Awards & Media
AWARDS
2009
- Baby Butterfly HIGHLY COMMENDED – York Society Photographic Awards, Open Colour Category, Western Australia.
- Crabstract HIGHLY COMMENDED – York Society Photographic Awards, Open Colour Category, Western Australia.
- Cascade WINNER – Fuji Film Showcase, Camera magazine, Mar-Apr issue
- Hermie COMMENDED – February Intrepid Travel Photography Awards
- Blue Clams HIGHLY COMMENDED – Fuji Film Showcase, Camera magazine, Jan-Feb issue
2008
- Blue Clams WINNER – Expose Your World Photography Awards, Wildlife Category
- Blue Clams RUNNER-UP – Expose Your World Photography Awards, Single Shot Overall
- Blue Clams, Thumbsucker, Prehistoric BRONZE AWARDS – International Aperture Awards Nature Category
- Blue Clams HIGHLY COMMENDED – ANZANG (Australia, New Zealand, Antarctic, New Guinea) “Underwater” category. Image chosen for national exhibition and ANZANG Awards 2008 book “Australasian Nature Photography ANZANG Fifth Edition”, published by CSIRO WA.
- Hermie FINALIST – Windland Smith Rice Photography Awards, run by Natures Best Photography Magazine and the Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC, USA.
- Blue Clams HIGHLY COMMENDED – Melville City Art Awards, Melville, Western Australia.
- Blue Clams, Hermie, Red Crab Green Leaf, Joey, Roo Grass, Fungi, One is the Loneliest Number SEMI FINALS – Wildlife Photographer of the Year, run by BBC and Natural History Museum, United Kingdom.
- Izzy HIGHLY HONOURED – Humane Society USA Photography Competition.
- Blue Clams WINNER – York Society Photographic Awards, Open Colour Category, Western Australia.
2007
- Contact WINNER – People & Pets Section, DOTARS Photography Competition, Canberra, ACT.
EXHIBITIONS
2009 Western Australia Professional Photography Awards (WAPPA), Central Park, Perth.
2009 RovingEye Expose Your World Photography Awards, Blue Hotel Woolloomooloo, NSW.
2008 Animal Art Awards, Claremont, Western Australia.
2009, 2008 Smiles with Centro Photography Awards, Morley, Western Australia.
2008 Creating for Conservation Exhibition, Adelaide Zoo & Monarto Zoo, Belair, South Australia.
2008 ANZANG Nature Photography Awards, National exhibition commencing in Perth, Western Australia.
2008 Vincent Art Awards, Leederville, Western Australia.
2009, 2008 Melville City Art Awards, Melville, Western Australia.
2008 China-Australia Image Exchange, Australian Photographic Society.
2008 Canning Art Awards, Canning, Western Australia.
2008 RSPCA Helping the Homeless Exhibition, Central TAFE, Northbridge, Western Australia
2009, 2008, 2007 York Society Photographic Awards, York, Western Australia.
2007 DOTARS Photography Awards, Canberra, ACT.
MEDIA FEATURES
2009
April Interviewed on 6PM Weekend Morning Show, Perth, WA.
February Interview with Double Exposure International Online Photography Magazine – http://www.doubleexposure.com/Cearns_PTI.shtml
2008
December Perthnow.com Article on Alex Cearns http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24749886-2761,00.html
December RSPCA WA’s Wishbone Christmas Tree Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIotEq4LSKA
December Interviewed on Curtin FM Radio and RTR FM Radio, Perth, WA.
September “Photo Finish – My ten favourite things” Sunday Times Home Magazine
July Sunday Times Home Magazine feature on The Mill Gallery, York, and Blue Clams.
2007
October “Shop Font” Sunday Times Home Magazine
IMAGES PUBLISHED – National & International
National Trust Magazine, Australia – Feb 2010
Digital SLR Magazine, UK – April 2009
Australian Traveller Magazine Apr-May 2009
Double Exposure Magazine (online) Feb 2009
Camera Magazine, Australia Mar-Apr 2009
Camera Magazine, Australia Jan-Feb 2009
“Australasian Nature Photography – ANZANG Fifth Edition”, Australasia
Sunday Times Newspaper, WA
The West Australian Newspaper, WA
“Being Positive – 21st Anniversary of the WA AIDS Council”, WA