Welcome to the Readers' Choice voting page for the RUSSH Creative Showcase 2025.

Of the hundreds of entries we received, our expert panel of judges shortlisted these 20.

The creative work that receives the most votes here will be crowned our Readers' Choice winner; and will be featured in our March 2026 issue of RUSSH.

Voting closes at midnight on 16 November. You can head to our information page for more on our Creative Showcase in 2025.

Ahmed Khan

@vemodalenmedia

About

I'm a Sydney-based fashion photographer aiming to capture the beauty of fashion and art through my lens. With 6+ years of experience in fashion photography across both editorial and commercial, I took a leap and moved to London in 2025 for a year, to navigate the creative industry in Europe. My aim is to bring my learnings and knowledge from this experience back home to Sydney. Vemodalen is the frustration of photographing something that has already been photographed countless times which is what I have always felt, but have also used it as a driving factor to continue to evolve and strengthen my work.

Team Credits

Photographer: Ahmed Khan (@vemodalenmedia)

Model: Georgina Solomon ( @_georgina.solomon)
Stylist: Bailey MacDonald (@bbaileymacdonald)

Alisa Pontifix

@alisapontifix_designs

About

Alisa Pontifix is a 20-year-old visual communication designer specialising in photography, based in Sydney, Australia. She focuses on creating timeless, elegant and beautiful designs. Her creative passion is designing movement into form; creating spaces where meaning is unfolded and design is not only an object, but an ongoing experience.

Team Credits

FASHION: Romance Was Born @romancewasborn
PHOTOGRAPHY: Alisa Pontifix
STYLIST: Alisa Pontifix
ART DIRECTION: Alisa Pontifix
MODELS: Brady Jones @bradyjones._, Krystal Hamady @krystalhamady, Sienna Androulakis @siennna.23

Amal Tofaili Bleed

@toffyinc

About

I am a self-taught street photographer currently living in Melbourne with my husband and two sons. I have no formal training and don’t come from a family of artists or photographers, but have always had a passion for creating. I took a break from photography and began experimenting with hand-cut collage art as a way to express my emotions and understand myself. It has challenged me to view things in new and interesting ways, and to be open to allowing the work to reveal itself in the process.

Team Credits

Photography: Amal Tofaili Bleed @toffyinc

Amaya Ottosson

@amaya_ottosson

About

Amaya Ottosson is a Sydney-based photographer and emerging creative working at the intersection of fashion, beauty, and editorial storytelling. Growing up in sport and coaching tennis for the past five years has given her an instinctive sense of movement, discipline, and ease, qualities that quietly shape her imagery.

Team Credits

Anderson Kellen

@andersonkellenn

About

Anderson Kellen is a 20-year-old fashion stylist, photographer and practising artist on Gadigal land, exploring paradoxes and inconsistencies within the intersection of fashion culture, urban environments and printmaking.

Born in New York City and now based in Sydney, Kellen utilises his background in printmaking and art theory to attach surreal and esoteric philosophies to his styling and photography, seeking to breathe emotion back into the Australian fashion landscape.

Team Credits

Photographer & Stylist: Anderson Kellen
Model: Tom Brookes @ Rebel Rebel Agency
Assist: Finn Rayner
Model Agent: Caytlan Koljndrekaj
Trenchcoat design: Charlie Hope-Parsons

Bianca Murphy

@bianca.murphy.photography

About

I am a photographer from Melbourne Australia, whose passion for photography stems from my love of colourful and creative imagery, and my passion for exploration of creativity within fashion.

My love for design, fashion and the creative community has allowed me to collaborate and create freely – in a way that can't be done commercially – to continue to explore and learn about many different ways of life and ways of thinking in Australia and worldwide.

Team Credits

Photographer: Bianca Murphy
Stylist: Tyra Nyakairu Kabogo
Model: Kagi James Kabogo

Elissa Trlifaj

@shotxstyled_byliss

About

Elissa Trlifaj is an emerging creative director and stylist completing a Bachelor of Design at Whitehouse Institute of Design. Based between Newcastle and Sydney, she draws inspiration from her coastal upbringing and the relaxed rhythm of beach life. Her work merges nostalgia and emotion, crafting visual stories that are expressive, refined, and deeply connected.

Team Credits

Creative director, stylist and photographer: Elissa Trlifaj
Makeup artist: Amanda Turner
Models from Facon modelling agency: Makayla and Kaylah

Hannah Ellen Raynor

@byhanellen / @hannahraynor_

About

Hannah Raynor is an emerging Melbourne-based creative, with a specialisation in creative direction and styling, particularly in fashion and lifestyle disciplines. She enjoys playing with minimalism, textural elements and nostalgia to create alluring imagery that often juxtaposes the dramatic and simplistic styles.

