Aliah Jan, FPSNZ, MNZIPP, AFIAP,  Dip in Commercial Arts

 

KEY AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

2016                 Masters Awards from NZIPP 

                         AFIAP - Artiste Federation Internationale de L' Art Photographique 

 

2014

The Al-Thani Award For Photography 2014 Exhibition

    -Prints “Face To Face” Category “The War Veteran”, 

    “Only Teddy With Me”, “Smile” and “Naxi Shaman”. 

    - Prints in General Section “Mother & Child”, “Midnight 

    Weaver” and “The Joker”. 

    - Digital in “Face To Face” Category “Blind Grandma”, 

    “Rock Punk”

    - Digital in General in “Which Pair Should I Buy?”

 

2014

Dunedin 45th Festival of Photography Exhibition

     Monochrome category “In Prayer”, 

     Portraiture category “The Shoe Maker”, Open Category “Blue 

     Mosque Domes” and “Tunnel Escape” 

 

2014

2014 PSNZ Southern Regionals Salon Exhibition

    Honours for “Midnight Weaver”

 

2014

23rd New Brighton Photojournalism Competition & Exhibition 2014

      Prints - “Honouring His Friends”, “Which    

     Pair Should I Get?”, Digital - “Watch Out”

 

2014

NZIPP Iris Awards 2014

     Silver  “On The Road, Cambodia” - Travel Category 

     Bronze  “Oman Desert” - Travel Category

     Bronze  “Cambodian Monk Worshipping” - Documentary Category

     Bronze “The Mill Steaming Up” - Documentary 

        Category

2014

9th Annual Black & White Spider Awards

     Honorable Mention for “Mother & Child” - Silhouette  

       Category

     Nominee “Curves” - Architecture Category

     Nominee “Squeezed” Abstract Category

     Nominee “Moonlight Weaving” - People Category

     Nominee “Snakes” - Wildlife Category

 

2014

PSNZ National Exhibition 2014, Blenheim, NZ

    “Kaimanawa Wild Horses”, “Li JIang Smile”,   

    “Disconnected World” and “Tender Moments”.

 

2014

North Shore Salon 2014, Auckland

    Bronze for “Only Teddy With Me” and “ Desert Dunes”

     Acceptances for “Curves”, “Dragon Dance”, “Winter  

     Glow”, “My Pet Lizard”, “Fingers Licking Good”. 

 

2014

APPA Awards, Australia Professional Photographers Awards

     Silver Award for “Only Teddy With Me”.

 

2013

 Finland Circuit 2013 (FIAP) Exhibition

21 Acceptances for "Curves", "Spooky Trees", "Desert Sand", "Hamadryas Baboon", "beachscape", "Homeless", "only Teddy With Me", "Disconnected World”, "Bubble Maker" and "Stacking Higher". 

 

2013

PSNZ New Brighton Photojournalism Competition

Honours in Digital category for "Bubble Maker" and "Disconnected World".

2nd Prize in Print category for "Only Teddy With Me"

 

2013

Nelson Tryptych Salon 2013 Exhibition

     Highly Commended in Open Print for "Old Temple"

     Open Print for "Art Materials" and Open Digital for " Through Glass".

 

2013

8th International Photo Salon Kumanova 2013 (FIAP) Exhibition

    Monochrome category for "Survival"

    Open Colour category for "Under    

    Moonlight" and "Embracing Modernism"

    Life Category for "Mother & child", "Exhausted".

 

2013

PSNZ Southern Regional Salon 2013 Exhibition

     Honors in Portrait category for "The Artist" and Honors 

     in Open Print for "Desert Dune" and 

     Open Digital category for "Hundreds and Thousands", "Fronds",  

     "Iguana", 

    Natural History Digital for Varanus Salvator Courting", "Tui", 

    Photojournalism Digital category for  "Disconnected World", 

    Portrait Digital category for "Stare Into My Eyes"

    Open Prints for "Floating House" and "Winter Glow".

2013

7th International Salon of Photo Banja Luka 2013 (FIAP) Exhibition

     Open Colour Category for "The Bubble Maker"

     Architecture category for "Dynamic" and "Night Skyline"

2013

1st prize in the 2013 Franklin Arts Festival Photography Derelict Category for "Temple Ruins".

 

2013

6th International Contest of Photography NARAVA 2013 Slovenia (FIAP)

     Nature for “Hamadryas Baboon"

 

12th International Virtual Image Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina (FIAP)

     Honorary Mention in Photojournalism for "Only Teddy    

     With Me"

     Nature for "Hamadryas   Baboon"

 

2013

NZIPP Iris Awards 2013

     Silver distinction in Commercial Category for "Curves"

     Bronze in Commercial Category for "Reach For The Sky"

     Bronze in Travel Category for "House On Tonie Sap Lake"

    3 Bronzes in Photojournalism for  "Only Teddy With Me", "McKay in His Bubble" and "Mother & Child"

2013

PSNZ National Exhibition Salon 2013, Wellington

     Open Projected Image "The Old Tree"

 

2012

New Brighton National Photojournalism Award

     "The Royal Wave" and "Back Lane"

2012

11th International Virtual Image Exhibition, Buenos Aires, Argentina FIAP)

Nature category for "Varanus Salvator Mating"

 

2012

Winner of the Display + Product Resene Total Colour Awards 2012 (23 August 2012) for Sang Siren

 

2012

German International DVF-Photocup Exhibition 2012

Nature Category for "Tawny Frog  Mouth Bird"

2012

66th Bristol International Salon of Photography 2012

"Captured Smiles" (Open), "Back Street Barber" & "Dragon Dance" (Photo Travel)

 

2012

Obsession Of Light - 1st Vantaa Photoclub International Exhibition, Finland

"Lover's Call", "Estatic" and "Work Strike"

 

2012

"Vive La Photographie 6b - New Photo Vision 2012, Belgrade, Serbia

"Train Stop" (Creativitiy) & "Prayers" (Free Theme)

2012

"STREETS" - 1st International Exhibition of Art Photography, Macedonia, 6 April at NUCK, Trajko Prokoplev Kumannovo.

