About
WHO IS BEHIND THE LENS?!
Melissa Jane
PHOTOGRAPHER
Coco The Doberman
ASSISTANT
Artist Bio
Creative Artist- Photographer Regional Victoria, Australia
Melissa Jane is an award winning Photographic Artist who resides in Regional Victoria, Australia.
Capturing emotion and storytelling is reflected throughout her work whilst the Camera is just an extension of her creative expression. Melissa Jane often finds the emotions of her subjects, a reflection of herself. Whilst her Photographic subjects vary widely. Melissa Jane is repeatedly drawn to Botanical Landscapes Abstract and Nature. The power and magic of photography and its ability to capture a unique perception of a moment in a form is something Melissa Jane loves to be able to share with others.
Photography is an art of observation.
It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.
- Elliott Erwitt
You don't take a photograph.
You make it.
- Ansel Adams
MEMBERSHIPS
Melbourne Camera Club
ArtsAction Community
MAVA
APS Australian Photographic Society
MAVA Melbourne & Victorian Artists
AIPP (Australian Industry Professional Photographers)
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emerging member
MGA (Monash Gallery of Art)
CCP (Centre for Contemporary Photography)
IPA (International Photography Awards
https://www.photographers.com.au/MelissaJane
Capture Magazine
Focus Australia
Lens Culture
Life Framer
AWARDS EXHIBITIONS EVENTS
The Mono Awards 2021 Capture magazine/Australian Photography
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Top 40 - Animals- A Giraffes Gaze
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Commended- Animals- Solo Flight
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Highly Commended- Places- Silent lake
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Commended- Places- River ghosts
Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers Awards "Capture magazine" 2021
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Highly Commended - Endless - Botanical Art
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Highly Commended - Below Zero
Australasia's Top Emerging Photographers Awards "Capture magazine" 2020
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Top 30 Landscape Folio
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Highly Commended Landscape Folio
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Highly Commended Art Folio
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Highly Commended Art Folio
Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Artists Exhibitor 2017, 2019, 2021
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Yellow Dot Exhibition & Fundraiser 2017, 2020
Australian Photographic Society Australian Cup 2019 APSCON
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Judges Choice Medal
Melbourne & Victorian Artists CFA Fundraiser Art for Donation 2020
International Womens Day Exhibition at the Melbourne Camera Club 2018 2019
Melbourne Camera Club end of year Photography Exhibition 2018 2019
Leigh Hawke Trophy B Grade Aggregate Prints 2019 MCC
Capture Magazine Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers 2018
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Top 20 for Ice Flower Folio
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Highly Commended for Beechworth Asylum Folio
Australian Photographer of the year 2018
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Commended B&W Folio Train Depot
Australia's Top Photographers Emerging Student 2018
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TOP 20 #16 Frozen Flower Folio
Australias Top Photographers Emerging Student 2018
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Highly Commended Beechworth Asylum Folio
Rotary club of Bacchus Marsh 49th Art Exhibition & Sales 2019
Shot in the City of Port Phillip Photography Exhibition Held by the Melbourne Camera Club 2018 ( Book of images )
Travel Photography Exhibition MCC 2018
Centre for Contemporary Photography CCP Salon 2018 exhibition
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Sales
Centre for Contemporary Photography CCP Salon 2019 exhibition
Nature Photography Exhibition Melbourne Camera Club 2019
Focus Awards 2018
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1 Silver & 9 Bronze awards
Royal Melbourne Show 2018
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Won Best in Show & also 1st place in the Pet photography category
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1st place Natural Environment
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2nd place Experimental Photography
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Highly Commended & Commended
Royal Melbourne Show 2019
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Multiple Awards in set Categories
Skipton Photography Show 2019
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Multiple Awards in set Categories
Bacchus Marsh Flower & Garden Show 2018 & 2019
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Best in Show
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Multiple awards in set categories
MCC Photo Book competition (Judged by MGA) 2018
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Beechworth Asylum Folio Award - Commended
Best Creative Print 2018 MCC
Photo essay Print of the year 2018 MCC
Travel Exhibition - Melbourne Camera Club 2018
Ballarat International Foto Biennale Artist 2017
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Frozen Flowers Exhibition/Sales
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Yellow Dot Exhibition & Fundraiser Sales x 2 Prints
Ballarat International Foto Biennale Artist (2019)
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Asylum Walkthrough
Creswick Photographic Competition/Exhibition 2017 Community Bank Winner-
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Best in Show
BOP Farms and Fields exhibition 2018 - Sales
Strawberries & Cherries Festival Photographic Exhibition (2017)
International Photography Awards 2018
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Honourable Mention (Still Life Immortal)
International Photography Awards 2017
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Honourable Mention (Still Life)
Post Card Project 3340 2016
Trentham Winter Show/Sales 2016
Bacchus Marsh Flower & Garden Show 2018
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Won Best in Show
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1st , 2nd place flower category, 1st ,3rd place tree/shrub category
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2 highly commended
The Print Swap 2017
Lens Culture 2017 - B&W Finalists