Rowena Meadows is a psychologist turned documentary and commercial photographer born with an insatiable curiosity, and unavoidable inclination to observe and an intense discomfort with perfection. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Rowena has been shooting whole-day documentary sessions with families for the last 4 years. She placed first in the documentary category for Australia’s Top Emerging Photographers in 2018 and is addicted to table tennis and piano bashing.
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10th Place in the “Environmental Portrait” category. Photo by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
6th Place in the “Cell Phone Only” category. Photo by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
4th Place in the “Environmental Portrait” category. Photo by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
Honorable Mention in the “Nothing Is Better Than Real Life” category. Photo by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
7th Place in the “Nothing Is Better Than Real Life” category. Photo by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
Mum, Steph comforts an emotional Ivy after the nightly feeding of the animals.
Ivy is drawn to a dead bird found in the back of her dad's shed.
Ryder plays in his dad's shed.
Mum, Steph suggests that Ryder and Ivy might like to turn off the television and play outside.
A rare moment of quiet sibling intimacy when Ryder asks Ivy to scratch his back.
Ivy's hair is plaited by her father as part of their daily ritual.
Ryan struggles to brush his daughter Ivy's hair whilst son Ryder, provocatively rests his foot on his sister's knee.
4 year old twins, Ivy and Ryder play in their outdoor cubby house built by their father, Ryan.
3rd Place: Environmental Portrait by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
10th Place: Nothing Is Better Than Real Life by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
5th Place: Me And My Phone by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
1st Place: Environmental Portrait by Rowena Meadows, Australia.
10th Place Environmental Portrait by Rowena Meadows, Australia
Honorable Mention Humor by Rowena Meadows, Australia
1st Place Humor by Rowena Meadows, Australia
Rowena Meadows, Australia. Selected by Tyler Wirken.
The Documentary Family Awards is an international competition in search of the insightful and meaningful ways that documentary photographers explore the interpretation of family.
