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Photo Access photo access is the ACT and region’s centre for contemporary photography, film, video and media arts.

EXHIBITION OPENING ‘The Unorthodox Image: Seen, Unseen, Between’, a group exhibition presented by ANU School of Art and ...
24/05/2026

EXHIBITION OPENING

‘The Unorthodox Image: Seen, Unseen, Between’, a group exhibition presented by ANU School of Art and Design students.

📌 6pm, Thursday 28 May at photo access

Experimentation is the uniting theme of the exhibition. Developed over the course of a semester through research, iterative practice, and group feedback sessions, exhibiting students have developed concepts and techniques to present a dynamic exhibition that challenges preconceived notions of photography.

Featuring:
Olivia Abraham
Lucas Apte
Elliane Boulton
Arabella Brown
Adeline Charlize Chan
She Chani
Eloise Churchill
Ally Darwin
Jonathan Devan
Charles Kimpton
William Larner
Charlotte Liang
Julia McMillan
Jade Melvey-Lester
Lance Milligan
Tierre Paine
Natalia Patejuk-Aziz
Lilly Suli Brock
Shiv Suresh
Laura Tewari
Linus Wang
Josie Wassel

WORKSHOP | Introduction to RA Colour PrintingIn this special hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of RA colour p...
12/05/2026

WORKSHOP | Introduction to RA Colour Printing

In this special hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of RA colour printing from your own colour negatives. You will be guided by the expert printer, Sandy Barnard with over 40 years of experience collaborating and printing for most of Australia’s leading photographers and artists.

Wednesday 27 May on Zoom
Saturday 30 May at Sandy's studio in Sydney

Throughout this course, you will learn the basics of colour printing and be equipped with the necessary skills to successfully run your own contact sheets and make enlargements of your negatives. Prior experience and basic competency in darkroom printing from B&W negatives are required.

Please note: The location of the studio is in Sydney (Lane Cove), so all participants will need to make their own way to Sydney. This cost is not included in the workshop fee.

This class is limited to six participants only and will be exclusively available for photo access members - don't miss out! Sign up now: https://photoaccess.org.au/calendar/workshops/introduction-to-ra-colour-printing/

EXHIBITIONMooncake WorldNatalie Loos & Chanel Nguyen, curated by Lulu XuNow showing at photo access until 23 May.“Artist...
08/05/2026

EXHIBITION

Mooncake World
Natalie Loos & Chanel Nguyen, curated by Lulu Xu

Now showing at photo access until 23 May.

“Artists Natalie Loos and Chanel Nguyen mined their lives—girlhood, the multiplicity of q***r Asian experiences and the cultural ephemera from their youth in order to create art that lives beyond the print. A natural evolution of their print issue Mooncake magazine, Mooncake World, curated by Lulu Xu, invites viewers into a capsule of their shared lineage and initial measure of self-expression.

“For their debut exhibition at photo access, Loos and Nguyen return to Ngunnuwal country (Canberra) where the artists initially tendered their process of collaboration—and the space where they had studied and lived. The city, earmarked with their post-adolescent years, is also the site of many of the shoots and stories hewn into the pages of Mooncake Zine. 18 months after the launch of their publication, the artists reunite here with the material architecture of the world they have created.”

- Excerpt from Karen Leong’s Mooncake World catalogue essay.

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Images: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax

ANZAC DAY HOURSThe photo access galleries and makerspaces will be closed this Saturday 25 April for Anzac Day. We reopen...
23/04/2026

ANZAC DAY HOURS

The photo access galleries and makerspaces will be closed this Saturday 25 April for Anzac Day. We reopen on Tuesday 28 April.

Image by Eunie Kim

WE ARE HIRING!photo access is looking for a Marketing & Administration Coordinator.The Marketing & Administrator Coordin...
23/04/2026

WE ARE HIRING!

photo access is looking for a Marketing & Administration Coordinator.

The Marketing & Administrator Coordinator is a role that will lead the development of photo access’s marketing campaigns and audience engagement initiatives both online and in physical form. Collaborating with the Director and staff of photo access, the Marketing & Administration Coordinator will develop strategies, relationships and processes ensuring the smooth operation of all aspects of the organisation.

