WINNER - The 2011 Moran Portraiture Prize - world's most exclusive photography award
WINNER - The Australian Press Photographer of the Year Award
JACK ATLEY is one of Australia's most awarded professional photographers.
In May 2011 he won the Open Section First Place in the world's richest photographic award The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize - for an image from World Rare Disease Day.
He is also a former overall winner of The Australian Press Photographer of the Year Award (the highest individual award possible for press photography within Australia) and has taken out multiple category 1st placings in Australia's National Press Photography Awards (across: Portraits, Sport, News and Human Interest categories).
Additionally in 2011 he was chosen by The Sydney Opera House Trust to be the Official Photographer of their Vehicle Access and Pedestrian Safety (VAPS) Project and is under contract for the next 3 and a half years. This momentous development (2011-2014) will see the largest architectural changes to the Sydney Opera House site since it was built. Jack will record the changes for history.
In 2010 he was listed as a Top 10 Finalist in The Sony World Photography Awards, judged from some 37,617 entries.
His work has been seen around the world and in such publications as Vogue Entertaining + Travel, BMW Magazine, The New York Times in New York and The Sunday Times in London and exhibited inside The State Library of NSW and The Sydney Opera House.
Born in Melbourne, Jack began shooting professionally at just 18 years of age, ironically at The Sydney Morning Herald.
His 20 year plus professional career has seen him travel to and photograph all 4 corners of the globe.
His portrait subjects have included American President George W Bush, HRH Queen Elizabeth, Pope Benedict XVI, Roger Federer, Tiger Woods, Richard Branson and The Rolling Stones ...to name a few.
He is a former overall winner of The Australian Press Photographer of the Year Award (the highest individual award possible for press photography within Australia) and has achieved multiple category 1st placings in Australia's National Press Photography Awards (across: Portraits, Sport, News and Human Interest categories).
Working as a staff photographer for Australia's biggest daily newspapers and later, for the world's foremost international picture agencies (Getty Images, AP, Reuters and Bloomberg) his unique ability to achieve award winning images has evolved from a high pressure background.
From 2004 - 2009 he worked as the chief contracted photographer in Australia for Bloomberg News - the world's largest financial news wire service. This role saw him photograph Australia's leading ASX 200 corporations and their people, on a daily basis. He resigned from this position in 2009.
In 2011 was appointed as The Official Photographer to The Sydney Opera House VAPS Project for the next 3 and a half years.
Further information can be found at: WWW.JACKATLEY.COM