If anyone is heading up to Perth on this weekend in February, this photo market might be worth a visit.

Will 2019 be your year to win?

The total prize pool for the 2019 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize is $100,000 with the winner to be awarded $50,000 and each finalist $1,000.  School students can also enter with generous prizes for both winners and their schools.

So what does living in Australia mean to you?  We're looking for photographs of life in Australia; places, people and lifestyle that make our lovable country quintessentially Australian.  It may be a landscape, portrait or action shot but above all else tell a story of how you experience living in Australia.

Entries close 6 March 2019

Entry is easy. Photos must have been taken between 8 March 2018 and 6 March 2019.  

Find out more HERE.

Student Prizes

School students can be part of the Moran Prizes too!  There are cash and camera prizes for winning students and their schools. 

• $5,000 each for the Winner and their School (Years 11-12) 
• $3,000 each for the Winner and their School (Years 9-10) 
• $2,000 each for the Winner and their School (Years 7-8) 
• A camera for each Primary School Student Finalist 

Do you know a student who takes great photos?  Please encourage them to enter and join a community of schools who benefit from the Moran Arts Foundation each year. 

Find out more HERE

Key Dates

20 Mar - Semi Finalists Announced
03 Apr - Finalists Announced
04 May - Exhibition Opens
7 May - Winners Announced

Artwork Credits:

• Matthew Abbott, Wrestlers Cooling Off, Finalist (Highly Commended) 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize 
• Noah Dawson, Island Tree, Year 9/10 Student Winner, 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize

Adam Williams Landscape Photographer

NSW landscape photographer Adam Williams is coming to Albany to host a workshop for transforming your photos into something extraordinary. His workshop is on the 12th of February.  You can click HERE for more information and to purchase your tickets which are $20 each. Places are limited so get in quick for you chance to take part in this wonderful evening.

If you would like to know more about Adam and his work you can click on the link https://www.australianphotographer.com 

All of us at the Albany Photographic Society

 wish everyone a Happy New Year!

If one of your New Year's resolutions is to be more creative, photography is a great place to start. There are many ways to take photos these days, so much so, that even most phones will take an amazing snap. Most of us have a camera at our fingertips just waiting to be used. 

Our first meeting of the year is in February on Wednesday the 20th at 7:30 pm (under the Stirling Club on Stirling Terrace). So why not come along and see what we are all about and let us motivate you through your photographic adventure. We can't wait to meet you and all of the amazing photos you'll take in 2019.