PCP - Perth Centre for Photography

06/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who came along to Collective 2025 last night. What a show! ❤️🎶

Huge shout-out to our major sponsor for the premium printing, and to for the gorgeous paper. And to , our super-fabulous major supporters. We love our partners and sponsors, and truly couldn’t spotlight our members’ photographic talent without them. They also happen to be the best in the photo industry for printing, paper and cameras. 👌🏼

And as for our members… we are endlessly grateful for your ongoing support and pal-ship, P*P simply wouldn’t exist without you. ❤️

We’re also thrilled to welcome our new partner and their Creative Academy, launched last night with their inaugural student showcase. Watch this space. Big things are on the way! 🥳

If you couldn’t make it along last night please come visit us. The exhibition is open Wednesday-Saturday next week 11am-3pm. 🤌🏼

So come say hello, wander the walls, and pick your favourite work.

Prints are also available online for $145 inc GST and postage - just head to pcp.org.au

Collective
Presented by P*P
22 Packenham Street Walyalup | Fremantle artspace

19/11/2025

Collective is closing and submissions are flowing 🌊

Let’s take another moment to look back at some of the incredible work by particpants from last year’s exhibition.

Collective 2025 closes tonight, 19 November at midnight, so if you haven’t submitted your work yet, now’s the time to jump in.

We’ll be honest though, we won’t start sifting through submissions at midnight, so the form will stay open until 7am tomorrow (20 November) for those working right up to the wire.

Collective opens 4 December at PS Art Space, presented by P*P and proudly powered by our Major Partners Joe’s Printing and Ted’s Cameras. ❤️

17/11/2025

Collective 2025 is closing soon for submissions, and here is a selection of work by some of our 2024 artists.

Add your name to the list this year 🎶

Collective is WA’s largest open-themed photography showcase of collectable prints by established and emerging photographic artists from WA and beyond.
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Each year the exhibition brings together a dynamic mix of voices and visions, offering audiences the chance to discover and collect new work.
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Exhibiting artists enjoy group exhibition printing courtesy of Joe’s Printing, a VIP invitation to the preview and opening party, plus 50% off Collective Edition prints.
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Submit your work - Open to P*P members.

Not a member? Join or renew now. Links in bio. 🔝

All images L-R © The Artists

‘Your Containment 2024’
Lisa Stonham

‘Stairway to Heaven’
Meagan MacDonald

‘All dressed up, no one to love - Udaipur, India, 2024’
Flavia Schuster

Tamala Karst IV
Ché Parker

14/11/2025

06/10/2025

We are pleased to announce the winning images for the Iris Award 2025 - powered by Ted’s Cameras
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Overall Winner $3000
Su Cassiano ‘Sisterhood’
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Judges Commendation $3000
Jacob Canet-Gibson, ‘This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal’
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Judges Commendation $1000
Mary-Lou Orliyarli Divilli, ‘Lilly Pad Lauren’

Congratulations to the ​Winners and Finalists and a huge thank you everyone who entered the award, guest curator and judges Rachel Ciesla, Brent Harrison and Duncan Wright, our sponsors and event partners.

Presented by the Perth Centre for Photography, the Iris Award is Australia’s most distinctive and uninhibited portrait prize.

Embracing unrestrained approaches to portraiture, the Award celebrates works of nuance, raw emotion, and personal connection — revealing the essence of human relationships and lived experience, whether in love, joy, desire, distance, or disconnection. We are invited into the shifting constellations of human sentiment, a space for reflection and dialogue on intimacy and identity in contemporary life.

The Iris Award gives voice to both the personal and the universal, asking us to consider how we connect and where we fall short — with one another, with ourselves, and in our collective world.​​

Presented by P*P at Cheap Tongue Gallery​ // corner of James and Beach Street, Walyalup
4–18 October
Tuesday–Friday, 10am–3pm or by appointment

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22/09/2025

IRIS AWARD
Supported by Ted's Cameras

Australia’s most unique and uncompromising award for contemporary photographic portraiture.

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 IRIS Award.

