Simon Bernhardt is an award-winning commercial, advertising and fine art photographer currently based in Sydney, Australia.
Bernhardt’s photographs have been recognised in numerous awards including the prestigious Olive Cotton Award for Portraiture, Head On Portrait and Landscape Awards and The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize.
Having exhibited over ten selected solo exhibitions and participated in over thirty group exhibitions internationally and nationally. His iconic photographs and monographs are held and archived in the permanent collections of The National Library of Australia, Australian Centre of Photography, Asia – Pacific Photobook Archive and various private collections around the world.
In 2012 Bernhardt’s second monograph Square Scapes gained international acclaim for his contemporary approach to minimal urban landscape photography and his dedication to friend and mentor the great Australian painter Jeffrey Smart.
MONOGRAPHS
2016 BDSM
2014 Gateway
2012 Square Scapes
2010 Polaroid Holiday
SELECTED AWARDS
2021 Finalist, Head On Landscape Prize
2021 Semi Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2021 Finalist, PCP Iris Award - For Photographic Portraiture
2020 Semi Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2020 Semi Finalist, Head On Landscape Prize
2019 Finalist, The Olive Cotton Award – For Photographic Portraiture
2019 Semi Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2019 Semi Finalist, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2016 Finalist, Head On Portrait Prize
2015 Semi Finalist, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2015 Finalist and highly commended, Olive Cotton Award – For Photographic Portraiture
2015 Finalist and highly commended, PCP Iris Award - For Photographic Portraiture
2014 APPA Silver Photography Book Award for GATEWAY
2014 AIPP NSW Professional Portrait Photographer of the Year, Second Place
2013 Finalist and highly commended, Olive Cotton Award – For Photographic Portraiture
2013 Finalist and highly commended, Apache Clip Awards – Contemporary Landscapes
2012 Semi Finalist, The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize
2010 Photographic Art Book Grant, City of Sydney
2009 Winner, National Avant Post Card Award
2008 Winner, National Avant Post Card Award
PUBLICATIONS
ACB Beauty Magazine
Art of Cosmetic Beauty, Australia and USA
Black and White Magazine
Celebrations Magazine
Couture Magazine
DCM Magazine
Eva Magazine, Slovakia
Emirates Woman
Fashion Handbook
Good Food Magazine
Good Living Magazine
Good Weekend Magazine
Highlights Magazine
Hong Kong Cosmopolitan
Hong Kong Tatler
Jewellery Magazine
Marie Claire
Modern Wedding Fashion
Noi.se Magazine
S Magazine, Denmark
Sydney Wedding Fashion
Space Magazine
Sydney Leading Homes
Studio Magazines
The Weekend Australian Magazine
The Sydney Morning Herald – Essentials
100k+ Magazine