Awards & Exhibitions

Major Awards

AIPP Master of Photography (2016)
NZIPP Master of Photography with Distinction with two bars (2021-2024)

NZIPP Australian Travel Photographer of the Year 2024

NZIPP Australian Documentary Photographer of the Year 2022

Canopy Awards Grand Prize and Habitat Winner 2022

Natural Landscape Photography Awards - Project Winner (ASH) 2021

AIPP SLAs Stories Winner 2021

AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year 2019

AIPP Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019

AIPP Tasmanian Professional Photographer of the Year 2019

AIPP Tasmanian Landscape Photographer of the Year 2019

Australian Photography Awards Travel/Documentary Photographer of the Year 2016

AIPP QLD Documentary Photographer of the Year 2014, 15, 16

AIPP Australian Sports Photographer of the Year 2014

Photography World Cup 2023 - Australian Representative - 4th Place | Reportage
Photography World Cup 2014 - Australian Representative - Finalist | Reportage

Exhibitions

Photosynthesis 2021 (Joint with Mieke Boynton) - Ballarat International Foto Biennale

Australian Life 2018 (Group) - Hyde Park, Sydney

AIPP Tasmania Photography Exhibition 2018 (Group) - Full Gamut

The 2015 Queensland Professional Photography Awards Exhibition (Group) - Maud Gallery

Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize 2014 (Group)

Images of Note - Gallery Frenzy 2014 (Solo)

APPA Gold - Maud Gallery (Group)

2014 Canon AIPP APPA, Eleven 40 (Group)

Presentations (Select)

Head On Photo Festival Presenter 2020 x2

AIPP Hair Of The Dog 2015 Presenter

Judging

World Photographic Cup 2025
Wilderness Photographer of the Year 2023
Australian Photography Photographer of the Year 2023
Asia Pacific Photography Awards 2024, 21
The Landscape Awards 2024, 23
Australian Photographic Prize Judge 2024 ,23, 22
NZIPP IRIS Awards Judge 2024, 22, 21, 20
NZ Amateur Photography Awards 2024
Head On Photo Awards Judge 2021
Swedish Nature Photography Championship 2022
Australian Mono Awards Judge 2024, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19
Australian Photography Awards Judge 2020, 19, 18, 17
AIPP Australian Professional Photography Awards Judge 2019, 18
AIPP State Awards Judge 2019, 18, 16
AIPP SLAs Judge 2021
RISE Awards Judge 2020

Publications (Select)

National Geographic Traveller India - NTGI Raw File: Regenerative Growth
“The Annual” Capture Magazine. November/December 2019. Page 34.
“Matt Palmer APP MPhotog 2019 AIPP Australian Professional Photographer of the Year.”  The Journal. Issue 274 August 2019. Page 6-9.
The Mercury | Tassie Snappers Come Up Trumps | 27 June 2019
Appearance on ABC Hobart with Leon Compton | 26 June 2019
“Matt Palmer, Epson Tasmanian PPY Winner”. Issue 273 July 2019. The Journal. Page 16-17.
The Working Pro | Issue 231 May 2015 12 Great Tips for APPA Success
Capture Magazine | The Annual 2014 Featured in the Sports category
The Working Pro | Issue 227 November 2014 – Matt Palmer Profile / Interview
f11 Magazine | Issue. 37 October 2014 – 2014 APPA Awards
The Working Pro | Issue. 226 October 2014 – 2014 Australian Sports Photographer of the Year Winner
Australian Photography | September 2014 – 2014 APPAs: Wedding Photographer Wins Top Award
TheVine | March 2011 – First Three Songs, No Flash – And No Copyright
The Guardian | October 2010 – Threadless: The T-shirt design project
Australian Rollingstone Magazine | September 2010 – The Go-Betweens Get Their Own Bridge
Oddica Magazine (2009 – Issue Three)

ALSO SEEN IN:
Australian Hysteria Magazine (Contributor 2012-14), Life Music Media (Contributor 2009-2013), RAVE Magazine (Contributor 2008-2010), Faster Louder (Contributor 2008-2010), The Dwarf (Contributor 2008-2009), ABC News, Yahoo News, Seven News Online, Mashable, The Tribune (Pakistan), Darpan (Canada), 4ZZZ, Josh Spear, Australian Guitar Magazine, Architecture Australia, Death Before Dishonor, Brisbane Times, The Courier Mail, City News (Brisbane), The World Game, Four Four Two as well as many other publications and online articles.