The “What Touched My Soul” Photography Competition presented by How’s Your Mother Productions (HYMP) gives talented amateur and semi-professional photographers an opportunity to exhibit their work to a wider audience as well as using ‘creative’ advocacy for Mental Health issues.

Photographers are asked to interpret “What Touched My Soul” with an emphasis on the Spirit Of Soul Festival awareness for Mental Health.

The event aims to spotlight ROOMIES ARTSPACE. Launched in 2005 by Archibald prize-winning artist Cherry Hood, Roomies is a non-profit community art studio where boarding house residents and artists with mental illness or disabilities are able to attend workshops, work individually or work with volunteer mentors to develop as practicing artists. http://roomiesartspace.blogspot.com/

The second exhibition of the Spirit of Soul Festival exhibited between the 6th- 21st October 2009 at the Chauvel Cinema Gallery in Paddington.

Each photograph was SOLD for $200.00 a piece with 50% going to the artist and 50% donated to Roomies Artspace.

WINNERS for 2009: 

OVERALL WINNER for What Touched My Soul 2009- Stelios Papadakis.

HIGHLY COMMENDED- Denise Litchfield

PEOPLES CHOICE WINNER- Emily Kearney

Prizes included: 

- Each winner won a 12 Month subscriptions for Photofile donated by Australian Centre for Photography

- 1st PRIZE $500 Printing by Sandy Prints (Sandra Barnard)

- 2nd PRIZE $250 CASH PRIZE donated by our arts sponsor, Reverse Garbage 

- Peoples Choice $250 CASH PRIZE donated by our arts sponsor, Reverse Garbage  

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Judges for 2009

Sandra Barnard
Professional Printer
Sandyprints was established in 2001 by Sandra Barnard who noticed artists, galleries, museums and other individuals required an experienced, specialised and personal photographic production. Sandy has over 25 years experience working with many artists and contemporary Australian Photographers including David Moore, Trent Parke, Narelle Autio, Anne Zahalka, Janet Laurence, Julie Rrap, Brook Andrew and Simryn Gill.
www.sandyprints.com.au

Bronwyn Rennex
Stills Gallery
Bronwyn Rennex is Director of Stills Gallery, a leading Australian gallery with a focus on contemporary photography and multimedia art. Stills Gallery represents both emerging and established artists, and has a long history of fostering artists who work at the forefront of contemporary photo media practice. Bronwyn has degrees in both Mass Communications and Visual arts and has had extensive experience as a curator, photographer, practising artist and photo editor.
www.stillsgallery.com.au

Malcolm Smith
Australian Centre of Photography (ACP) Program Manager
Malcolm Smith is a curator and artist from Sydney with a special interest in new technologies and contemporary photomedia. He is currently Program Manager at the Australian Centre for Photography. His recent curatorial projects include PORTAL; the Space between the Real and the Other Real at Object Gallery.
www.acp.org.au