• Silver with Distinction Award for Woman on a tree – 2019 APPA: In-Camera Portrait
• Silver Award for the Maasai: 2019 APPA – Travel
• Silver Award for Drought: 2019 APPA – Travel
• Silver Award for Amy: 2019 APPA – Travel category
• Honourable Mention for the Maasai People series: 2019 MonoVisions Photography Awards – Travel
• Silver Award for From the seed of Warriors – 2019 Creative Focus Competition
• ‘Man with a leather jacket‘ is published inside Portrait of Humanity book by The British Journal of Photography, in partnership with Magnum Photos
• Bronze Award for  Maasai Women Set – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards: Travel category
• Bronze Award for Kimironko Market – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards: Travel category
• Bronze Award for Woman and Musket – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards: In-Camera Portrait category
• Silver Award for William – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards: In-Camera Portrait category
• Gold Award for Woman on a tree – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards: In-Camera Portrait category
• Silver with Distinction Award for the Maasai: 2019 NZIPP IRIS Awards – Travel category
• Silver Award for Man with a Stick – 2019 NZIPP IRIS Award: Travel category
• “Freckles” was selected to be published into the 2019 New Zealand Camera Book
• Bare Truth is published in PhotoWolrd, a prestigious Chinese magazine – interview by Dr. Alasdair Foster
• Published inside Issue 12 of Der Greif magazine, guest edited by Broomberg & Chanarin. Images that are too private, too quiet, too violent, too political, too subversive or too explicit to share online. Only available in print, Issue 12 challenges our way of looking at and perceiving images. It asks if and how we may all be complicit to an ongoing commodification of imagery by using social media.
• Exhibited at SeeMe’s One Self: identity and self-reflection at the Chashama Gala & Afterparty in New York City in the 66th floor of One World Trade Center.
• Highly Commended for William– 2019 North Shore Salon – Open category, digital
• Honours for Che Guevara – 2019 North Shore Salon – People category, print
• Honours for Potato Market– 2019 North Shore Salon – Open category, digital
• Honours for Man with a Stick – 2019 North Shore Salon – Street category, digital
• Honours for the Three Brothers – 2019 North Shore Salon – Street category, digital
• Silver Medal form The Empire State – 2019 North Shore Salon – Scapes category, print
• Silver Medal for Shoe Men – 2019 North Shore Salon – Street Category, digital
• Honours for Drought – 2019 North Shore Salon – Open category – digital
• Bronze Medal for Woman and Musket – 2019 North Shore Salon – Open Colour category, print
• Bronze Medal for The Old Willow Tree – 2019 North Shore Salon – Scapes category, print
• Bronze Medal for The Hunter – 2019 North Shore Salon – Open Monochrome category, print
• Silver Medal for Timid – 2019 North Shore Salon – People category, print
• Gold Medal for the Maasai – 2019 North Shore Salon – People Category – Print
• Exhibiting 15 prints and digital images at the North Shore Salon, held at the Mairangi Bay Arts Centre as part of the 2019 Festival Of Photography.
• Bronze medal at the Four Nations competition for the image Cracked
• The image Freckles won Finalist at Trustpower Photographic Competition: Points of view and displayed for eight weeks at the Strand.
• Photo of the day – Siena International Photography Awards – Cracked
• PSNZ Silver Award at the 2019 National Exhibition for Monochrome Digital Image – Amy 
• Semi Finalist -hEADoN Photo Festival – Amy

2018

• Bronze Medal for ‘Trellic Tower‘- 2018 Iris Awards: Landscape
• Silver with Distinction for ‘Convergence‘- 2018 Iris Awards: Landscape
• Silver with Distinction for ‘Jesus Christ‘- 2018 Iris Awards: Portrait In-Camera Artistry
• Silver with Distinction for ‘Boy with a Hammer‘ – 2018 Iris Awards: Portrait In-Camera Artistry
• Silver with Distinction for ‘Beauty and the Beast‘ – 2018 Iris Awards: Portrait In-Camera Artistry
• Silver Medal for ‘Cracked‘ – 2018 Iris Awards: Portrait In-Camera Artistry
• Faces of Morocco is featured in D-Photo magazine June-July 2018 printed edition.
• Alicia is showing on the June-July 2018 cover of D-Photo magazine, available in bookstores nationwide.
• Tunnel Beach photo and story are featured in The Star
• Alicia is exhibited in Sydney as part of HeadOn photo festival
• Exhibited seven monochrome portraits at ‘Out of Control’ as part of the 2018 Auckland Festival of Photography at Depot Artspace, Devonport, Auckland.
• Tunnel Beach photos are featured in Otago Daily Times: Stunning new images of iconic Dunedin beach
• Presenting seven award winning prints and seven digital images at the 2018 Auckland Festival of Photography as part of the North Shore Salon
• Silver Medal at the 2018 North Shore Salon for Boy with a Hammer
• Winner of the Grand Prize at the 2018 Sony Alpha Awards for the image Alicia
• Winner of the Portrait Category at the 2018 Sony Alpha Awards for the image Alicia
• Won the Bledisloe Cup trophy for the North Shore Photographic Society (one of four prints)

