Overall Grand Prize Winner - Charlotte Peak (Hopes & Dreams)
VPL Chair Award - Police Legatee Brianna Lyons (Hopes & Dreams)
Giving hopes and dreams for a better future. Photo taken in Cambodia during a humanitarian project - cleaning material for water filters to provide clean drinking water. Many hands make light work and working together can give those less fortunate hopes and dreams for a better future.
VPL Patron's Award - Steve McKee (A touch of blue)
A night shot taken of the Bolte Bridge from the relatively serene surroundings of the Docklands.
Remembrance Category Award - Lewis Warner
The ‘Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance’ charity event honours policemen and women from all Australian police jurisdictions, who gave their lives in the line of duty or who have died as a result of their duties. 2023 marks the 14th year that police officers from every Australian state embarked on a motorcycle ride from their dedicated place of remembrance to the National Police Memorial in Canberra. In Victoria, over 400 officers, both retired and serving, spend two days riding 830km together in honour of their fallen colleagues. Once in Canberra, more than 2,000 other officers converge and begin their slow ride around the city, concluding with a poignant ceremony at the National Memorial. “We honour them, we salute them and we will always be there for those they have left behind” - Chief Commissioner Shane Patton
A Touch of Blue Category Award - Danielle Haddrick
A touch of BLUE in the sky. BLUE boys doing a Search and Rescue.
Home Category Award - Jarrod Allison
Home to me is a warm evening with the things I cherish most. I took this captured this recent core memory of mine on 35mm film, depicting what I'll forever be grateful for.
Hopes & Dreams Category Award - Charlotte Peak
People & Places Category Award - Jenny Pavlou
The shadow of power resists the fog: The shadow of the Victoria Police Centre stays strong as Melbourne succumbs to a blanket of thick fog.
Finalist Remembrance Category - Kate Ingwersen
This was taken on my wedding day. I wore a police remembrance ribbon in memory of my late father, whom I lost when I was 18. The ring bag which is also pictured, is made out of one of my dad’s ties 💙
Finalist Remembrance Category - Keren Toynton
The next generation standing in awe and honour of the ANZACs. My son and daughter look on as the ANZAC parade comes past. He reaches for her hand after noticing the uncertainty in his sister eyes and together they move closer to witness the excitement of the parade.
Finalist Remembrance Category - Lewis Warner
The ‘Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance’ charity event honours policemen and women from all Australian police jurisdictions, who gave their lives in the line of duty or who have died as a result of their duties. 2023 marks the 14th year that police officers from every Australian state embarked on a motorcycle ride from their dedicated place of remembrance to the National Police Memorial in Canberra. In Victoria, over 400 officers, both retired and serving, spend two days riding 830km together in honour of their fallen colleagues. Once in Canberra, more than 2,000 other officers converge and begin their slow ride around the city, concluding with a poignant ceremony at the National Memorial. “We honour them, we salute them and we will always be there for those they have left behind” - Chief Commissioner Shane Patton
Finalist A Touch of Blue Category - Jenny Pavlou
Community safety - more than a habit: A chance conversation between a New York Police Department K-9 Unit Officer; his K-9 partner; and a nun at the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral (5th Avenue), epitomises the power of community engagement and a calming presence.
Finalist A touch of blue Category - Kerryn Merrett
Crow watching over the main parade ground, Victoria Police Academy. The winters seem long in Melbourne and some days the fog shrouds the academy with a mysterious atmosphere. This lone crow watching over the parade ground just looked like the start of a story waiting to be told.
Finalist A Touch of Blue Category - Brendan Lodi
Geelong Highway Patrol providing security at the Avalon Airport
Finalist Home Category - Sam Solomon
A traditional Icelandic home by the sea in the Reykenes Peninsula, Iceland.
Finalist Home Category - Danielle Haddrick
HOME... That's my Melbourne... Isn't she beautiful! Taken from Brighton Baths.
Finalist Home Category - Sam Solomon
The Reykenes sea cliffs, Iceland, home for a very noisy puffin colony.
Finalist Hopes & Dreams Category - Brianna Lyons
Giving hopes and dreams for a better future. Photo taken in Cambodia during a humanitarian project - cleaning material for water filters to provide clean drinking water. Many hands make light work and working together can give those less fortunate hopes and dreams for a better future.
Finalist Hopes & Dreams Category - Kerryn Merrett
A rainbow above the Chapel at the Victoria Police Academy. A perfectly placed rainbow, leading to a place where hopes and dreams begin.
Finalist Hopes & Dreams Category - Peter Bellion APM
Shrine Guards & Victoria Police Colour Party practice pre National Police Remembrance Day 29/9/23 Hoping to put on a Finely Tuned Drill Performance respecting those members who have passed. Nikon Digital SLR camera.
Finalist Hopes & Dreams Category - Shane Donaldson
Reach for the Stars - This image was taken in the Rapid Bay Campground in South Australia, capturing a galaxy between two trees. The picture shows how the universe is vast & endless like your hopes and dreams. By reaching for the stars the possibilities of achievement are endless.
Finalist People & Places Category - Michaela Ottone
This is from an ongoing series on Sonny, a 16 year old boy for whom I have provided disability support for the past four years. In this time we have become close friends. He often waves to me from the window when I leave. This image was restaging him doing this, which he enthusiastically agreed to.
Finalist People & Places Category - Jenny Pavlou
A vintage camera in his hand; several other vintage cameras on the windowsill; and photographs stuck to the brick wall beside him.... A New York street photographer whose passion is taking “Polaroids of people” with a 1947 vintage camera . The New York Times follows him… “He stays fixed in one place and tries to be low-key. He never asks passers-by if they want their picture taken, instead waiting until someone is curious enough to approach him.”
Finalist People & Places Category - Lewis Warner
The ‘Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance’ charity event honours policemen and women from all Australian police jurisdictions, who gave their lives in the line of duty or who have died as a result of their duties. 2023 marks the 14th year that police officers from every Australian state embarked on a motorcycle ride from their dedicated place of remembrance to the National Police Memorial in Canberra. In Victoria, over 400 officers, both retired and serving, spend two days riding 830km together in honour of their fallen colleagues. Once in Canberra, more than 2,000 other officers converge and begin their slow ride around the city, concluding with a poignant ceremony at the National Memorial. “We honour them, we salute them and we will always be there for those they have left behind” - Chief Commissioner Shane Patton
Finalist People & Places Category - Jarrod Allison
A core memory captured on 35mm film from a roadtrip across the shoreline of our Great Ocean Road.