Paula McManus
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Photographic Honours
FAPS (Fellow of the Australian Photographic Society) 2016
AAPS (Associate of the Australian Photographic Society) 2014
Official Photographer of...
Leukaemia Foundation - Light the Night 2016, 2017
Adelaide Fringe Festival 2016, 2017
Adelaide Zombie Walk, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Australian Body Art Awards 2015
Credit Union Christmas Pageant, Adelaide, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017
MS Mud Run 2012, 2013
Spineless Wonders 2012, 2013, 2014
Re-Enact SA 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018
Adelaide International Kite Festival, 2014
Semaphore Street Fair 2014
Movie Stills Photographer
Inner Demon
Writer for
Exhibited Works
2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition
2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition
2020 Frank Hurley Photography Awards
2020 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition
2019 SALA at West Torrens
2019 Laurie Thomas Salon, Christchurch NZ
2019 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2018 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention)
2018 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2017 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention)
2017 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2016 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention), Adelaide
2016 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition
2016 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2016 Port Adelaide Camera Club 60th Anniversary Exhibition
2016 Sampson Flat Bushfire Anniversary exhibition
2015 Port Adelaide Art Exhibition
2015 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition
2015 Royal Adelaide Show
2015 Royal Perth Show
2015 Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography
2015 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2015 Yalumba Festival Garden photography exhibition
2015 Fringe Photo Mania, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide
2014 APSCON
2014 Royal Adelaide Show
2014 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2013 Port Festival
2013 Broken Hill Fringe Festival
2013 Royal Adelaide Show
2013 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2013 Centennial Park Exhibition, Adelaide South Australia
2012 Australian Photographic Society 37th Annual APSCON Exhibition, Canberra, ACT
2012 Perth National Photographic Exhibition 2012
2012 Royal Adelaide Show, Adelaide, South Australia
2012 South Australian Photographic Federation - Annual Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
2012 Noarlunga Photographic Expo, Port Noarlunga
2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, Olive Cotton Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales
2011 Centennial Park Exhibition, Adelaide
2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, ABC Open, Port Pirie, South Australia
2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, ABC Open, Broken Hill, New South Wales
2011 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia
2011 Royal Adelaide Show, Adelaide, South Australia
2011 Noarlunga Photographic Expo, Port Noarlunga
Awards
2021 Runner-Up, Botanical, Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
2021 4th Place, Mono Awards
2021 7th Place, Mono Awards
2021 Australian representative in the 4-Nations Cup
2021 Finalist, International Bird Photographer of the Year
2021 Winner, Parks SA "Get the big picture" photo competition
2020 Finalist, Frank Hurley Photography Awards
2020 Finalist, "Birds in the Landscape", Birdlife Australia Photography Awards
2020 Winner, Wellness Gallery Colour Photo Competition
2020 Finalist, Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
2020 Winner, Largs Bay RSL Art Prize
2020 People's Choice Winner, RSL Art Prize
2019 Photo of the Year (print), Port Adelaide Camera Club
2019 Finalist, West Torrens Art Prize
2018 Winner, Photo of the Year (phone), Port Adelaide Camera Club
2018 Winner, Photo of the Year (print), Port Adelaide Camera Club
2018 Winner, Creative print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2018 Winner, People/Portraiture print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2017 Top Print of the South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition
2017 Winner, People/Portraiture print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2016 Runner Up - Photo of the Year, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2016 Winner - Australian Photographic Society Photo Book competition
2016 finalist Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
2016 Winner "Top Aggregate Overall" trophy, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition
2015 2nd place, Photo of the Year, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2015 Winner of the Adelaide group, Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk
2015 finalist Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year
2015 represented South Australia at the Australian Interstate Photographic Competition
2015 Top Prints Exhibitor, SAPF Annual Exhibition
2015 Winner of Yalumba Festival Garden photography competition
2014 represented South Australia at the Australian Interstate Photographic Competition
2014 7 Merits, SAPF Annual Exhibition
2013. 1st place – Photo of the Year, Print, 2013, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2013. 2nd place – Photo of the Year, Print, 2013, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2013 Royal Adelaide Show, acceptances
2013 Merits and Acceptances, South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition
2013 Acceptances, Australian Photographic Society Digital Photography Awards
2012. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2012, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2012. Australian Photographic Society - Reserve Champion
2012. Australian Photographic Society - First Place, PJ/Social Documentary Prints
2012 Australian Photographic Society - Merit, Mono Open Prints
2012 Perth National Photographic Exhibition, Merit, 9 Acceptances:
2012. SAPF Annual Exhibition 2012 - People/Portraiture Top Projected Image
2012. 13 acceptances, Honour and 2 Merits, South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition.
2011. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2011, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2011. 2nd place – Photo of the Year 2011, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2011. 2nd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011
2011. 2nd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011
2011. 3rd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011
2011. Bowden Group Prize for the exhibitor with the most acceptances in the Small Print section, Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011
2010. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2010. 2nd place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2010. 3rd place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2010. 4th place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club
2010. 5th Runner Up – Photo of the Year, Photographycorner.com
2010 Winner of the Adelaide group, Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk
2010 Olympus Australia PEN E-PL1 Test drive finalist
Published Works
Australian Geographic Magazine, September 2021
Australian Photography Magazine, September 2021
Wildlife Australia Magazine, October 2020
Australian Geographic, Photo of the Week, November 2017
Australian Photography Magazine, 3 page feature, September 2016
Australasian Wildlife Photography 2016
Australian Geographic "Australian Working Dogs" gallery
City of Adelaide's Market Quarter Christmas wrapping paper
Sampson Flat Bushfire - the book
Australasian Nature Photography, Double page spread, ANZANG 2015
Wildlife Australia Magazine, Double Page spread, Wildlife Australia Magazine, March 2015
Aspire Magazine, double page spread, December 2014
Four page feature, Australian Photography, August 2014
Double Page spread, Australian Geographic, May/June 2014
Australian Geographic, Sept 2013
New Zealand Geographic - On Assignment Issue 117 September 2012
Front cover Tourism SA's Clare Valley Visitor Guide
Page 52 Tourism SA's Clare Valley Visitor Guide
Page 45 Tourism SA's Adelaide Hills Visitor Guide
National Geographic Editors Pick - NZ Travel Gallery
selected in Australian Geographic's "Best of" Photo Gallery, February 2012
Front cover, Wingspan Magazine, December 2011
Australian Geographic Photo of the Week June 2011
Cornell University text book "Principles of Animal Communication"
Birds of Moorunde, by John Endersby
Page 3 Adelaide Advertiser
Discover Australia Magazine
Channel 44 Adelaide (start at 1min45)
6 x Photo of the Week, Steve Parish's Photograph Australia
6 x Runner up Photo of the Week, Steve Parish's Photograph Australia
Adelaide Zombie Walk
SA Tourism Adelaide Hills Gallery
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