2017

• Gold medal: The Four Nations photo competition – Monochrome for the image: Man in a leather Jacket 
• Article in Stuff.co.nz: Auckland Photographer wins prestigious Gold Award
• Selected to represent the Photographic Society of NZ in an international photo competition: The Four Nations
• Published in the 33rd FIAP Black and White Print Biennial of the Photo Artists Society of Korea submitted by PSNZ: New Zealand Maori
• Silver with Distinction award for the book ‘Faces of Jerusalem’ NZIPP Iris Awards
• Bronze award for the book ‘Bare Truth’ NZIPP Iris Awards
• Bronze award for the ‘The Butcher’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Travel category
• Silver award for the ‘The Administrator’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Travel category
• Bronze award for the ‘The Copper Man’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Travel category
• Bronze award for the ‘Dying Wool’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Travel category
• Bronze award for the ‘Man in a room’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Portrait Classic category
• Silver award for the image’Nomad’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Portrait Classic category
• Silver award for the image’The Barber’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Portrait Classic category
• Gold award for the image ‘Man with a leather jacket’ in NZIPP Iris Awards, Portrait Classic category
• Participating in 2017 North Shore Salon of Photography exhibition as part of Auckland Festival of Photography
• Participating in NZIPP annual touring show of award winning prints as part of the 2017 Auckland Festival of Photography
• PSA Ribbon Honorable Mention Creative #1 for the image Kenwood in New Zealand International Salon 2017

2016

• Winner at the 11th Annual Black & White Spider Awards with Honorable Mention in Portrait category for the image Pukana (with 7,556 entries from 71 countries)
• Bronze medal from Eyeland Photography Awards for the book: Bare truth –  out of 4319 images from 65 countries
• NZIPP Pro Report – October 2016: Auckland Photographer of the Year – Bare Truth Set
• 2016 Auckland Photographer of the Year – The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography
• Milestones: Fish photo lands award – North Shore Times, September 13, 2016 edition
• D-Photo magazine article: Within the Walls of The Old City of Jerusalem
• Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year: TRAVCOM Travel Media Awards 2016
• Excellence in photography celebrated at Iris Awards: Highest Scoring Print – Issue 214 of The Photographer’s Mail magazine
• North Shore Times article: Gold Awards at the North Shore National Salon of Photography
• f11 magazine August 2016 edition: NZIPP Iris Award Highest Scoring Pint
• NZIPP Iris Awards: Highest Scoring Print for the Bare Truth Set
• NZIPP Iris Awards Finalist of both the Portrait Classic category and the Travel category.
• NZIPP Iris Awards one Gold with Distinction, two Gold Awards, three Silver Awards and four Bronze Awards
• Interview in Chinese language at World TV about the Bare Truth
• Gold medal for the image ‘Wings‘ at the North Shore Salon of Photography Street category
• Silver medal for ‘Houses’ at the North Shore Salon of Photography Scapes category
• Gold medal for the print ‘Dark‘ at the North Shore Salon of Photography People category
• Extended interview on TV3 Newshub on Bare Truth
• 40 prints from the Bare Truth portfolio are on exhibition at North Art gallery as part of Auckland Festival of Photography Signature Programme
• Participating in NZIPP annual touring show of award winning prints
• Bare Truth is featured on Mediaworks TV3 Newshub
• Bare Truth exhibition is featured in photoforum
• Bare Truth exhibition is promoted in NZ Herald’s Viva online culture guide for June
• Bare Truth is featured in The Wireless Magazine
• Silver medal for the image ‘From the Seed of Warriors’ by the Photographic Society of New Zealand National Exhibition Open Print
• Full page article in Sunday Star Times May 22, 2016 Art section about the Bare Truth project
• Article in the North Shore Times, May 17, 2016: ‘Exposing men’s hidden side in Bare Truth‘
• In The Old City article by Leonard Bell published in Art New Zealand Magazine Number 158 /Winter 2016
• Exhibiting 40 prints from the Bare Truth collection in hEAD oN Photo Festival, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
• Bare Truth clip showing on TV3 Story as a teaser to the Northart exhibition
• Featured in J-Wire Magazine article regarding the Bare Truth exhibition at Head On photo festival in Sydney
• Exhibiting the Bare Truth collection as part of the Signature Programme of the 2016 Auckland Festival of Photography
• Featured in issue 53, April 2016 of the prestigious f11 Magazine with 38 pages covering Faces of Jerusalem portfolio
• Gold FIAP medal for the image ‘Pukana’ at the First Exhibition of Photography “Portrait 2016 – Vienna” Austria
• Gold SALON medal for the image ‘Jesus’ at the First Exhibition of Photography “Portrait 2016 – Konya” Turkey
• Article in Design Assembly: Faces of Jerusalem – An Interfaith Journey
• Faces of Jerusalem – An Interfaith Journey exhibition is displayed at Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Feb 20-May 1
• Featured in an article on Good magazine: Faces of Jerusalem
• Radio interview with 95bFM regarding Faces of Jerusalem exhibition
• Interview in Radio NZ Standing Room Only regarding Faces of Jerusalem exhibition and the Bare Truth project
• Featured in an article on J-Wire:  Pictures from Jerusalem
• Featured in an article on STUFF.co.nz: Ilan Wittenberg’s Jerusalem photos transport viewer to old world
• Appointed as Accredited Judge by the Photographic Society on New Zealand [PSNZ]
• Honourable Mention in Monochrome Awards International Black and White Photography Contest for the image ‘From the Seed of Warriors’ in the Portrait category.
• Honourable Mention in Monochrome Awards International Black and White Photography Contest for the image ‘Attitude’ in the People category.

