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Photo Collective Magazine Issue 005

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Slow Resonances

Words and images by John Feely
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APA 2023 Event Program

October 20 - 22, 2023
News

APA 2023 Finalist Announcement

Image by Kate Molenkamp / APA 2023 Finalist
News

APA 2023 Shortlist Announcement

APA 2023 Shortlist Announcement
The Collective

Sunshine

Words and images by Phuong Nguyen Le
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A gathering of everything I’ve learned | Sally Brownbill

Words by Sally Brownbill & Images by Marcus Thompson
The Collective

Variation

Words and images by Ruiqi Qiu
Events

The wound is the place where the light enters | Leila Jeffreys

Exhibition open 27 July - 19 August, 2023
The Collective

Salt Frames

Words and images by Nicholas Walton-Healey
Opportunities

The Pool Grant 12

Submissions close 22 June, 2023
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Morocco Photography Tour

With Tom Goldner and Amazigh Cultural Tours
The Collective

Orchid

Words and images by Aishah Kenton
The Collective

2021 ± II: Utopia Broadcasting

Words and images by Serena Dzenis
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Photo Collective Magazine Issue 003

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EventsNews

Summer Exhibition Guide to Naarm/Melbourne

A collection of summer exhibitions to bring in 2023
Events

PHOTO 2024 Open Call

Applications closed for 2023
News

2022 APA Annual

Available Now
Events

Of Embers | Exhibition

November 26th, 2022 - February 4th, 2023
Events

Adam Ferguson ‘Unheard and Unseen’ | Artist Talk

October 11, 6.30pm
News

Consultations with Harriet Tarbuck

8 - 9 September, 2022
Events

The Crimson Thread – Erin Lee

August 26 - September 23, 2022
In-Conversation

Matt Dunne & Tom Goldner – In Conversation

Matt Dunne and Tom Goldner discuss Matt's recent project The Killing Sink
News

Stories 2022 Prize Recipients Announcement

Congratulations to Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez, Chris Round and Amy Woodward
Events

There Used To Be A Canopy Here | Cathy Ronalds

June 30 - August 27, 2022
News

Stories Event 2022

July 30, 2022
Events

Nganana Tjungu / This Is Us – Tobias Titz & Ikuntji Artists

July 30 - August 30, 2022
News

Stories 2022 Shortlist Announced

View Shortlisted Projects Now
EventsThe Collective

Huon – Noah Thompson

Exhibition opening July 7, 2022
Events

The Everyday Climate Crisis | Exhibition

June 18 - July 2, 2022
Events

The Killing Sink | Exhibition and Book Launch

Opening Night July 1, 2022
Artist Feature

Ilsa Wynne-Hoelscher Kidd – A Portrait Session

Words and images by Ilsa Wynne-Hoelscher Kidd
Opportunities

The Pool Grant 11

Submissions close 26 June, 2022
Magazine

Photo Collective Magazine Issue 002

Now available
In-Depth

Back Out – Liss Fenwick

Words by Dom Krapski with imagery by Liss Fenwick
Opportunities

Large Format Workshop with Shea Kirk

14 - 15 May, 2022
Events

Phoenix – Exhibition

9 - 15 May, 2022
Opportunities

Stories – Submissions Open

Open until May 23rd, 2022 | Image © Katherine Williams
Events

New Dialogues in Photography – Event

April 12th from 5.30pm
Events

Extraordinary Experiences Book Launch

April 9, 2022
Opportunities

PHOTO 2022 April Opportunities

Applications closing April, 2022
Events

Mists and Shadows – Exhibition

May 4th - July 3rd, 2022
The Collective

Fragments of Consciousness

Words and images by Deb Bonney
The Collective

Hourglass

Words and images by Chris Le Messurier
Events

A New Burma: Whistleblowers

17 - 20 March, 2022
Opportunities

Photojournalism and Documentary Today

March - September, 2022
Book Review

The North Eastern Estates

Words by Angus Scott with imagery by Rohan Hutchinson
News

Prints for Afghanistan – A Fundraising Photography Campaign

By Mark Parrish
In-Depth

The Power of Collaboration

Words by Sally Brownbill / The Brownbill Effect
Photobook

Sydney Lives – 190 Years of Sydney Morning Herald

Available Now
News

APA 2021 Winners Announced

Australian Photography Awards
Events

ORPHEUS – Exhibition

2 - 26 February 2022
Opportunities

PHOTO 2022 Photobook Stall – Applications Now Open

Open until 10 December 2021
Opportunities

2022 National Photographic Portrait Prize

Open until Monday 31 January 2022
Events

Karrikins: An exhibition by Rob Walwyn

24 November - 28 November, 2021
Events

Natural History of Destruction – Exhibition

23 October - 28 November 2021
Events

Federico Estol & Tom Goldner – Artist Talk

26 November, 2021
The Collective

Lignite

Words and images by Joshua O. Smith
Photobook

Jingo Was Born In The Slum

Second Edition Release
The Collective

Kalimna

Words and images by Jonathan Dredge
Events

Solace – Julie Sundberg & Zorica Purlija

21 October - 13 November 2021
Events

Rohan Hutchinson in conversation with Linsey Gosper

16 October, 2021
The Collective

Blue Days and Childhood Sun

Words and images by Gloria Salgado Gispert
The Collective

The Grand Scheme

Words and images by Chris Round
In-Depth

All the things unsaid

Words and images by Morganna Magee
The Collective

to set fire to the sea

Words and images by Sinead Kennedy
The Collective

Varanasi

Words and images by Russell Shakespeare
In-Conversation

Kiana Hayeri | Life on the ground in Afghanistan

Kiana Hayeri in conversation with Adam Ferguson
The Collective

The Unknown River

Words and images by Tanya Houghton
In-Depth

Adjusting to Change

Words by Sally Brownbill / The Brownbill Effect
The Collective

Merlion Park

Words and images by Sunny Nijssen
The Collective

Which way is north?

