Ribal Hosn has won the Editorial/Fashion category in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

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

Luke Tscharke has won the Landscape category in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

Robert Salisbury is the runner up in the Landscape category of the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers awards.

The winner of the Australia's Top Emerging Photographers in the Portrait category is Niki Boon.

Brook Ready is the runner up in the Portrait category of 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers.

The runner up in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers in the Documentary/Photojournalism category is Niki Boon.

The winner of 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers in the Art category is Marea Reed.

The runner up in the 2016 Australia's Top Emerging Photographers in the Art category is Izzy Gramp.

The winner of the 2016 Australia's Top Photographers in the Architecture category is Gregory Evans.

The runner up in the 2016 Australia's Top Photographers in the Architecture category is Becky Strong.

Photography was supposed to be just a bit of creative fun in a journey towards academia, but for Christine Pobke, it eventually became her life.

For decades, legendary visual storyteller and co-founder of the photo agency, VII, Ed Kashi, has captured the experiences of the disenfranchised, voiceless and forgotten. In this feature, the spotlight is reversed, and he tells his tale.

Daniel Klaas’ love of photography began in childhood, and he still has fond memories of taking photos with a Polaroid SX-70 when he was around eight years old.

Marion Abada was drawn to photography in her mid-twenties during her travels around Europe and the Middle East. Abada says that she has always loved the creative path, although her path to photography has been a circuitous one.

From a young age, Melissa Cowan loved shooting pictures. “I was always the one at parties with disposable cameras, running around making sure to capture snaps of all my friends,” she says. “I think it just started from there.”