:: AWARDS

Mark has now received 400 International Awards.

2025

2025 European Photography Awards (EPA) Bonsai - Platinum Award : Nature Photography : Drone Primordial - Platinum Award : Nature Photography : Drone Primordial - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Bonsai - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Crimson - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Chaos - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Chaos - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Crimson - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Rakaia River Braids - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Zest - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Opal - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Peaks - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Nature Peaks - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Fabric - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Psychedelic - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Fabric - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Rakaia River Braids - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Psychedelic - Gold Award : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Peaks - Gold Award : Nature Photography : Drone Opal - Honorable Mention : Nature Photography : Drone Zest - Honorable Mention : Fine Art Photography : Abstract Rakaia River Braids - Honorable Mention : Fine Art Photography : Landscape NZIPP Iris Awards 2025 Bonsai - Gold Award : Creative Fabric - Silver Award : Landscape Creative Opal - Silver Award : Creative Crimson - Silver Award : Creative Psychedelic - Bronze Award : Creative Chaos - Bronze Award : Landscape Creative 2025 Australian Photographic Prize (APP) Primordial - Silver Award with Distinction : Aerial Fabric - Silver Award : Aerial Psychedelic - Silver Award : Aerial Opal - Silver Award : Aerial Crimson - Silver Award : Aerial Bonsai - Silver Award : Aerial Chaos - Highly Commended : Aerial Life Framer - Planet Earth 2025 Primordial - 2nd Place Winner Head On Photo Awards 2025 Burner - Semi-Finalist International Photography Awards 2025 (IPA) Opal - Honorable Mention : Fine Art: Abstract Bonsai - Honorable Mention : Nature: Aerial/Drone Chaos - Honorable Mention : Nature: Aerial/Drone Crimson - Honorable Mention : Nature: Aerial/Drone

2024

One Eyeland Photography Awards 2024 Primordial - Winner - Photographer Of The Year (Australia) Fabric - Winner - Photographer Of The Year (Fine Art) Bonsai - 2nd Place Overall Winner - Professional Photographer Of The Year Rank #43/100 - Top 100 Photographers 2024 (Professional) Bonsai - Gold Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Primordial - Gold Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Bonsai - Gold Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Primordial - Gold Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Fabric - Silver Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Opal - Silver Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Zest - Silver Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Fabric - Silver Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Opal - Silver Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Zest - Silver Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Burner - Bronze Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Crimson - Bronze Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Psychedelic - Bronze Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Rakaia River Braids - Bronze Award : Professional : Nature : Aerial Burner - Bronze Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Crimson - Bronze Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Peaks - Bronze Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Psychedelic - Bronze Award : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract Peaks - Bronze Award : Professional : Fine Art : Landscape Peaks - Finalist : Professional : Nature : Aerial Rakaia River Braids - Finalist : Professional : Fine Art : Abstract

2020

13th International Color Awards Majesty - Honorable Mention: Nature Enchantment - Nominee: Nature Brilliance - Nominee: Nature Stop - Nominee: Abstract Dragon - Nominee: Aerial Hare - Nominee: Aerial Pastels - Nominee: Aerial Shades - Nominee: Aerial Fusion - Nominee: Aerial WPE International Photography Awards 2020 Enchantment - 1st Place Winner: Landscape Majesty - Silver Award: Landscape Wonderland - Silver Award: Landscape Reign - Silver Award: Landscape Rise - Silver Award: Landscape Dissolve - Silver Award: Landscape Reef Dreaming - Silver Award: Aerial Hare - Silver Award: Aerial Duet - Bronze Award: Landscape Aerial Photography Awards 2020 Dragon - 3rd Place Winner: Abstract International Garden Photographer of the Year 13 Majesty - Finalist + 6th Place: Breathing Spaces