"Street Strike", "Back Street Barber" and "Dragon Dance" (Streets)

 

2012

The 2012 Tropical Image International Exhibition, March 2012, Florida, USA

"The Watchers" (Creativity)

 

2010

The Black & White Spider 5th Annual Awards.

1st prize Photojournalism with "Dragon Dance" and Honorable Mention for "Street Protest" 

 

2009

The 33th Exhibition of Photography-CHILD 2009, Serbia (FIAP)

“Beautiful Street Kids”, "Cheeky Smile", “Work Strike” and "The Old Man"

 

2009 

The 13th International Photographic Art Exhibition in Li Shui, China (FIAP)

“Work Strike March”

 

2009

PSNZ National Photojournalism competition 

“The Dragon Dance”

 

2009

The Auckland A&P Show, Photography Section

Merit award for “Café View” 

 

2009

The 3rd International Photography Exhibition – Zajecar 2009 (FIAP) with 

“Hakka Man” awarded FSS Praises. 

The other eight images were “The Barn”, “Hakka Man”, “Maori Warriors”, “Winter”, “Snow Storm”, “The Watchers”, “Windblown” & “Red Glow”. 

 

2009

The Iris Award, New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographer Convention

Bronze award for “The Riot March”

 

 

The 3rd PSNZ Jack Sprosen Memorial National Audio Visual Competition (NZ)

Gold Award for “Found & Lost” AV

 

2009

Photographic Society of New Zealand Convention at Whanganui

   Awarded Fellowship for “FACES” set

 

2008

3rd Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup 2008

Nominee - “The Opera Performer” 

 

2008

4th Annual Black and White Spider Awards International Photographic competition. 

Nominee - “Hakka Man”

 

2008

Yard Art Design and Landscaping Supplies Award in the Franklin Arts Festival.

“Hakka Man” won the Photography Section – Judges

Choice Award

 

2008

2nd Jack Sprosen Memorial Audio Visual Competition.

Silver Award for ‘Bicycle” AV

 

Sept 2007

2nd Annual International Color Photography Masters Cup

Nominee Nature - “Autumn Spektra” 

Nominee People - “The Hakka Man” 

 

2007

The Inaugural PSNZ Jack Sprosen Memorial Audio Visual Competition

     Bronze award for “Life as I saw it” AV

 

2007

1st Prize in the Royal Easter Show in Auckland

   Photography Section - “The Talking House” 

 

2003 – 2006

Won numerous prizes and acceptances in art, ceramic and photographic categories in New Zealand Art shows such as Franklin Arts Festival, Auckland Easter Show, Photographic Society Of New Zealand's National Salons and Tourex Exhibition

 

2004

Awarded Distinction Associateship from the Photographic Society of New Zealand. (APSNZ)

 

1992

Production team for a special report "Semangat Ubi Kayu" which won the most prestigious journalism MPI award in Malaysia

 

1989

Underwater photographer and director of Majalah 3, TV3. Won the Hosu-Bunka Foundation TV Prize for best documentary, “Coral Reef – Redang Island”.  

 

1983-1985

Recipient  of the RQ Inaugural Scholarship Award from Ronald Quay Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur for three years

 

 

 

KEY PUBLICATIONS

2013

"Brian Johnston" - a book with 10 years of photos taken of Brian and his family and friends. 

2013

"Woodrose" - a book with a collection of images of flowers from the garden of Mrs Dot Turner of Pollok Wharf Road.

2012

"Paddington. London" - a collection of street photography images taken on the early hours.

2012

"Work Strike" Photo selected for New Zealand Camera 2012 publication by Photography Society of New Zealand

2010

“Dragon Dance” selected for Photographic Society of NZ Camera Annual publication 2010

 

2009

“Hakka Man” selected for Photographic Society of NZ Camera Annual publication 2009. 

 

2008

Self published "Steel Shots" for New Zealand Steel Mill consisting of the 48 images printed onto stainless steel for the Steel Shots exhibition. 

2008

Nominated images “Hakka Man” and “Autumn Spektra” published in the International 2nd Annual Photography Masters Cup Year book 2008. 

 

2006

Photograph “Red Safari” selected and published in the Photographic Society of New Zealand’s Camera Annual 2006.

 

2005

Photograph “Strange Light” selected and published in the Photographic Society of New Zealand’s Camera Annual 2005.

 

Mar 2004

Designed and published the 1st Edition of the Franklin Artists’ Directory 2004 – a project that was supported by the Creative Communities Funding Scheme administered by the Franklin Arts Cultural Trust.  

 

KEY POSITIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

2013 to current

Assessor on the South Auckland Panel for Creative Communities Funding Scheme for Auckland Council

 

2014 to 2016

Council Member for Photographic Society of New Zealand 

2002 to current

Member of the Photographic Society of New Zealand (PSNZ)

2008 - current

Accredited member of the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP) (Master)

2005 – 

current

Appointed National Panel Judge for Photographic Society of New Zealand

 

2010

National judge for Audio Visual Competition for PSNZ

 

2008  to 2009

Council Member of the Photographic Society of New Zealand (Fellow)

 

2006

President of Waiuku Camera Club

 

2004-2005

Committee Member of Waiuku Camera Club