Jeff Andersen, Liam Ayres, Henry Black, Tony Blackwell, Daniel Bugno, Cullen Butters, Jacob Canet-Gibson, Claudia Caporn, Brian Cassey, Su Cassiano, L. Abigail Chua, Tim Georgeson, Patricia Houghton Clarke, Emma Crook, Harry Cunningham, Sarah Cutbush, Mary-Lou Orliyarli Divilli, Renee Doropoulos, Madeleine Fogliani, Amy Grasso, Mike Gray, Jeremy Hall, Adam Kenna, David Lindesay, Sherry Quiambao, Fiona Rakimov, Tace Stevens, Ebony Talijancich, Hilary Wardhaugh, Mikaela Zuiderduyn.

Opening – 3 October

RSVP Essential

Exclusive Preview: 5–6pm
Complimentary refreshments upon entry
Cost: $15 AUD

Public Opening: 6–9pm
Refreshments available for purchase by Wise Child Wines.
Cost: Free admission.

Visit pcp.org.au to RSVP

Presented by Perth Centre for Photography at Cheap Tongue Gallery - Corner James & Beach Street, Walyalup | Fremantle

Supported by Ted’s Cameras, Joe’s Printing & Cheap Tongue Gallery

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MEMBER PERKS
Our very excellent friends and sponsors over at Ted’s Cameras are offering P*P members 35mm C41 film developing for only $2 per roll (5 rolls max pp)!

This kind of thing doesn’t come around often, so get shooting, gather all of your unprocessed film, and race over to Ted's Cameras by 15 October.

Plus Ted’s Cameras offers P*P Members a best-price guarantee on accessories, free shipping over $500, and a $20 birthday voucher. Join free below.

Just show your digital P*P member card when you drop film into either WA store;

Perth CBD Store: 33 King St
Innaloo Store: Shop 9, 401 Scarborough Beach Rd
(Please note: This offer is valid only in WA)

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NOT A P*P MEMBER?
P*P members play a crucial role in the growth of our organisation.

Join and become a part of a thriving arts community whilst enjoying a multitude of benefits, including invitations to exclusive previews and to participate in Collective annual exhibition, P*P & partner discounts and giveaways, and more.

General, student, concession, organisation, and company memberships are available starting at $2

Image © Duncan Wright, 'Nick' Winning Image Iris Award 2023

21/09/2025

FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

IRIS AWARDS ⚫️
powered by Ted’s Cameras

We’re pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 Iris Awards.

Opening event
3 October

5pm - 6pm Exclusive Preview, refreshments included
Cost: $15

6pm+ Public Event
Free admission

RSVP ESSENTIAL

Presented by the Perth Centre for Photography
Cnr James St + Beach St Walyalup.

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14/08/2025

Walyalup in Black and White

Come stroll and shoot with us tomorrow in Walyalup!

Includes a free roll of black and white Ilford film courtesy of , and complimentary (optional) photo processing provided by our annual program sponsors ! 🎞️

Open to all skill levels, this relaxed photo stroll is a chance to hone your film skills, slow down and get creative with old school black and white film photography. 📷

Event Courtesy of Ted’s Cameras

15 August
4pm - 6pm
All welcome

Cost:
$10 members/youth
$20 everyone else

Fri, 15 Aug | Walyalup Civic Centre - Library

Registrations Essential- See link in bio now

A 10 Nights In Port Event

IMAGE: COURTESY OF
KEVIN BALLANTINE
COPYRIGHT 1974 - 2025.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

09/08/2025

Nan Goldin – Photobook Legacies
With Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography, National Gallery of Australia

Nan Goldin’s exhibitions and photobooks became powerful windows into q***r life, addiction, love, friendship, and survival. They broke barriers, challenged norms, and brought private narratives into public consciousness, sparking dialogue and connection across generations.

Join us for a compelling talk by Anne O’Hehir, as she explores the enduring impact of Nan Goldin’s intimate visual storytelling, radical diaristic style, and the way her work reshaped our understanding of photography, and identity.

O’Hehir will also reflect on the power of the photobook in a pre-digital era, a vital way for work to reach international audiences. She’ll speak to the photobook’s unique ability to invite slow, intimate, and repeated viewing, allowing viewers to return to the same images over time.

12 August, 12pm AWST
Online | Free Admission | All Welcome

Presented by the Perth Centre for Photography, in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, and John Curtin Gallery. This talk is held in conjunction with Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, on view at John Curtin Gallery until 14 September 2025, as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Touring Photography Exhibition series.

Images by Nan Goldin, Courtesy of National Gallery of Australia.