Awards Archives - Story Art by Karen Alsop

Announced as the rightful winner of the 2016 AIPP Australian Commercial Photographer of the Year, 3 years later

In 2016 I was named Finalist, Commercial Photographer of the Year in the AIPP award with the Australian Institute of Professional Photography. After entering the Illustrative Category in 2015 I decided to turn my attention[…]

The Making of a Gold Distinction – The AIPP APPA Awards 2017

I never imagined I’d score a Gold Distinction at the APPAs. I feel honoured to have achieved one of the highest accolade awards in the AIPP APPAs. I’m incredibly grateful to the judges who took their[…]

2016 Advertising Photographer of the year Finalist

Last night at the Gala Dinner I was named finalist in the 2016 Advertising Photographer of the Year in the AIPP – Australian Institute of Professional Photography. After entering the Illustrative Category last year I decided[…]

Karen Alsop – Digital Artist

Karen Alsop is an internationally award winning Australian, Melbourne based photographic digital artist. Expanding on two decades of photographic and graphic design experience, Karen brings photography and art together to create stunning artworks that tell[…]

My WPPI 2016 Results – 1st Place

This year I was encouraged by many to enter the world renowned WPPI Print Awards. Hesitantly I selected my entries, unsure if they were the ‘right ones’. I did however have one particular image that[…]

Geppetto’s Workshop

Geppetto’s Workshop is a precious image to me because it features my own father and my son acting the part of Geppetto and Pinocchio. When Child Photo Competition launched their ‘Father and Child’ theme for[…]

APPA Wrap up – Was it worth the stress?

Although I’ve been a photographer since the late 1990’s, this was actually my first year entering the National APPAs. After a strong result in the Victorian Awards (you can read about my VPPY awards here),[…]

AIPP APPA Competition – Is the stress worth it?

And just like that my entries are in. I’ve painstakingly spent weeks, actually a whole year really, preparing my images for the AIPP APPA competition. I can’t take them back now, I am not able to change[…]

Featured in the Berwick Leader

The 19th of May, 2015 edition of the Berwick Leader featured a Page 5 article about my recent string of awards in the illustrative category AIPP Victoria Professional Photography Awards. The paper photographed me in[…]

2015 AIPP Vic Epson Professional Photography Awards

Introducing my 8 award winning images from the 2015 AIPP Epson Victorian Professional Photography Awards. Keeping 2 of my gold award winners under wraps for entry to the National APPA’s later in the year. Below[…]