2019

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2019 Enchantment - Winner : EPSON DIgital Art Award Enchantment - Gold Award + 2nd Place Winner : Open, Nature Aoraki - Bronze Award: Open, Nature Passage - Bronze Award: Open, Nature Moscow International Foto Awards 2019 Spirit Tree - Honorable Mention : Seasons Celestial Skies - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Opulence - Honorable Mention : Travel/Tourism 12th International Color Awards Afterlife - Nominee : Nature Beneath - Nominee : Architecture Dissolve - Nominee : Fine Art 5th Fine Art Photography Awards Descent - 2nd Place Winner : Panoramic Afterlife - Nominee : Seascape Awaken - Nominee : Seascape Celestial Skies - Nominee : Night Photography Eternity - Nominee : Night Photography Harmony - Nominee : Panoramic Heaven's Gate - Nominee : Panoramic Mystic Forest - Nominee : Nature Rainforest Symphony - Nominee : Nature River City Sunrise - Nominee : Panoramic Shadowland - Nominee : Landscape Sydney Splendour - Nominee : Panoramic Tidal Guardians - Nominee : Panoramic Twisted Snow Gums - Nominee : Nature Under The Clocks - Nominee : Cityscape International Photography Awards 2019 Wonderland - 3rd Place WInner - Nature: Sunset Indigo - Honorable Mention - Fine Art: Abstract Indigo - Honorable Mention - Fine Art: Landscape Indigo - Honorable Mention - Nature: Landscape Afterlife - Honorable Mention - Nature: Astrophotography Afterlife - Honorable Mention - Special: Night Photography Arctic Dawn - Honorable Mention - Nature: Landscape Arctic Dawn - Honorable Mention - Nature: Seasons Brilliance (Unreleased) - Honorable Mention - Nature: Sunset Celestial Skies - Honorable Mention - Nature: Astrophotography Celestial Skies - Honorable Mention - Special: Night Photography Dissolve - Honorable Mention - Special: Panoramic Enchantment - Honorable Mention - Nature: Sunset Eternity - Honorable Mention - Nature: Astrophotography Eternity - Honorable Mention - Special: Night Photography Daydream - Honorable Mention - Nature: Aerial Daydream - Honorable Mention - Special: Panoramic Passage - Honorable Mention - Nature: Landscape Passage - Honorable Mention - Special: Panoramic

2018

11th International Color Awards Awaken - Nominee : Nature Eternity - Nominee : Nature Celestial Skies - Nominee : Nature Reef Dreaming - Nominee : Aerial Shadowland - Nominee : Silhouettes EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2018 Tidal Spirit - Bronze Award : Open, Nature Afterlife - Bronze Award : Open, Nature Reinefjorden Sunrise - Bronze Award : Open, Nature Vestrahorn Sunrise - Bronze Award : Open, Nature International Garden Photographer of the Year 11 Tidal Guardians - Commended : Trees, Woods & Forest Harmony - Shortlisted : Trees, Woods & Forest

2017

International Photography Awards 2017 Sydney Splendour - Honorable Mention : Panoramic Sydney Splendour - Honorable Mention : Architecture Eternity - Honorable Mention : Night Photography Celestial Skies - Honorable Mention : Night Photography Craig's Hut - Honorable Mention : Panoramic Harmony - Honorable Mention : Panoramic Pathway To Heaven - Honorable Mention : Panoramic Reef Dreaming - Honorable Mention : Panoramic Shadowland - Honorable Mention : Nature: Sunsets EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2017 Daydream - Silver Award : Open, Nature Dissolve - Bronze Award : Open, Nature Dissolve - Bronze Award : Open, Built Environment River City Sunrise - Bronze Award : Open, Nature Gathering - Bronze Award : Open, Nature

2016

IPA 2016 Awaken - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Celestial Skies - Honorable Mention : Night Craig's Hut - Honorable Mention : Historic Hand Of God - Honorable Mention : Sunset Harmony - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Harmony - Honorable Mention : Trees Harmony - Honorable Mention : Seasons Mystic Forest - Honorable Mention : Trees Ocean Keepers - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Ocean Keepers - Honorable Mention : Sunset IPA 2016 Reef Dreaming - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Reef Dreaming - Honorable Mention : Aerial Remnants - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Remnants - Honorable Mention : Historic Shadowland - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Shadowland - Honorable Mention : Sunset Spirit Tree - Honorable Mention : Seasons Storm Cell - Honorable Mention : Landscapes Sydney Splendour - Honorable Mention Winter Wonderland - Honorable Mention EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2016 Apostles Sunset - Bronze Award Ascend - Bronze Award Harmony - Bronze Award Remnants - Bronze Award Resilience - Bronze Award Sunkissed - Bronze Award

2015

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2015 Beneath - Bronze Award Tempest - Bronze Award : Landscape Tempest - Bronze Award : Built Environment Nightfall - Bronze Award Descent - Bronze Award Tidal Guardians - Bronze Award Weathered - Bronze Award Desert Moon - Bronze Award Dockland Dreaming - Bronze Award IPA 2015 Ancient Abbey - Honorable Mention Awaken - Honorable Mention Blue - Honorable Mention Storm Cell - Honorable Mention Tidal Guardians - Honorable Mention Beckon - Honorable Mention

