Dean Sewell (photographer)

Sewell grew up in Sydney and started his career as a news photographer for The Sydney Morning Herald.{{Cite web |url=http://www.austtopphotographers.com.au/4A44E76C-B3D1-11DE-B4C30050568C22C9 |title=Australia's Top Photographers: Dean Sewell |access-date=2 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101122130846/http://www.austtopphotographers.com.au/4A44E76C-B3D1-11DE-B4C30050568C22C9 |archive-date=22 November 2010 |url-status=dead }}

His first major award was in 1994 when he received the Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year.

Based in Moscow in 1996 and 1997, Sewell covered the First Chechen War and Russian Federal Elections as well as documenting social issues in the Post-Soviet states.{{Cite web |url=http://www.charleshewitt.com.au/artists/dean-sewell/cv |title=CV | Dean Sewell | Charles Hewitt Gallery |access-date=2 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225114157/http://www.charleshewitt.com.au/artists/dean-sewell/cv |archive-date=25 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Sewell's series on The Block, an Aboriginal community in Redfern, an inner suburb of Sydney, was showcased at the Visa pour l'image festival of photojournalism in Perpignan, France.

In 2001, Sewell was a co-founder of the Australian documentary photography collective Oculi.

In 2004, Sewell flew to Aceh just after the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami and photographed the aftermath. His work won a World Press Photo award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Sewell-wins-world-prize/2005/02/12/1108061880672.html|title = Sewell wins world prize|date = 12 February 2005}}

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• 1994 – Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 1998 – Nikon-Walkley Australian Press Photographer of the Year{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2000 – World Press Photo Award – 2nd Place – People in the News category – East Timor independence{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2001 – Leica/Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) Documentary Photography Award – Highly commended 'Cave Clan'{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2002 – World Press Photo Award (3rd Place) – Nature and the Environment category – Australian bushfires{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2003 – Finalist – Energex Arbour Contemporary Art Prize{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2003 – Finalist – Agfa, Das BildForum 7th International Prize for Young Photojournalists{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2004 – Finalist, Josephine Ulrick National Photography Prize – 'Lara'{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2005 – World Press Photo Award – Spot News Stories – Aceh Tsunami aftermath{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2006 – Winner, Australia's Top Photographers, Photojournalism {{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2007 – Finalist, Head On portrait prize, Australian Centre for Photography{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2009 – Finalist, National Photographic Portrait Prize – 'Common Ground'{{Citation needed|date=March 2016}}
• 2009 – Moran Contemporary Photography Prize – 'A Dry Argument' Murray Darling Basin{{cite web |url=http://www.moranprizes.com.au/ |title=Home |website=moranprizes.com.au}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110220141310/http://oculi.com.au/photographers/dean-sewell/ Sewell's page on the Oculi site]

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