Jamberoo local, Nic van Oudtshoorn, has taken home a ‘Highly Commended’ award at the prestigious Mono Awards held by Australian Photography Magazine. 

His portrait of Coral Miller, ‘Anzac Day pride’ at the 2024 Anzac Day celebrations won the award in a black-and-white competition in the People category. 

The retired photojournalist and teacher at Workers Educational Association has been photographing veterans for a number of years. 

“Like any photographer it’s good when you do your work to have it recognised,” van Oudtshoorn says.

“To feel that you have been successful in what you’ve tried to capture and what you’ve tried to portray, [the category was] ‘people’ and it portrays an interesting aspect of people in Australia.”

The Mono Awards received over 4,000 entries in 2024.