AWARDS
Alex’s deep, long term commitment to philanthropy and her advocacy for animal rescue and wildlife conservation were distinguished with a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the Australia Day Honours List 2019 from the Council for the Order of Australia for her service to the community through charitable organisations. She has also been named as the Best Canine Photographer / Artist in Australia twice, the WA AIPP Pet / Animal Professional Photographer of the Year twice, and the Best Australian Pet Photography Business.
Highlights include:
AWARDED Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the community through charity 2019
NAMED Best Australian Pet Photography Business – Pet Products & Services Awards 2020
NAMED Best Animal Photographer in Western Australia APAC Insider Australian Enterprise Awards 2019
NAMED Australian Arts and Culture Small Business of the Year APAC Insider Australian Enterprise Awards 2019
NAMED WA AIPP Pet / Animal Professional Photographer of the Year 2019 & 2017
NAMED Australian of the Day by the team behind the Australian of the Year Awards, March 2016
NAMED Terrestrial Photographer of the Year by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) 2016
WINNER PDN Faces Photography Contest Professional Animal Category (Lord of Cats) 2018
WINNER Best Friends Animal Photography Contest – Personal Work (Cat Face Series) 2018
WINNER PDN FACES Portrait Photography Competition Professional Animal Portrait Category (Reptilian) 2017
WINNER PDN Faces Portrait Competition – Professional Animal Portrait Category (Orphaned Babies Series) 2016
WINNER International Professional Pet Photographer of the Year (Lucies), International Photographer of the Year Awards (Bird Face Series) 2016
WINNER 9th Annual Julia Margaret Cameron Awards – Altered Reality Category – exhibited at Berlin Biennale (Bear Apartment Six) 2016
WINNER PDN Faces Portrait Photography Competition – Pets Category (Zen Dogs) 2015
WINNER Australian Smart Business of the Year – BOMA Smart Business Leadership Awards 2013
WINNER Best Canine Photographer/Artist in national 6th annual “Dog Owners Choice Awards” (DOCA) 2013 & 2011
WINNER Best Magazine Cover in The Maggies – Science, Nature and Technology Category 2013
WINNER Centro Smiles Competition Flinders Square – Peoples Choice Award 2013
WINNER Rangefinder Magazine’s International ‘Best Friends’ Photography Competition Wildlife category (Reach Out) 2013
WINNER People’s Choice Award, Rangefinder Magazine‘s International ‘Best Friends’ Photography Competition (Cupcake) 2013
WINNER The Smart Business Awards by BOMA Women in Business Award 2013
WINNER High Achiever Award Australia Day Honours List – Australian Business Excellence Awards 2012
WINNER Women in Business Achiever Award – Australian Business Excellence Awards 2012
WINNER (Cascade) – Fuji Film Showcase, Camera magazine, Mar-Apr issue 2010
WINNER (Blue Clams) – Expose Your World Photography Awards, Wildlife Category 2008
WINNER (Blue Clams) – York Society Photographic Awards, Open Colour Category, Western Australia 2008
WINNER (Contact) – People & Pets Section, DOTARS Photography Competition, Canberra, ACT 2007
AWARDED Gold Award Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards (APPA) 2018
AWARDED Gold Award West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) (God of Cats) 2018
AWARDED Silver Distinction Award Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards (APPA) 2018
AWARDED Silver Distinction Award West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) (One of these things) 2018
AWARDED Silver Distinction Award West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) (Australiana) 2018
AWARDED Silver with Distinction IRIS New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography Awards (NZIPP) 2018
AWARDED WA AIPP Print Handlers Award (Orangutan) 2017
AWARDED Gold Award West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) (Orangutan) 2017
AWARDED Gold Award West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) (Gracie and the bug) 2017
AWARDED 2 x Silver Distinction Awards West Australian Epson Professional Photography Awards (WAEPPA) 2017
AWARDED Silver Distinction Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards (APPA) 2017
AWARDED Silver Distinction IRIS New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography Awards (NZIPP) 2017
AWARDED Silver With Distinction Award Australian Institute of Professional Photography Awards (APPAS) 2015
AWARDED 2 x Silver Awards West Australian Professional Photography Awards (WAPPAS) 2015
NAMED as Master Photographer with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) 2019
NAMED as Associate of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography (NZIPP) 2018
NAMED as Associate of Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) 2018
INCLUDED in Best Dog Photographs In The World by Dogs Today UK Magazine for 48 consecutive months – Jan through to Dec 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015
NAMED as Associate of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP) 2016
NAMED in Australia’s Top Portrait Photographers in Capture Magazine’s ‘The Annual’ edition 2015