Applications close 4 May 2026.

For more information and to apply, please follow the link: https://www.artshub.com.au/job/marketing-administration-coordinator-2814485/

Thank you for joining us last Thursday to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions: Nanuma by Karlina Mitchell, and ...
22/04/2026

Thank you for joining us last Thursday to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions: Nanuma by Karlina Mitchell, and Mooncake World by Chanel Nguyen and Natalie Loos.

These exhibitions were formally opened by curator and writer Sophia Cai , and continue in the photo access gallery until 23 May.

As always, a huge thank you to Lerida Estate and Hawkes Brewing Co. for supporting our events!

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Images: Gabrielle Hall-Lomax

CALL OUT: Lerida Estate Photography Competitionphoto access and Lerida Estate Winery invite submissions to the Lerida E...
14/04/2026

CALL OUT: Lerida Estate Photography Competition

photo access and Lerida Estate Winery invite submissions to the Lerida Estate Photography Competition for the opportunity to transform a wine label into a work of art!

The winning artwork will be showcased on the label of a limited-release wine to be released later in 2026, with the winning entrant receiving a $500 licensing fee.

The competition welcomes entries across all forms of contemporary photography, from digital to analogue and alternative process. We welcome submissions from artists and photographers of all levels from across Australia.

Submission is free, with a maximum of three entries per person. Submissions close 11 pm AEST Monday 27 April, 2026.

Follow the link in our bio for more information and to submit.

Image by Eunie Kim

EXHIBITION OPENINGMooncake World Chanel Nguyen & Natalie LoosCurated by Lulu Xu6pm Thursday 16 April at photo accessMoon...
11/04/2026

EXHIBITION OPENING

Mooncake World
Chanel Nguyen & Natalie Loos
Curated by Lulu Xu

6pm Thursday 16 April at photo access

Mooncake World is a physical embodiment of the 144-page photographic zine, Mooncake Zine (2024), expanded into an interactive multi-media exhibition. Through the lens of contemporary q***r Asian femininity, Mooncake World is a vivid time capsule of creativity shaped by nostalgia, girlhood and youth culture.

In an era of digital proliferation, Chanel Nguyen and Natalie Loos highlight the importance and intimacy of physical media throughout their work. By weaving together both artists’ unique styles, influences, and rich cultural background, Mooncake World invites viewers into its plush universe, offering a peek behind the curtain of the unapologetically stylish, youthful and feminine charm.

By enlarging, reframing and recontextualising the photoshoots in the zine, the exhibition allows viewers to experience the works on a larger scale, to fully soak into all of its content. Through an immersive installation of a teenage girl’s bedroom, the implicit artistic influences from the artists’ upbringing are brought to life – namely: tween popular culture from the 2000s/early 2010s, high-fashion magazine editorials and cinematic photography.

Images: Chanel Nguyen and Savanna Kileff, ‘Mooncake Zine’ cover, 2024; Chanel Nguyen, ‘Mooncake World #2’ (detail), 2026.

EXHIBITION OPENINGNanumaKarlina Mitchell6pm Thursday 16 April at photo accessNanuma means to think and remember – togeth...
11/04/2026

EXHIBITION OPENING

Nanuma
Karlina Mitchell

6pm Thursday 16 April at photo access

Nanuma means to think and remember – together. This body of work draws on that principle to reimagine the colonial photograph as a site of reflection, resistance, and renewal. Rather than accepting these images as fixed historical records, the works disrupt their authority and returns focus to the sitter – their presence and dignity. Through processes of reworking, reframing, and recontextualising archival imagery, the project invites viewers to confront the layered histories embedded within the frame. Nanuma proposes a collective act of remembering that is active rather than passive, opening space for dialogue and reinterpretation. By centring the perspectives of iTaukei people, this body of work transforms the colonial gaze into a platform for self-representation and cultural continuity. In doing so, it honours those depicted not as subjects of documentation, but as individuals whose stories, strength, and identities endure beyond the photograph.

Image: Karlina Mitchell, from the series ‘Nanuma’, 2025.

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