PIPPA SAMAYA
Pippa Samaya is a photographer/film-maker with two overlapping specialisations of practice: dance/movement, and humanitarian documentary.
Awards include being a two-time winner of the International 60 Second Dance Film Competition (Denmark/Finland), winner of an Australian Dance Award for Excellence in Dance on Film, double win at the SALON exhibit at CCP (AU), Best Film at FAD Film Festival (US), The Berlin motion picture festival (DE), the International portrait film festival(BUL), Best Music Video at the NIMA awards(AU), finalist in the National Photography Prize(AU), the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, The Association of Photographers(AOP) (UK) awards and IRIS portraiture prize (PCP).
She has worked extensively with the dance and portrait industry in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Pippa’s humanitarian documentary work evolved from several years traveling with NGO One Voice to remote villages in India and Nicaragua, and a Syrian Refugee camp in Greece - documenting human experience and connection through co-creation.
