Sluga wins prestigious photography award

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Jun 13 2019 Updated November 12, 2020

Wendy Stephens

AIMEE Sluga, 18, from Yackandandah has won the student section of the International Head On photo awards.

‘Head On’ is the biggest and most prestigious international photographic competition in Australia.

Now in its tenth year the huge event in Sydney was judged by 10 anonymous professional photographers.

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