About Me

Manifesting her journey through a vision, international award winning photographer and couture artist Vicky Papas is the creative brainchild behind the brand VERGARA. Her innovative gifts of photography, fashion couture creation, and styling, hallmark VERGARA glamour. Her free spirited boundless approach to life is the essence of VERGARA that led her to a spring of creativity, that for many years, lay dormant. Her uncanny ability to connect intimately with all of her subjects allows the viewer to identify with her images on a deep and familiar level. In a short space of time VERGARA and her multi-faceted talents have been quick to evolve into a dynamic brand, and collaborating with other creatives in the industry Vicky is in her element!

HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENT

AIPP Master of Photography

WPPI Master of Photography

2014 Epson AIPP Victorian Portrait Photographer

2014 Canon AIPP Australian Portrait Photographer, Finalist

2015 WPPI International Photography Awards, Las Vegas

- First Place Fashion Category 

- Second Place Fashion Category

- Third Place Portrait Individual Category  

- Grand Prize Award Winner Creative Division 

2015 Canon AIPP Australian Fashion Photographer of The Year

Exhibition - Tusk Gallery of Art Nude series Miss Duffy

2016 WPPI International Photography Awards, Las Vegas

- First Place Beauty/Boudoir Category 

- Second Place Beauty/Boudoir Category 

- Third Place Beauty/Boudoir Category 

- First Place Fashion Category 

- Second Place Fashion Category 

- Second Place Portrait Group Category 

- Grand Prize Portrait Division 

- Bill Hurter Award of Excellence 

2016 AIPP Epson Victorian Award Portrait Finalist

2016 AIPP Australian Photographer of The Year Portrait Finalist

2016 Bowness Award Finalist and Group Exhibition

2017 WPPI International Photography Awards, Las Vegas

- First Place Children's Portrait Category 

- Second Place Beauty/Boudoir Category 

- Third Place Portrait Group Family

2017 AIPP Epson Victorian Portrait Photographer

2017 Exhibition - Gallery Voltare - Melbourne Artists Coalition Group Show