Ari Rex

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Ari Rex is an international award-winning photographer based in Canberra. He is regarded as a leading professional in his field.

Ari won the 2021 AIPP Silver Lining Awards "Manmade" category. Last year he was also awarded Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 and in 2019 winner of the 1st Place in Astrophotography at the prestigious IPA International Photography Awards.

Born in Vlore, on the south coast of Albania, Ari's interest in photography started when he was a little boy. His father had an old Zorki camera and Ari was fascinated by it, since then his passion for photography kept growing and expanding.

Ari is driven by perfection. His broad technical knowledge has allowed him to work in many fields of photography including portrait, wedding, event and commercial photography. Ari loves photographing people, he also continues his lifelong pursuit in landscape, macro and astrophotography, many of these works can be seen in his social media account links above.

For Ari, there is nothing as magical as when the camera captures the full splendour of the Milky Way arching over the horizon. It is a skill he loves to share through specialist courses for those keen to perfect their own experience of capturing the stars.

Ari holds an Advanced Diploma of Photography from CIT, Canberra.

He is also an accredited member of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography (AIPP). Ari is fluent in Albanian, Italian and English.

“I appreciate the often unseen beauty of everyday life, and I strive to capture that in every picture. I want my audience to feel a connection to my photographs through the story that they are trying to tell.”

"Only at night, we realise that we are part of something much bigger. At night you see the stars, the Milky Way, nebulae and galaxies that are thousands of light-years away; and that makes you see everything in perspective. This is also what feeds me physically and spiritually when I go out at night to photograph the stars."

Some of the awards

2021 Winner of AIPP Silver Lining Awards "Manmade" category

2021 Team Australia Representative – World Photography Cup Winning Team

2020 IPA Winner "Nature Photographer of the Year"

2020 Winner of "Seasons" Professional Category - IPA

2020 2nd Place , AIPP Silver Lining Awards "Celebrations" category

2020 Finalist, Documentary, Australian Photography Awards

2020 Bronze Medal, International Pano Awards

2020 Finalist, AIPP Silver Lining Awards , "Celebration"

2020 Finalist AIPP Silver Lining Awards , "Isolation"

2020 Semi Finalist HeadOn Photo Awards, Landscape

2019 1st Place Astrophotography, IPA International Photo Awards