Blake Sharp-Wiggins

Oct 30, 2024 | theguardian.com | Blake Sharp-Wiggins

Lithgow’s Main Street transformed into a frightful procession as thousands gathered for the town’s Halloween festival. Now in its 11th year, the event has become one of the Blue Mountains region’s largest and this year’s theme was ‘libre de faire’, meaning free to do. There were witches, Star Wars characters and the Grim Reaper – but best costume went to an original creation known as Spider Knight

Sep 23, 2024 | theguardian.com | Blake Sharp-Wiggins

Playful fledgling, Jack Zhi, United States – Category: Bird Behaviour - Silver award winner. This Peregrine Falcon fledgling had been flying for over a week and his skills had improved by the day. While he still took food from parents, he had started to practise his hunting skills. He was not good enough to catch live birds in the air yet, so he took baby steps by chasing a fluttering butterfly. He was certainly much faster than the butterfly and also nimble enough to keep up with it.

Aug 10, 2024 | theguardian.com | Aston Brown |Blake Sharp-Wiggins

Everyone who was around in 1974 remembers the runway going in. From above, the kilometre-long tarmac strip resembles a faded scar through the belly of Lord Howe Island, a tropical jewel of conservation 600km off the New South Wales coast. For longtime locals such as Robert Jeremy, its completion marked the end of a wilder era. Jeremy is a descendant of one of the first settlers of the island, a south Pacific paradise uninhabited by humans until its discovery in 1788.

Jun 12, 2024 | theguardian.com | Blake Sharp-Wiggins

For the first time Bangarra Dance Theatre has given access behind the scenes, with Guardian Australia photographer Blake Sharp-Wiggins documenting their latest performance Horizon at the Sydney Opera House. Horizon tells a story of resilience and explores the cultural forces that bind people together – across oceans and eons. It will tour around the country until September

May 6, 2024 | theguardian.com | Ellie Bramley |Blake Sharp-Wiggins

Vogue editor-in-chief and powerhouse behind the Met Gala since 1995, Anna Wintour arrived promptly and very much on-the-nose, theme-wise, in a velvet coat from Loewe decorated with tulips – creative director Jonathan Anderson is an honourary chair. Photograph: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Co-chair Jennifer Lopez looked like a regal jellyfish in custom Schiaparelli.