NAMED Australia’s Top 25 Portrait Photographers in Capture Magazine’s ‘The Annual’ edition 2014
NAMED Australia’s Top 140 Photographers in Capture Magazine’s ‘The Annual’ edition 2014
GOLD MEDAL – FIAP Presidents Award for best participant in salon 11th Image Contest Wageningen Open Colour (The Visitor) 2018
GOLD AWARD WPPI Wedding Portrait Photographers International Pets / Animals Category (Zen Dogs) 2017
FINALIST AIPP Pet / Animal Professional Photographer of the Year 2018
FINALIST WA AIPP Pet / Animal Professional Photographer of the Year 2018
FINALIST 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Landscapes & Seascapes Category (Blue Clams) 2018
FINALIST 11th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards Portrait Category (Gracie and the Bug) 2018
FINALIST One Eyeland Awards Special – Pets Category (Gracie and the Bug) 2018
FINALIST One Eyeland Awards Special – Pets Category (Reptilian) 2018
FINALIST Australian Photography Awards Wildlife Category Top 20 Entries (Reptilian) 2017
FINALIST 2nd Annual Charles Dodgson Black and White Award Portrait (Orangutan) 2017
FINALIST Smithsonian Magazine Photo Awards Altered Images Category (Orangutan) 2017
FINALIST One Eyeland Awards Nature / Wildlife Category (Orangutan) 2017
FINALIST Belmont Business Awards 2016
FINALIST The Smart Business Awards by BOMA Customer Service Award 2013
STATE FINALIST Telstra Womens Business Awards – Private and Corporate category 2013
STATE FINALIST Pride of Australia – Envorinment Category 2013
FINALIST Australia’s Top 13 portrait photographers in Capture Magazine’s ‘The Annual’ edition 2012
STATE FINALIST Telstra Australian Business Awards 2012
STATE FINALIST Telstra Australian Business People’s Choice Award 2012
FINALIST Australian Excellence Awards as one of the top 3 businesses in Australia 2012
FINALIST Telstra Business Awards, Peoples Choice Category – voted one of the top 5 businesses in Western Australia 2011
FINALIST Houndstooth Studio for Outstanding Innovation, “Pet People Awards” Dogs Life Magazine 2010
FINALIST Smiles with Centro Photography Awards (Izzy)2008
FINALIST Windland Smith Rice Photography Awards (Hermie) 2008
FIRST PLACE American Photographic Artists Pet Category (Lord of Cats) 2018
FIRST PLACE APS FOUR NATIONS Australian Team Monochrome Category 2017
SECOND PLACE Moscow Foto Awards Nature – Pets (Bird Face) 2017
SECOND PLACE PX3 Public Choice Professional – Nature & Domestic Animals (Happy Pooch Face Series) 2017
SECOND PLACE Magic Lens Awards Nature / Animal (Orangutan) 2017
THIRD PLACE Magic Lens Awards Nature / Animal (Gracie and the Bug) 2018
THIRD PLACE Moscow Foto Awards (bronze) Nature – Pets (Dogs Vs Cake) 2017
THIRD PLACE Moscow Foto Awards (bronze) Nature – Wildlife (Orphaned Babies) 2017
THIRD PLACE Moscow Foto Awards (bronze) Nature – Wildlife (Orangutan) 2017
FOURTH PLACE Australian Photography Awards Wildlife Category (Lord of Cats) 2018
FIFTH PLACE APS FOUR NATIONS Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (Orangutan) Monochrome category – out of 35 images selected to represent Australia 2017
ELEVENTH PLACE APS FOUR NATIONS Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa (Orangutan) Monochrome category – against all international entries 2017
SELECTED for 100 Framed Exhibition Something Personal San Francisco (Orangutan) 2016
SELECTED for Top 200 Images Something Personal San Francisco Book (Blue Clams & Bear Apartment Six) 2016
SELECTED 2nd Annual Show Your World Digital Exhibition NYC (Bear Apartment Six) 2016
SELECTED (Blue Clams) – Tri-nations Image Exchange Competition, Australian Photographic Society 2010
SELECTED (Koala) – China-Australia Image Exchange Competition, Australian Photographic Society 2008
RUNNER-UP (Blue Clams) – Expose Your World Photography Awards, Single Shot Overall 2008
NOMINATED Australian of the Year 2016
NOMINATED Pride of Australia – Environment Category 2016
NOMINATED Pride of Australia – Environment Category 2015
NOMINATED Australian of the Year 2015
NOMINATED Pride of Australia – Environment Category 2014
NOMINATED Australian of the Year 2014
NOMINATED Best Canine Photographer/Artist in national 7th annual “Dog Owners Choice Awards” (DOCA) 2014
NOMINATED Master Professional of the Year in national 7th annual “Dog Owners Choice Awards” (DOCA) 2014
NOMINATED Alex Cearns for Best Canine Photographer/Artist in national 4th annual “Dog Owners Choice Awards” 2010
PHOTO OF THE DAY Smithsonian Magazine Photo Awards Editors Choice (Orangutan) 2017
IAPP Medal S-Kadar International Contest of Art Photography Open Colour (The Visitor) 2018
IAAP Bronze Medal 124th Toronto International Salon Of Photography Pictoral Open Colour (Gracie and the Bug) 2017
IAAP Ribbon Pictoral Hub Creative (The Gift) 2017
WA Photographic Judges Association Excellence in Judging Award 2019
TOP 50 images Proify Awards Wildlife Category (Orangutan) 2017
FIAP RIBBON Yorkshire International Salon (Restful) 2017
FIAP Blue Ribbon 124th Toronto International Salon Of Photography Pictoral Open Colour (One Of These Things) 2017
FIAP RIBBON SELECTORS CHOICE South Devon Salon (Cat with Flower) 2017
SALON MENTION PRIZE 1st International Contest Light and Shadow Open Category (The Bug) 2017
