year)
2016 Mono Image of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2016 Colour Image of the Year Photography Group of Bunbury
2016 1st Place Black & White Spider Awards (Architecture Category) 'It's A Long Way to the Top'
2016 2nd Place Perth Nationals (Australian Rural Life Category)
2016 Winner Leonora Art Prize (Photography Open Category) 'Congelin'
2016 Winner Dardanup Art Spectacular (Photography Category)
2016 Winner The York Society Photographic Awards (Mono Category)
2015 1st Place Photography Group of Bunbury (Photographer of the Year)
2015 Overall Image Winner Mt Barker Wildflower & Nature Comp 'Congelin'
2015 1st Place Mt Barker Wildflower and Nature Comp (Rural Landscape)
2015 3rd Place Mt Barker Wildflower and Nature Comp (Australian Nature)
2015 4th Place Spring in the Hills (Open Category) 'Autumn Colour'
2015 1st Place Mandurah Portrait and Landscape Prize (Portrait Category) 'The Look'
2015 1st Place Shire of Dardanup Think Competition (Think Taste Category)
2015 Finalist Canon Click West (Landscape Category) 'Congelin'
2014 1st Place Mandurah Photography Club (Open Colour Category)
2014 1st Place Mandurah Photography Club (People Category)
2014 2nd Place Mandurah Photography Club (Open Mono Category)
2014 2nd Place Mandurah Photography Club (Creative Category)
2014 1st Place Mandurah Photography Club (Overall Judges Choice)
2014 2nd Place Mandurah Photography Club (Overall Judges Choice)
2014 3rd Place Photography Group of Bunbury (Photographer of the Year)
2014 Winner Photography Group of Bunbury (Colour image of the year)
2014 Gold award WAPF Interclub (Colour Category)
Chris De Blank joined Pixels.com Licensing on June 5th, 2020.
