Spotlight on 2023 Nikon Prize Winners and Walkley Award photography finalists
Quinn Rooney has been named the winner of the 2023 Nikon Photo of the Year Prize for “Matilda Joy”. The 2023 Walkley Photography Judges kept using the term “jubo” — a newsroom abbreviation for the images of jubilation that editors look for after a sporting victory. And there was no better example of the jubo that swept the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and the nation, than Quinn Rooney’s frame of the Matildas celebrating after goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold stopped one of France’s penalty shots in the Quarter Final match. The judges said, “It’s a moment that encapsulates the spirit of the country. The eyes on it, the emotion we have invested into it. It’s the peak of action, a global moment. Of all the Matildas’ celebration jubo photos, that one really nailed it. It includes many of the key players on the team, caught in a perfect moment. Poetry in motion.” Quinn Rooney is an Australia-based staff photographer with Getty Images. His passion for sports photography has led him to travel the world covering major sporting events, including Olympic Games, FIFA World Cups, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and World Swimming Championships.Eddie Jim’s portrait shows the impact of climate change on remote communities such as those on the Fijian island of Kioa, population 500. Lotomau Fiafia has seen first hand the encroachment of the shoreline onto the land he grew up on. Eddie Jim said, “In capturing this image of Lotomau and his grandson John, I wanted to document and share the impact of climate change in a powerful way, making it more relatable and understandable to a wider audience. Their presence serves as a visual anchor to the reality of the situation, as well as a testament to the knowledge being passed down through generations. The tranquil water was flat like a mirror and their faces were perfectly lit by the early morning light, drawing attention to the message they convey.”
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