Levin-born and raised photographer Kelvin Gilbert has again proven himself an artistic powerhouse, named the 2017 AIPP Australian Overseas Photographer of the Year.
Now based in the Manawatu, Mr Gilbert was also a finalist for New Zealand Photographer of the Year in 2016 and 2017, and was named New Zealand's Grand Master of Photography - the youngest person awarded the honour at 28. Only eleven people have ever received it.
Mr Gilbert, who co-directs creative advertising agency Origin Eight in Palmerston North, submitted a series of physical prints for the awards, the largest for professional print photography in Australia, and one of the largest in the world, attracting high-level photography and intense competition.
His approach involves many hours of post-production work, and is geared towards an illustrative, fine art direction, he said.