Sonny Vandevelde
Fashion should be fun and with my photography I love to create those fun moments.
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Spirit Of Youth Awards aka SOYA
Back in Sydney, and straight for a night of awards and shop openings, first on the list , the Qantas sponsored SOYA. Great initiative for young emerging talent to get some cash, free qantas flights, which no doubt will give them a leg up in their career
2007 SOYA fashion winner, Ben Pollock, tells us a bit how the mentoring programme that comes with the awards has helped him, he now has a succesfull label called Friedrich Gray ( click here to see my shots backstage from his last show back in May )
The Zimmerman sisters announce the winner of this years award
But first, the candidates, Romance Was Born, Gary Bigini and Arnsdorf
And the winner is Anna and Luke from Romance Was Born, congrats guys, now look out for the next issue of KAREN magazine ( out end this week ) with a shoot I did with Rachael Rutt and clothes from their latest collection ( here's another look at their 2008 collection )
Rachel Ward announces the winner of short film, Kasimir Burgess
And Nirrimi Hakanson wins the fashion photo prize ( how good is this photo, check out her other work -only 17y.o. ! )