Stuart CHAPE: Coral reef and islands, Fiji

2026 MAPh Photography Fair

Stuart CHAPE
born Australia 1953
Coral reef and islands, Fiji 2015 
pigment ink-jet print
archival matt art paper
unframed
112.0 x 63.0 cm
ed. 2/20 
collection of the artist
courtesy of Stuart Chape Photography 

Stuart Chape (1953 - )

Stuart Chape is an award-winning photographer with stand-alone and contributory exhibitions in New York, Florida, Sydney, Brisbane, Fremantle, Mexico City, Paris, Kuala Lumpur, Abu Dhabi, Marrakech, Glasgow and Kew Gardens, London. His work has been published in more than 100 online and hard press publications. While he specialises in aerial landscapes, portraits and photography of documentary and social issues form an important part of his portfolio. He is a two-times exhibited finalist in the Bowness Photography Prize; exhibited finalist in the Clifton Art Award and the Brisbane Art Prize, shortlisted and exhibited in the Fremantle Portrait Prize.

His awards include: 2025 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award and first prize winner Impact Category in 2013; 2025 Umencia Portrait Awards - Gold Award; 2025 Head-On Photo Festival finalist; 1839 Awards Gold Landscapes in 2025; World Top 10 Landscape Photographers Gold Award 2021; winner International Garden Photographer of the Year Plants and Planet Category 2021; winner of the Zoological Society of London Photography Prize; winner Silver Camera International Award in the Federation of European Professional Photographers Photographer of the Year Awards; highly commended in the Kuala Lumpur Portrait Prize.