2015

• 2015 Auckland Photographer of the Year – The New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography
• 1st place award in the Documentary Book category of 2015 Moscow International Photo Awards for Faces of Jerusalem
• Online gallery in D-Photo website describing the Bare Truth project
• PSA Gold medal for the image ‘Skinny’ at Novi Sad First Circular Exhibition of Photography “DPW Summer Circuit 2015”
• FIAP Gold medal for the image ‘Attitude’ at Podgorica 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography “DPW Summer Circuit 2015”
• DPA Gold medal for the image ‘Blue Eyes’ at the second International Salon of Photography “Croatia DFA Exhibition 2015”
• NZIPP Iris Awards: two Bronze awards, seven Silver awards and one Silver with Distinction award.
• NZIPP Iris Awards Finalist of both the Portrait Classic category and the Documentary category.
• Salon Silver Medal for the image ‘Blue Eyes’ in the 2nd Circular Exhibition of Photography “DPA International Circuit”, Serbia in the Child category.
• Gold ICS medal for the image ‘My Store’ in the 2nd exhibition of photography ”BON VOYAGE 2015  – ZAJECAR”  – Serbia in  which received 1597 images by 403 authors from 57 countries.
• Salon Silver Medal for the image ‘The Scholar’ in the 2nd Circular Exhibition of Photography “DPA International Circuit”, Serbia in the Photojournalism category
• Gold FSS medal for the image ‘The Boulders’ in the 2nd exhibition of photography ”BON VOYAGE 2015  – ZAJECAR”  – Serbia which received 1434 images by 365 authors from 58 countries.
• Exhibited as part of the North Shore National Salon of Photography 2015 – Mairangi Bay Art Centre, Auckland.
• Gold PSA medal for the image ‘Attitude’ on the 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography by Photo club Kula in the category ‘Open Monochrome’
• Silver Salon medal for the image ‘The Nun’ in Tour Circuit 2015 by Novi Sad under the category ‘Women’.
• Silver medal for the image ‘Coffee with a Smile’ from North Shore National Salon of Photography 2015 under the set subject ‘People’.
• Exhibited together with Contemporary Photography Foundation as part of Auckland Festival of Photography: Kinder House, Parnell, Auckland.
• PSA Gold Medal for the image ‘The Boulders’ in the Landscape Category of 1st International Salon of Photography Romanija Photos
• Exhibited in Auckland Festival of Photography as part of NZIPP 2014 Iris Award: a touring exhibition showcasing the highest scoring photographs and celebrating the excellence of NZ’s professional photographers.
• SALON Silver medal for ‘The Scholar’ in the Croatia First Circular Exhibition of Photography: “DIGITALNA FOTO ARHIVA CIRCUIT 2015”
• SALON Gold medal for ‘Dome of the Rock’ in Serbia’s 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography: “Digitalna Foto Arhiva Circuit 2015”
• PSA Gold Medal for the image ‘On Patrol’ in Serbia’s 1st Circular Exhibition of Photography: “Digitalna Foto Arhiva Circuit 2015”
• PCA Gold medal for the image ‘The Fish Merchant’ in ”BALKAN DREAM” Photo Exhibition, Serbia which had 1,197 entries.
• PSA Gold Medal for ‘Twins in Boots’ in the Nude section of the Open-air Photo Award international photographic competition which received 922 images by 122 authors from 39 countries.
• FIAP Ribbon for ‘The Fish Merchant’ in the Mankind section of the Open-air Photo Award international photographic competition.
• IAAP Gold medal for ‘The Scholar’ in the Addiction section of the Open-air Photo Award international photographic competition.
• Gold Salon medal for ‘The Magazine Shop’ in the 1st MALINIK Digital Circuit 2015 Belgradchik which received 1,947 images by 494 authors from 59 countries.
• Published in the 2015 New Zealand Camera. This is a top quality, 160 page, case bound coffee-table book that showcases the work of members of the Photographic Society of New Zealand.
• Gold PSA medal for ‘Watching Through Time’. Belgrade Photo International Salon had 4,588 photos by 321 authors from 62 countries in the City category.
• Gold SALON medal for ‘The Fish Merchant’ in the 5th Exhibition of Photography “Portrait 2015” Serbia and Bulgaria with 1,820 photos by 460 authors from 62 countries in the Monochrome category.
• Submitted 18 monochrome prints to win a Fellowship from Photographic Society of New Zealand [PSNZ]

