Hedy Ritterman has academic achievements in psychology, design, photography and fine arts and has integrated these with her life experiences to create meaningful artworks that address the human condition in today’s world. Most recently she exhibited at the Jewish Museum in Melbourne, and won the prestigious Human Justice Award in the 63rd Blake Prize with a powerful photographic portrait of a Holocaust survivor taken just a few weeks before his death. Her photographic works have been shortlisted in numerous prizes such as the Josephine Ulrick & Win Schubert Photography Prize (Ltd), Olive Cotton Award (NSW), National Photographic Purchase Award (NSW) and she won the 2003 Linden Postcard Award (VIC) and the 2005 Still Life Award at the Kodak Photographic Salon (VIC).