2014

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2014 Otherworld - Bronze Award (Crop) Heaven's Gate - Bronze Award Sanctuary - Bronze Award Spirit Tree - Bronze Award (Crop) Quiraing Colours - Bronze Award (Crop) Forgotten Island - Bronze Award Vanish - Bronze Award

WIF Awards 2014 - People's Choice Spirit Tree - 3rd Place Nature's Embrace - 4th Place FMP Excellence in Business Awards 2014 Mark Gray Gallery - Finalist + Winner (Retail)

IPA 2014 Shadowland - Honorable Mention International Garden Photographer of Year 2014 Mystic Forest - 1st Place : Trees, Forest & Woodlands

2012

International Loupe Awards 2012 Bournda - Silver Award Heaven's Gate - Silver Award Wander - Bronze Award Sacred Waterhole - Bronze Award Melbourne Flames - Bronze Award Labyrinth - Bronze Award Transcend - Bronze Award Island Relic - Bronze Award Ghost Gum - Bronze Award Enchanted Falls - Bronze Award Winter Wonderland - Bronze Award Scarlet - Bronze Award Rising Tide - Bronze Award Autumn Colours - Bronze Award Jade - Bronze Award Bronte Dawn - Bronze Award Dreamtime - Bronze Award Gibson's Beach Sunrise - Bronze Award Recede - Bronze Award First Fall - Bronze Award Solace - Bronze Award Silent Waters - Bronze Award Kata Tjuta Dawn - Bronze Award Forgotten Island - Bronze Award Blue - Bronze Award Griffiths Island Lighthouse - Bronze Award Twisted Snow Gums - Bronze Award Descent - Bronze Award

CAA 2012 Craigs Hut - Silver Award Reef Dreaming - Silver Award Desert Light - Silver Award Sydney Splendour - Bronze Award Heaven's Glory - Bronze Award Labyrinth - Bronze Award Autumn Colours - Bronze Award Pilbara Sunset - Bronze Award IPA 2012 Descent - Honorable Mention Craigs Hut - Honorable Mention Sydney Splendour - Honorable Mention Reef Dreaming - Honorable Mention Labyrinth - Honorable Mention Desert Light - Honorable Mention Pathway To Heaven - Honorable Mention

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2012 Reef Dreaming - Gold Award + Finalist Kata Tjuta Dawn - Silver Award Sacred Waterhole - Bronze Award Transcend - Bronze Award Tokoriki Dreaming - Bronze Award Melbourne Flames - Bronze Award Labyrinth - Bronze Award Pilbara Sunset - Bronze Award Weathered - Bronze Award Bournda - Bronze Award Island Torches - Bronze Award Autumn Colours - Bronze Award Enchanted Falls - Bronze Award Cape Leveque Sunset - Bronze Award Wild Light - Bronze Award

2011

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2011 Craigs Hut - Silver Award Sydney Splendour - Silver Award Twisted Snow Gums - Bronze Award Breathe - Bronze Award Wrecked - Bronze Award Desert Light - Bronze Award Rising Tide - Bronze Award Winter Wonderland - Bronze Award

International Loupe Awards 2011 - Open Sydney Splendour - Silver Award Weathered - Bronze Award Breathe - Bronze Award Island Shelter - Bronze Award Heaven's Glory - Bronze Award Upolu - Bronze Award

International Loupe Awards 2011 - Medium Format Sydney Splendour - Silver Award Desert Light - Silver Award Weathered - Silver Award Breathe - Bronze Award Island Shelter - Bronze Award Heaven's Glory - Bronze Award Upolu - Bronze Award Tokoriki Dreaming - Bronze Award

 

2010

EPSON International Panoramic Awards 2010 Barrenjoey Sunrise - Bronze Award Dusk - Bronze Award Heavens Glory - Bronze Award Picnic Cove - Bronze Award Fiery Skies - Bronze Award

International Aperture Awards 2010 Craigs Hut - Silver Award Pathway To Heaven - Silver Award Reef Dreaming - Bronze Award

CIWEM’s Environmental Photographer of Year 2010 Reef Dreaming - Finalist

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