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The Museum of Australian Photography (MAPh) is the Australian home of photography. We're dedicated to the preservation, collection and display of Australian photographs. www.maph.org.au

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are subject to public disclosure. MAPh is supported by Creative Victoria, the MAPh Foundation and its generous sponsors.

As we approach the final week before the submission deadline, let's take a look at some of the Bowness Photography Prize...
04/06/2026

As we approach the final week before the submission deadline, let's take a look at some of the Bowness Photography Prize shortlisted photographs through the years.

Yours could soon be among them! You have until 11.59pm Sunday 14 June to submit your images.

💌 Head to maph.org.au/bowness-photography-prize for the FAQs, selection criteria and entry portal. While you're there, check out the full history of previous finalists - it's a treat.

📸 Revisiting the vital stats:
• First prize winner receives $50,000
• Two honourable mentions receive $2,500 each
• People's Choice receives $5,000
• Wai Tang Commissioning Award recipient wins $10,000 + solo exhibition at MAPh
• ALL finalists are paid to exhibit

📸 PLUS industry discounts for all finalists with our fine partners Arten and IAS for framing, printing and artwork delivery.

📸 2026 Judges
• Natasha Bullock, Senior Curator of Photography NGV
• Petrina Hicks, artist + winner Bowness Photography Prize 2014
• Anouska Phizacklea, MAPh Director

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Images:
Paula MAHONEY (winner, Wai Tang Commission)
Jump on through (to the other side) 2021
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist and Fletcher Arts (Melbourne)

Riste ANDRIEVSKI
After Ansel, Yosemite 2019
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Kirsten GARNER-LYTTLE
Joely 2016
handwoven pigment ink-jet prints
courtesy of the artist

Silvi GLATTAUER
La Puna, Argentina 5 2017
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Polly BORLAND
Brute 2016
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist and Murray White Room (Melbourne)

Ayman KAAKE
The rug almost flew off 2023
pigment ink-jet print on fabric
courtesy of the artist

Janelle LOWE
Untitled II (from the family archives) 2017
pigment ink-jet print and gold leaf
courtesy of the artist and THIS IS NO FANTASY

Stuart CHAPE
Mauna Kea 2016
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Dasha RILEY
Autumn walk 2015
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Andrew CHAPMAN
Bill Little, drover 2013
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

MAPh's Photography Fair fundraiser continues online ✨Browse the catalogue via the link below and contact us at maph@mona...
03/06/2026

MAPh's Photography Fair fundraiser continues online ✨

Browse the catalogue via the link below and contact us at [email protected] if you'd like to make an appointment to view some works.

You'll find impressive photographic artists from the emerging to the established. An investment in these works will build your collection and support MAPh's exhibition program and the artists all at once.

Catalogue open until 15 June.
shop.maph.org.au/collections/maph-art-fair-2026

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Images:
Aylsa McHUGH
Dahman-allaidh 2023
dye sublimation print on aluminium
custom frame, unique to print
50.0 x 52.78 cm
Edition 3/3 + 1AP
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

Developable surface 2020
photogravure print on archival paper
custom frame, unique to print
42.0 x 51.0 cm
Edition 1/10 + 2AP
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

Ali McCANN
The Woman 2026
ink-jet print
custom frame, unique to work
83.0 x 55.0 cm
ed. 1/2
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

Yvette 2019
from the series Οι νέοι
archival pigment print
custom frame, unique to print
38 x 30.5 cm
Edition 3 +2AP
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

Rod McNICOL
Untitled [camellia] N.D
gelatin silver print
framed
25.3 x 17.0 cm
collection of the Estate of Rod McNicol
courtesy of the Estate of Rod McNicol

Untitled [freesia] N.D
ink-jet print
framed
22.5 x 17.0 cm
collection of the Estate of Rod McNicol
courtesy of the Estate of Rod McNicol

Delighted: we have a special guest joining us for the launch of Brook Andrew’s ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion ...
02/06/2026

Delighted: we have a special guest joining us for the launch of Brook Andrew’s ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion – Namila Benson will be in conversation with the artist!

🗓️ Saturday 13 June: 12pm to 3pm
✨ with Namila Benson + Brook Andrew in conversation
🕧 12.30pm to 1pm
💌 FREE > RSVP via link in bio

Namila Benson is a TV presenter, broadcaster and writer, with a career spanning over three decades. She’ll be speaking with Brook about his career and creative practice, and what’s attended to within ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion. How we can choose to shape our lives through attention, care, responsibility and collective thought.


It’s immersive, it’s powerful: come for a ride!
ROLLERCOASTER is curated by Angela Connor, MAPh Senior Curator.


Note the exhibition will open this Saturday 6 June, with the exhibition launch Saturday 13 June, as outlined above.

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Image:
Namila Benson (photo: Brook Andrew)

• TWO WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER! • 📸 Deadline: 11.59pm Sunday 14 JuneEvery year the finalists of the Bowness Photography Prize...
30/05/2026

• TWO WEEKS LEFT TO ENTER! •
📸 Deadline: 11.59pm Sunday 14 June

Every year the finalists of the Bowness Photography Prize are eligible to receive the Wai Tang Commissioning Award. In 2025 artist Sarah Rhodes was that recipient, for her work ‘Chamber of projection I’ (pictured).

When you win the commission, you’re awarded $10,000 and a solo exhibition at MAPh.

MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea says the intention of the award ‘hinges on potentiality and exploration – providing a photographer with the opportunity, freedom and space to create a new body of work that could go anywhere and delve into any subject matter or thematic.‘

This opportunity could come your way when you enter the Bowness Photography Prize: be sure to submit your work before the deadline for the chance to be one of the shortlisted artists in this year’s exhibition.

Link in bio or maph.org.au/bowness-photography-prize for entry requirements, the FAQs, details on the Wai Tang Commission — and the entry portal.

Direct your enquiries to [email protected] or call 85440500.
artist


Image:
Sarah RHODES
Chamber of projection I 2025
from the series Intimate immensity (after Bachelard)
gelatin silver print
125.0 x 100.0 cm
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

MAPh is closed this week while we install our next exhibition, but we'll be open on the weekend for our inaugural Photog...
26/05/2026

MAPh is closed this week while we install our next exhibition, but we'll be open on the weekend for our inaugural Photography Fair!

Join us for this opportunity to view and purchase artworks by highly collectible artists: from the emerging to the established, at tiered prices.

On Saturday we'll be joined by artist John Gollings and MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea in conversation! There'll be several of John's artworks for sale in the Fair, so come hear him speak about his career and practice before browsing his and all the artists' photographs available for purchase.

Saturday 30 + Sunday 31 May
10am to 4pm
sparkling wine on arrival thanks to St Huberts 🥂
No RSVP required for entry to the Fair

Artist talk 11am to 12pm Saturday 30 May
RSVP required > maph.org.au/events/1008

💙🩵 And in exceptionally harmonious alignment, this Sunday actually falls on a blue moon! So grab this auspicious moment! Find yourself an artwork destined to enliven your space and deliver good karma as you support MAPh, the artists and photographic practice 🩵💙

Participating artists include Del Kathryn Barton, Brook Andrew, Stuart Chape, Peter Dombrovskis, John Gollings, Katrin Koenning, Bill Henson, Rod McNicol, Ali McCann, Aylsa McHugh, Michael Najjar + more.

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Images:
Ali McCANN
The Tradesman 2026
ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Aylsa McHUGH
Figure (Oread) 2020
photogravure print on archival paper
courtesy of the artist

Katrin KOENNING
after the storm had passed 2020
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist
printed by Final Grade on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, supplied by Spicers

Stuart CHAPE
Rock swimming pool, Sydney, Australia 2014
archival matt art paper
courtesy of Stuart Chape Photography

Peter DOMBROVSKIS
Richea scoparia in bloom below Halls Buttress, Walls of Jerusalem National Park, Tasmania 1992
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the Estate of Peter Dombrovskis

Bill HENSON
Untitled 107 1985–86
from the series Untitled 1985–86
courtesy of Bill Henson, Tolarno Galleries (Melbourne) and Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery (Sydney)
from a limited ed print set for MAPh 30th anniversary

John GOLLINGS
Kay St Blue Moon, Carlton 1983
ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Last day to view CODED BLOOMS | flowers have never been innocent at MAPh 🌹See the floral still lifes of Robert Mappletho...
23/05/2026

Last day to view CODED BLOOMS | flowers have never been innocent at MAPh 🌹

See the floral still lifes of Robert Mapplethorpe alongside four Australian artists' works in response: Pat Brassington, Del Kathryn Barton, Jake Preval and Meng-Yu Yan.

In his review via M-ArtLens, critic Stavros Messinis observes: 'The exhibition resists reducing Mapplethorpe to the controversies historically surrounding his work. Instead, it foregrounds his extraordinary understanding of photography’s ability to transform surfaces into emotionally resonant forms. His flowers are never simply symbols of beauty; they remain inseparable from desire, tension and the body itself.'

MAPh is grateful to the National Gallery of Australia for the loan of these Mapplethorpe works. See them before they go back home to Canberra!
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

Open today 10am to 4pm
FREE
Coded blooms is curated by Angela Connor, MAPh Senior Curator.

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Image:
Robert MAPPLETHORPE
Poppy 1988
© Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation.
Used by permission.

Counting down: one week until our Photography Fair fundraiser! We're delighted to bring you an impressive catalogue of a...
22/05/2026

Counting down: one week until our Photography Fair fundraiser! We're delighted to bring you an impressive catalogue of artists whose work is for sale, including Brook Andrew (works pictured here).

This is a unique opportunity to view and purchase professionally produced artworks from a range of artists - from the emerging to the established - at tiered prices. This fundraiser supports not only our museum but also the artists, as we split the proceeds of each sale 50/50.

Saturday 30 + Sunday 31 May
10am to 4pm
FREE > No RSVP required, just come along
Works sold on a first-come, first-served basis

View the catalogue here: shop.maph.org.au/collections/maph-art-fair-2026
(no presales)

MAPh X Photography Fair is proudly supported by:
MAPh Foundation
ARTEN Arten
Final Grade Final Grade
Spicers Spicers Australia

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Images:
Brook ANDREW
Systems of Substance I (small) 2017
Ilford warm tone matt fibre gelatin silver print
Archivally selenium toned
62.0 x 70.5 cm framed size
collection of the artist
courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris and Brussels; Ames Yavuz Gallery Sydney and Singapore; Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Edition 1/5 plus 1AP

Systems of Substance V (small) 2017
Ilford warm tone matt fibre gelatin silver print
Archivally selenium toned, hand coloured
62.0 x 70.5 cm framed size
collection of the artist
courtesy of Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris and Brussels; Ames Yavuz Gallery Sydney and Singapore; Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
Edition 1/5 plus 1AP

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