The Canon Australian Professional Photography Awards (APPA) attracts over 2000 entries. Professional photographers from
The awards are a platform for the development and promotion of professional photography. Competitive peer judgment drives excellence and creative experimentation and a magnificent book of winning images celebrates the achievement of
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Tania & Lauren being interviewed by Fujifilm
We have changed our studio name…
Tania Niwa Photographer is now ‘Niwa Photography’. We have grown to incorporate two new divisions to our established studio.
Our three divisions include:
Our signature division continuing to specialise in all forms of portraiture including families, teenagers, children, newborn and fine art photography with Master Photographer Tania Niwa
Our alternative kids portrait division specialising in babies, kids and teenagers with our expertly trained team of photographers. Affordable packages available.
Our commercial division specialising in contemporary corporate and event photography with Tania Niwa.
“dedicated to capturing the charm of your children…”
Niwa Photography introduces ‘Kids by Niwa’. Our creative team of photographers have been skillfully trained by our Master Photographer -Tania Niwa to create an affordable option with the classic and timeless style.
Niwa Photography is proud to introduce photographer Joy Hughes for Kids by Niwa.
Kids by Niwa is an alternative portrait division specialising in photography of babies, toddlers, kids and teenagers. Choose from a range of simple, affordable packages and custom options.
In choosing Kids by Niwa you can be assured of a passionate team committed to technical excellence and integrity.
professional – approachable - contemporary
Our commercial division bringing you contemporary corporate and event photography with Tania Niwa & Photographic Producer Lauren Miles.
Our professional and friendly team delivers contemporary, creative and customised corporate portraiture that conveys the right business message to strengthen a company’s profile.
If you or anyone of your associates requires corporate photography created before July 2008, we’d like to offer a special on mention of this article.
Book your executive portrait online through our website enquiry form and a second person is free. Save $240 (photographed consecutively in a similar style, at the same location)
Tania and Studio Manager, Lauren recently visited Palm Island, an indigenous community on the far north coast of Queensland, near Townsville.
Palm Island was made a reserve in 1914 and regarded as an ideal place to confine Aboriginal and Islander people who were regarded as ‘problem cases’. Around 1630 people from 40 different Aboriginal groups across Queensland were removed by the QLD Government and deposited on the Island.
Red Cross and Fuji Film Australia invited Tania and Lauren to be part of an educational project which culminated in a community concert and photography exhibition.
The project was created to help build self esteem in the younger members of the community. Other creative specialists were also brought in to run workshops in dance, drama, musical writing, recording, art and photography. Tania commented that the photography component was a powerful and fitting way to record the island’s history through the teenagers’ own eyes.
The concert was hosted at their Community Centre. Here the images taken by the teenagers, and visiting photographers were unveiled to an eager audience of budding artists, friends and families. A selection of the participants’ images will also be exhibited at the Qld State Library.
Tania said “Our arrival was very timely as Parliament’s official apology to the Indigenous people of Australia took place the day before we arrived on the island and there was lots of emotion and excitement. It was meaningful to see that the apology was appreciated by the community including the Elders some of whom were of the stolen generation. Lauren and I feel much richer for being welcomed into this community and for being able to share our knowledge.” Tania and Lauren plan to return in June.
Auckland, New Zealand.
New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography awards.
Arts Hub, Australia, May 2007
Arts Hub Australia congratualtes Tania and other Australian portrait photographers on their success at the WPPI awards in Las Vegas. Australian photographers including Tania dominated the awards receiving 23 from 59 awards.
Read the article here.
Australian Professional Photography Awards
Melbourne, Australia
Guest Judge
WPPI Showguide, March 2007
The WPPI Showguide featured a glimpse into Tania's work with an article about the making of one of her most celebrated Tribal Fine Art images.
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Maori Market, Wellington, New Zealand
Maori Market will be the largest assembly of contemporary Maori art from over 100 leading and emerging artists when it opens the doors for the first time at Wellington's TSB Event Centre on Queens Wharf from April 27 to 29.
Tania has been invited as one of the top Maori artists to exhibit her finest tribal portraiture. This will see her given the opportunity to been seen by international art buyers and also make contact with other Maori artists.
Maori artwork is rapidly becoming a 'hot' new industry and export earner for New Zealand, with international promotion and marketing being led by the artists themselves.
www.maoriart.org.nz/events/maori_market
Photographic Society of NZ
Guest Speaker
New Plymouth, Taranaki NZ
Taranaki Daily News, NZ, April 2007
The Taranaki Daily News congratulates Tania on becoming the WPPI commercial photographer of the year, and looks into Tania's continuing links with New Zealand and her tribal heritage.
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Las Vegas USA.
First Ladies of Photography: A Forum Tania Niwa joined a group of the top women in photography who gave their insights on achieving the highest levels of success in a very competitive profession.
Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI)
WPPI Awards in association with Rangefinder Magazine
Convention and Trade Show
Guest Platform Speaker
Tania during WIPP event in Las Vegas after winning three major awards, Las Vegas, USA.
Platform Speakers: Tania and Studio Manager, Lauren presented the principles of image and branding to reach new levels of success in portrait photography. Tania also gave an insight into her groundbreaking collection of tribal portraiture, which combines a unique blend of documentary and high design.
WPPI First Ladies of Photography, March 2007
Tania was featured in the WPPI First Ladies of Photography Booklet showcasing the top women in photography who gave their insights on achieving the highest levels of success in a very competitive profession.
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Rangefinder Magazine, February 2007
(Reprinted courtesy of Rangefinder Magazine)
Rangefinder Magazine looks into Tania's heritage and background and her artistic journey from the Waitara Marae to Mosman...
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Better Photography, February 2007
Masterpieces- "Tribal Portraits" Gain an insight into a selection of Tania's most coverted and highly awarded tribal fine artworks.
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Tania Niwa and Photography Studio Manager, Lauren were recently invited to an exhibition opening 'Eternal Thread' in Christchurch.The world-class exhibition returned from its groundbreaking and highly successful international tour of the USA, showcasing the very best of traditional and contemporary Maori weaving.
The show has toured the western states of the USA over the last three years. Native Indians art leaders, accompanied by university and museum educators from Alaska, California, San Francisco and Seattle supported the show in its final exhibit.
See more images from the Eternal Thread Exhibition here.
Tania and Rt Hon Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZ, DBE, OSO in her final term as Governor General of New Zealand at Government House, Wellington NZ 2006.
Invited to the residence of Ambassador William and Gail McCormick.
At the studio of 'The Maori Picasso' Darcy Nicholas, Wellington, New Zealand.
Invited to Darcy Nicholas' residence - 'The Maori Picasso'
Tania after receiving Gold Bar to Fellow NZIPP, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Received Gold Bar to Fellow
Received Gold Award People Category
Wellington New Zealand.
Guest Speaker Ronald Woolf Memorial Event in association with the NZIPP (Wellington Branch). Gala Event to honour Melanie Burford (winner of Pulitzer Prize) and other NZ photographers including Tania who have gained international success in 2006. In association with the Photographic Society of NZ (Wellington Branch).
| Qantas Magazine, November 2005 Spirited Away" A retrospective glimpse into Tania Niwa's tribal heritage, her beginnings as a world class photographer, and the tribal artwork which started it all. Click here to read article. |