2014

• f11 Magazine – September 2014 edition – NZIPP Iris Awards
• Published a book: ‘Black, White and Colour’ – Exhibition Catalogue
• Held a solo exhibition ‘Black, White and Colour’: Silo Park, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland Waterfront.
• Gold UPI medal for ‘The Boulders’ in Danube Photo Club Digital Circuit with 1,290 photos in the Nature category by 325 authors from 52 countries.
• Champion Image  for the triptych ‘Silo 6′ at the Nelson National Triptych Salon.
• Gold FIAP medal: the Photo Association of Serbia had 1,344 images submitted for the Nature category by 340 photographer from 56 countries.
• Exhibited in Auckland Festival of Photography as part of NZIPP 2013 Iris Award
• NZIPP Iris Awards: six Silver and four Bronze awards. Finalist of the Creative category.
• Awarded the distinction Associate of the Photographic Society of New Zealand after submitting a portfolio of 12 portraits to the PSNZ Honours Board. I am now able to use the letters APSNZ after my name
• The Shirley Peverill Memorial Trophy with a Gold medal for the Best Photojournalism Print for my image ‘The Scholar’
• Awarded a PSNZ Bronze medal for the image titled ‘Zebra Looking Down’ – Digital Monochrome category
• New Zealand Herald [April 11, 2014 paper edition]: featured inside a double spread together with three other Auckland photographers
• Gold PSA medal for ‘The Scholar’. The image came first out of 2,128 photos, submitted by 534 authors from 61 countries in the Monochrome category of the competition: “Ecological Truth 2014”.
• North Shore National Salon of Photography:  one Highly Commended & seven Acceptance awards
• Tauranga Audio-Visual Salon – Acceptance award for the AV ‘Lest We Forget’
• Silver Medal at the International Association of Art Photographers [IAAP] from the International Salon in Serbia

2013

• North Shore National Salon of Photography: Two Bronze medals, one Highly Commended & nine Acceptance
• Natex: Four Selected Awards
• Exhibited in Auckland Festival of Photography as part of NZIPP 2012 Iris Award
• NZIPP Iris Awards: One Silver Distinction, six Silver and one Bronze award.
• Awarded the distinction Master of The NZIPP
• NZIPP: Finalist Portrait Classic Category
• NZIPP: Finalist Portrait Creative Category
• AIPP APPA: Two Silver and one Silver Distinction
• D-Photo magazine: featured in a three double spread article inside this prestigious magazine!
• f11 magazine – September 2013 edition – NZIPP Iris Awards

2012

• North Shore National Salon of Photography: One Bronze and one Silver medal
• NZIPP Iris Awards: five Bronze awards.
• NZIPP: Qualified as a Portrait Photographer.