Jai Long’s initial introduction to photography was when he picked up a camera to curb his boredom while working in the mines in Western Australia in 2010.

New Zealand photographer Troy Goodall has featured in Lürzer's Archive biennial 200 Best Ad Photographers worldwide, as well as received some of the most prestigious awards in the industry. Is he NZ's best kept secret?

A television and radio journalist with 15 years’ experience, Jane Cowan now prefers to let pictures tell the story. "Photography puts the subject at the centre, rather than a reporter.”

Freelance documentary photographer Stephanie Simcox started out in photography by shooting film in high school on her mum’s old Pentax. After high school, she was accepted into the National Art School.

Perth photographer Chris Gurney links his work inextricably to the ocean and surf culture. “I like looking at the whole picture; focusing not just on the surfing, but the people, the places, and how they interact,” he says.

A Melbourne-based photographer with a signature style and way of working, Sarah Hatton is a long exposure-focused landscape and adventure photographer.

Former landscape architect, Greg Briggs likes to take a fresh look at things through the lens.

Nicola Bernardi claims to resemble a thumb with a goatee. If that’s not enough to make him interesting, he is currently working on translating, from Italian, a book about cycling the length of Japan, narrated partly with photos and comics.

The overall winner of the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers is John Feely.

Kelly Tyack is the runner up in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Grace Hobson is the winner in the Wedding category in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Jai Long is the runner up in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Sarah Maslankiewicz is the winner of the Student category in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Kate Bowman is the runner up in the Student category of the Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Samuel Costin is the winner of the Sport category in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Jeremy Ng is the runner up in the Sport category of the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.