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South Burnett photographer Max Walters with his award-winning photo of horse-breakers at Bell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 22, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well-known South Burnett photographer Max Walters has won a national award for a photograph he took of horse breakers at the Bell Show.<\/p>\n

He was told this week his photo had taken first prize in the Social Documentary section of the prestigious Ballarat National<\/strong><\/a>, an annual photographic competition which draws more than 1000 entries from the nation’s leading photographers each year.<\/p>\n

This year’s National is the 42nd, and all the winning entries will go on display at the Art Gallery of Ballarat from December 9 to January 20.<\/p>\n

The competition covers seven categories – Creative\/Experimental, Landscape, Nature, Open Colour, Open Monochrome, Portraiture and Social Documentary – and a maximum of 49 out of the 1000 entries are selected for awards.<\/p>\n

Max’s winning photo, “Wild Horse Event – Bell”, shows three horse-breakers trying to calm a horse before it’s to be ridden in the main ring.<\/p>\n

Max also received Acceptances for three other photos he submitted to this year’s National, which acknowledge that his work is equal to the best in each category he submitted to.<\/p>\n

It’s the first time Max has won a national award for a print, but it’s not his first national award – he’s also won four others over the years for slides.<\/p>\n

Max has been actively interested in photography ever since the 1980s when he first joined the Murgon Camera Club “for a spare time interest”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He says he only began to take it seriously in the late 1990s when his work began winning State and National awards, including the South-East Queensland Champion A-Grade Slide Award in 1999 and 2000.<\/p>\n

He has been vice-president of the Photographic Society of Queensland (PSQ); president of the Murgon Camera Club; acted as an organiser for the PSQ’s annual conventions and is a regular judge at PSQ appraisals. He also lectures and judges for photographic clubs throughout south-east Queensland.<\/p>\n

His work has been exhibited at the Wondai Shire Regional Art Gallery, the Kingaroy Shire Art Gallery nd at Photo Continental’s PSQ exhibition space in Brisbane.<\/p>\n

He’s also won many awards in South Burnett photographic competitions over the years including the Nanart Arts Festival and – most recently – the photographic competition held as part of this year’s Bloomin’ Beautiful Blackbutt Festival, where he took out champion of the show.<\/p>\n

Max moved from Murgon to Kingaroy three years ago but is still active with the Murgon camera club.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the past few years he’s also moved away from slides into digital photography.<\/p>\n

However, he still uses film for particular assignments, such as low-light photography and monochrome studies, because he believes it offers some advantages digital photography has yet to equal.<\/p>\n

So how did he decide to shoot “Wild Horse Event – Bell”?<\/p>\n

“I didn’t,” Max shrugs. “Or that is to say, I didn’t consciously decide to go out and photograph horses at the Bell Show that day.<\/p>\n

“There are just some days when your camera decides to take you somewhere and wants to point itself at something.<\/p>\n

“As a photographer, you just have to do what it tells you.”<\/p>\n

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The South Burnett photo that will go on show at the Art Gallery Of Ballarat and into the Ballarat National’s history books next month: ‘Wild Horse Event – Bell’<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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