Her work is driven by ensuring beautiful aesthetics and curated moods that are directed by engaging concepts, backed by her own world view and personal experiences. Through her creative practice, she seeks to weave her keen eye for the small details, and love of abstract design elements into all she does.

Team Credits

Photography: Hannah Raynor
Stylist: Hannah Raynor
Makeup: Holly Roberts
Hair: Gabi Havens
Models: Abuk Yai - Self represented, Charley Wakelin - via People Agency
Assist/lights: Isobel Spanos

Hannah Rowell & Jesper Hede

@hannah_rowell @jesperhede

About

Hannah Rowell is an emerging Melbourne based stylist known for crafting sculptural narratives through form and texture. Her work explores the tension between elegance and edge, often spotlighting Melbourne designers to celebrate local artistry.

Danish-born, Melbourne-based photographer Jesper Hede, founder of Mother Agency, is driven by a pursuit of authenticity and individuality. His striking visual storytelling reveals a distinct sensibility that feels both refined and raw.

Together in this collaboration they champion a vision of beauty grounded in creativity.

Team Credits

Photographer: Jesper Hede
Stylist: Hannah Rowell
Talent: Nicole Leymeyer
Hair & Makeup: Shannon Bunn
Writer and Creative Consult: Harry Crean

Holly Blanshard & Bronte Gray

@holly.blanshard

About

Holly Blanshard:
A Sydney-based photographer with a love for capturing people, the quiet beauty in everyday life and the details that often go unnoticed.

Bronte Gray:
A Sydney-based stylist inspired by nature’s untamed forms, I draw from the depth and dynamism of raw beauty to shape my creative vision.

Team Credits

Photographer: Holly Blanshard (@holly.blanshard)
Natural art: B.C house Darlinghurst (@bchouse.sydney)
Model: Mami (@mami.oui)
Stylist: Bronte Gray (@bronteegray)
MUA: Sydney Taeko (@Sydobys)
Assistant: Hannah Keating (@hannahkeating94)

Jack Chesher

@jackchesher

About

A hair and makeup artist guided by culture and inspired by questioning societal norms. After 10 years, I’m stepping into creative direction to tell new stories and challenge what we consider beautiful.

Team Credits

Creative Direction/HMU: Jack Chesher @jackchesher
Photography: Renata Dominik @renatadotjpg
Styling: Martha Mills @madebymarthamills
Video: Alexander Leeway @alexanderleeway
Talent: Peyton Leong @peytonleong + Diya Prabhakar @diya_prabhakar
MU Assistant: Erin Steele @erinsteelemakeup
Hair Assistant: Valentina Martinez @valen.tina4464
BTS: Heng Ngov @hng_ngov

Jack Evstigneev

@jackevstigneev

About

Jack Evstigneev is a Sydney-based photographer celebrated for his collaborative attitude in exploring whatever infatuates. This body of work in particular explores the psychology of image-making, and how colour, light, and composition shape emotional decision-making. His work bridges photography, psychology, and fine art, created in collaboration with Jonathon Nati [consumer behaviouralist and art consultant] and Miguel Pacheco [visual artist and colour theorist]. Chromatic Persuasion investigates how colour functions as an architect of feeling. Each photograph reveals how chromatic relationships — complementary versus analogous — modulate emotional valence and guide unconscious gazing. Through warm–cool counterpoints, deliberate distortions, and painterly intervention, colour becomes both the subject and manipulator.

Team Credits

Photography: Jack Evstigneev
Talent: Jonathon Nati & Miguel Pacheco
Styling: Misha Evstigneev, wearing ZaneRobe & EVH Agency

James Watts

@rjameswatts

About

As a current student studying Creative Direction & Fashion Styling, I am obsessed with creating visually stunning narratives that push the boundaries of fashion and beauty.

Within my styling and photography practice, I harken back to classic aesthetics of editorial photography – embodying the timeless elegance, subtle nuance, and art of storytelling through a single frame.

I find my inspiration at the intersection of art, fashion and culture – where, for me, fashion becomes a powerful medium for self-expression and artistic exploration.

Team Credits

Photographer, Stylist, Editor: James Watts
Models: Mandy Wang, Oliver Weir (Priscilla's)
Garments: Sacai, Helmut Lang, Upcycled Garments (Designed by James Watts, Seamstress Josephine Tan - Whitehouse Institute of Design)

Jana Kirn

@j_kirn

About

Jana Kirn is a photographer and videographer based in Byron Bay. Her eye is drawn to colour and raw moments, and her ability to quickly connect with her subject is directly represented in her work. When she’s not behind the lens, you’ll find her in the ocean, surfing.