Words and images by Aletheia Casey
The Collective

The Ball

Words and images by Ingvar Kenne
The Collective

At Water’s Edge

Words and images by Paul Blackmore
The Collective

BL_NK SP_CE

Words and images by Sophie Gabrielle
The Collective

On Boot’s Farm

Words and images by Alexandra Nielsen
The Collective

Self Portraits In and Out of Isolation

Words and images by Keira Hudson
Events

Seeing and Being Seen: Conversation

21 August, 2021 with William Yang & Benjamin Law
Book Review

Second City by Jesse Marlow – Book Review

Words by Doug Spowart with imagery by Jesse Marlow
The Collective

Far Kurnell

Words and images by Michael Garbutt
The Collective

And in Love, Light and Truth

Words and images by Stephanie Rose Wood
Opportunities

PhotoAccess Dark Matter Residency

Applications close 16 August, 2021
The Collective

Common in Folklore

Words and images by Pearce Leal
The Collective

Bal Ormani

Words by Nic Dowse and images by Sarah Pannell
In-Depth

Bridging a Gap Through Personal Narrative

Alison Stieven-Taylor on Kerry Pryor's 'Dear Kittu'
The Collective

Fractured Dreams & Indefinite Scars

Words and images by Tammy law
Events

Portrait of an Interior Exhibition

22 July - 12 August
The Collective

Fucked Up Fotos

Words and images by Stephen Dupont
The Collective

Forget Me Not 勿忘我

Words and images by Anne Moffat
Events

Stephen Dupont – Are We Dead Yet?

6 August - 14 September
Events

Speak The Wind – Hoda Afshar Book Launch

17 July, 2021
Uncategorized

Australian Photobook Awards – Announcement

Opening November 2021
Opportunities

Stories – Award Recipients Announced

Congratulations to Aletheia Casey, Michael Garbutt & Gloria Salgado Gispert
In-Conversation

Porch Diaries

Alana Holmberg in conversation with Kristian Häggblom
The Collective

Pabva Zizi Pagara Gondo

Words and images by Cameron James Cope
Opportunities

2021 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Entries close 30 June, 2021
The Collective

When the Sun Sleeps

Words and images by Clare Jellie
Opportunities

Iris Award by Perth Centre for Photography

Entries close 28 July, 2021
The Collective

Into The Fire

Words and images by Cameron Neville
Events

TarraWarra Biennial 2021: Slow Moving Waters

Open Until July 11, 2021
Events

STAGES: Photography Through the Pandemic


29 May – 29 August 2021
Book Review

Photobooks

In-depth by Matt Dunne
Events

PHOTO LIVE with Alec Soth – Image Makers Webinar

Online Event 28 April, 2021
Events

Contact Sheet in conversation with Mona Kuhn

Online Event 1 May, 2021
Opportunities

Australian Life Photography Prize

Entres close 23 April, 2021
The Collective

Nobody’s Child

Words and images by Rowena Meadows
The Collective

Telia

Words and images by Yask Desai
The Collective

The Birdsong is Deafening

Words and images by Teva Cosic
In-Conversation

Ruth Maddison

In conversation with Kristian Häggblom and Jessie Boylan
The Collective

Ngala Wongga

Words and images by Martine Perret
The Collective

Friends on Film

Words and images by Lilli Waters
The Collective

Beautiful Solitude

Words and images by Mark Forbes
Events

When the Sun Sleeps – Clare Jellie

Open until 31 May, 2021
The Collective

Second City

Words and images by Jesse Marlow
Opportunities

2021 Mullins Conceptual Photography Prize

Entres close 23 April, 2021
The Collective

Deep North

Words and images by Matthew Stanton
Opportunities

2021 The Fineman New Photography Award

Applications close 23 April, 2021
The Collective

Structures of a Spanish Badland

Words and images by James Bugg
The Collective

One Last Look, Before You Go

Words and images by Annette Ruzicka
Events

A Particular Being – Lumina Collective Exhibition

Open 20 February to 3 April 2021
Project Feature

Do Brumbies Dream in Red?

Alison Stieven-Taylor in conversation with Tom Goldner
Events

NGV Melbourne Art Book Fair & Melbourne Design Week at CCP

27 - 28 March, 2021
Artist Feature

Death Of An Alchemist

A short film about Michael Prior
Events

Open Library presented by acb press

Sat 27 Mar, 12pm–1pm
Opportunities

2021 Olive Cotton Award

Entries close May 2, 2021
Opportunities

2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

Applications close 1 May, 2021
Project Feature

Rear View Mirror

The work of Jonathan May
In-Conversation

A Photographers Life

By David Dare Parker
Opportunities

Head On – Open Call to Exhibit

Applications close 14 March, 2021
Events

PHOTO 2021

Open 18 February to 7 March 2021
Artist Feature

Behind the scenes – with John Platt

A video profile by Angus Scott
In-Conversation

Chris Hopkins

A conversation about storytelling
Artist Feature

A day in the life of Rowena Meadows

A video profile by Angus Scott

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