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FOCUS Environment

Celebrating Human Energy Through Environmental Photography

Category: People and the Environment 2009 Winners

Years 4-7

1. 

   1st Place -
   Peaceful Boardwalk

    

   Adam Richards

   (Currambine Catholic Primary School)

   The Herdsman Lake wetlands preserved by local government proide a natural environment for native water birds. The broadwater allows city dwellers to interact with nature.

2. 

   2nd Place -
   Materialistic Mound

    

   Courtney Peebles

   (Mullaloo Heights Primary School)

   As technology evolves the amount of rubbish at Tamala Park increases. The pile will one day reach the sky. Will we ever have enough?

Years 8-10

1. 

   1st Place -
   Left Behind

    

   Taylor Platten

   (Duncraig Senior High School)

   People need to start taking steps to play their part in keeping the environment healthy.

2. 

   2nd Place -
   Charcoaled Corpses

    

   Liam Barwick

   (Duncraig Senior High School)

   Charcoaled corpses of a tree cover the burnt out section of Kings Park due to one person's decision to commit arson.

3. 

   Highly Commended -
   Beginning of our Ocean's End

    

   Brandon Joko

   (Duncraig Senior High School)

   Stormwater pollution can harm our fragile ocean ecosystem. It's important for us all to consider what goes into our drains from our homes and workplace.

4. 

   Highly Commended -
   Boardwalk for Beauty

    

   Hayley Campbell

   (Duncraig Senior High School)

   The sandbags piled adjacent to the boardwalk prevent flooding and its effects acting as a barrier between water and plants to preserve the natural beauty.

Years 11-12

1. 

   1st Place -
   28 Grams

    

   Monique Italiano

   (Bunbury Catholic College)

   28 grams may seem small but when all the 28 grams are combined the earth begins to suffocate.

2. 

   2nd Place -
   Will Pollution Prevail?

    

   Kirsten Margot Holmes

   (Duncraig Senior High School)

   Today we are so concerned with polution on the Earth' surface that we have almost forgotten about the neglected beauty at risk above.

3. 

   Highly Commended -
   Natural Twist

    

   Eve O'Mahony

   (Bunbury Catholic College)

   This photograph represents Man's necessity to work around nature preserving and conserving the environment to allow it to grow naturally.

4. 

   Highly Commended -
   Golden Prosperity of WA

    

   Rachel Dekker

   (John Calvin Christian College)

   This golden crop of canola was produced through the use of minimum tillage devices minimisin the impact on the environment.