Team Credits

Photographer : Jana Kirn
Model: Sydney Walker
Stylist: Jana Kirn + Pierre-Louis Laforge
Assistant: Pierre-Louis Laforge

Michelle Abraham & Rhyana McNab

@i.michelleabraham
@remluvstyle

About

Two emerging creatives from Aotearoa, now based in Sydney, Rhyana and Michelle explore imagery that feels fresh and unguarded; a reflection of youth and shared perspective for the everyday.

Team Credits

Photographed: Michelle Abraham
Styled: Rhyana McNab
Model: Ariel Toole (IMG)

Morgan Wood

@morganwoodcreative

About

Based in Sydney, art director and photographer Morgan Wood captures beauty as a state of mind, a quiet dialogue between emotion and environment. Her imagery is tender and immersive, a study in stillness, femininity, and the sensory pull of the sea. Her work carries an Australian nostalgia tinted by her American roots, bringing a duality of freedom and refinement.

Team Credits

Creative Director & Photographer: Morgan Wood
Art Director: Brooke Cavallaro
Stylist: Caroline Hewson
Hair & Makeup Artist: Emily Fausset
Model: Robine Donna

Row Lily Ahern

@rowlilyahern

About

Row is a young creative focused on his future in fashion photography and design. He describes his design identity as queer, art-forward and textural. He looks forward to growing and learning more and taking every opportunity that comes his way. Row finds beauty in the layered, complex feeling we have and thinks we should celebrate the mess of being human.

Team Credits

Photographer: Row Lily Ahern
Stylist: Row Lily Ahern
Model: Beau Fowler
Model: Jade Leaman

Sheree Porter and Izzy Rook

@sheree__porter @izzyrook__

About

Sheree Porter is an Australian photographer who spent 13 years assisting across the UK, US, and Australia before returning home to establish her own practice three years ago. Her work is driven by a deep appreciation for light and storytelling, using both to create images that connect emotionally with her audience. With a background shaped by diverse international experiences, Sheree brings a cinematic sensitivity to her fashion and portrait work. She continues to honour her roots in film photography, valuing its tangible craft and timeless aesthetic as a foundation for her contemporary visual narrative.

Originally from London and now based in Sydney, Izzy Rook began her career assisting costume designers on productions including Barbie, Fantastic Beasts and Indiana Jones. With a background shaped by film, theatre and her granny’s sewing lessons, Izzy's work leans into narrative and character. Now assisting across campaigns, runway and editorial – with her own work recently featured in Marie Claire Australia – Izzy enjoys exploring the meeting point between costume and fashion.

Team Credits

Photographer : Sheree Porter
Stylist : Izzy Rook
Model : Darcy Jackson @Chadwicks
Make Up : Tammi Mayhew
Hair : Lachlan Wignall

Stephanie Pedersen

@stephpedersen.co

About

My art is created from a distinctly feminine perspective, offering more than just a visual experience. I take the time to connect with my subject on a deeper level, crafting imagery that feels both poetic and intimate. Drawing inspiration from European painters and cinematographers, my work tells stories through a lens shaped by empathy, sensitivity, and a uniquely feminine point of view. Each photograph invites you into a personal moment, an invitation to connect and experience something meaningful.

Team Credits

Photographer: Steph Pedersen
Model: Abbey Garret @IMG
Stylist: Georgina Kar
Creative Director: Candice Lewin
Makeup: Jaque Dicondio
Hair: Adam Hopkins

Troy Freyee

@freyeephoto

About

I’m a photographer drawn to emotion over perfection, chasing the moments that feel unposed, raw, and real. My work lives somewhere between rebellion and softness, exploring freedom, identity, and the space we create when we let go of control. I shoot mainly on film to stay honest, to let light, texture, and imperfection tell the story.

Team Credits

Model: Irene: @irene_miley_hermes
HMUA & stylist: O yu @rabbit_on_the_rainbow
Location: @futherhotel
Photography: Troy Freyee @freyeephoto

The RUSSH Creative Showcase 2025 is proudly supported by our partners Omoda and Camera House.

Both Omoda and Camera House share RUSSH’s commitment to creativity, innovation and self-expression, representing a passion for pushing boundaries and seeing the world through a fresh lens. The RUSSH Creative Showcase is a celebration of imagination, craft and the creative spirit that drives our community forward. Their partnerships have helped bring this initiative to life in 2025.