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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.

Final days! This is your last weekend to view Brook Andrew's ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion, at MAPh.The exhib...
27/08/2026

Final days! This is your last weekend to view Brook Andrew's ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion, at MAPh.

The exhibition examines photography’s relationship to colonial witnessing, evidence and the construction of historical narratives. We're encouraged to consider what remains – what we carry with us, what we let go of, and how meaning is shaped within an increasingly unstable and hypermediated world.

At a time of accelerating digital culture, social media and artificial intelligence, the exhibition creates space for pause, reflection and imagination. It reminds us that the future is not fixed, but something still in motion. We can choose to shape our lives through attention, care, responsibility and collective thought.

Curated by Angela Connor, MAPh Senior Curator

And let's take a moment to admire the paintwork one final time! Thank you Haymes for your generous donation of paint for this exhibition, it has brought another dimension to the artist's works across our museum spaces.
Haymes Paint

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Images:
John ZENG
exhibition launch event, ROLLERCOASTER by Brook Andrew 2026
courtesy Museum of Australian Photography

27/08/2026

PHOTOREAL 2026 | The splendid light ✨

MAPh's annual photography symposium returns for 2026, exploring the ways that light informs photographic practice, from inside the darkroom to the outer reaches of the cosmos.

Through a rich program of talks and workshops, presenters will pull back the curtain on their working and thinking processes, sharing insights from the farthest reaches of the galaxy and from the personal, philosophical, instinctual and technical aspects of image making.

Sign up for a hands-on workshop with artists Ruth O'Leary, Grace Woods or Sarah Rhodes! Be enthralled by our guest speakers: artist Bill Henson and astronomy professor Dr Peter Tuthill! Learn about wetplate collodion photography with artist Robert Ashton!

📸 Sunday 20 November > 9.45am to 4pm
🎞️ Keynote speakers + demonstrations are free
⚒️ Workshops are charged per session
💌 Please RSVP and/or book into each of the sessions you wish to attend.
🎟️ Book via link in bio or maph.org.au

FREE school holiday workshop coming up at MAPh > 'So bad it's good' with Kyle Archie Knight! ✨💎Saturday 3 October1pm to ...
26/08/2026

FREE school holiday workshop coming up at MAPh > 'So bad it's good' with Kyle Archie Knight! ✨💎

Saturday 3 October
1pm to 2.30pm
💌 FREE > RSVP here: maph.org.au/events/1027

In this workshop with artist Kyle Archie Knight, we’ll look at what might make an image or object ordinary or boring and then find ways to bling it up. Beginning with images and then moving onto 3D objects, we’ll use focus, contrast, colour and texture – plus some creativity and style to transform so bad to so good.

This program is suitable for young people aged 8 to 16 years.

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Image:
Kyle Archie KNIGHT
Gumball machine 2026
from the series Cruising for a Bruising
pigment ink-jet print
courtesy of the artist

Thanks to all who came out for MAPh Up Late last Friday night. It was illuminating! ✨The community works made in respons...
24/08/2026

Thanks to all who came out for MAPh Up Late last Friday night. It was illuminating! ✨

The community works made in response to Brook Andrew's ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion were collaborative, considered and creative - much like the exhibition itself. And the resultant light installation from Little Projector Company brought us new ways of seeing the museum.

Thanks to Monash Council for planning and supporting this great event!

Little Projector Company
City of Monash

✨ FINAL DAYS! You have one more week to view ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion by Brook Andrew at MAPh.This exhib...
22/08/2026

✨ FINAL DAYS! You have one more week to view ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion by Brook Andrew at MAPh.

This exhibition has sparked curiosity, prompted conversations, initiated inquiry. The installations are wide-ranging and draw upon many mediums – you'll find video, photographic prints, collage, historical artefacts. All strands that the artist weaves together, creating an immersive experience in which to contemplate your own response.

🗓️ Until Sunday 30 August
💌FREE

ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion is curated by Angela Connor, MAPh Senior Curator.

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Images:
John ZENG
exhibition launch, ROLLERCOASTER: winhangadurinya in motion by Brook Andrew 2026
courtesy Museum of Australian Photography

20/08/2026

Take a tour with us on our MAPh Members day out!

🗓️ Sunday 30 August
🕘 9am to 4pm
🎟️ $30 pp (includes bus tour, exhibition tours + morning tea)
💌 Book via our website: maph.org.au/events/1025

MAPh Members are invited to join our Director Anouska Phizacklea and Senior Curator Angela Connor for a day out exploring some of the most exciting photographic exhibitions showing in Melbourne.

With private tours at each venue, we'll visit 'Photography: Seeing is believing' at the Justin Art House Museum (JAHM), 'ZAHALKAWORLD' at the Jewish Museum, and 'Max Dupain and Ansel Adams: In search of perfection' at Bayside Gallery.

We have morning tea all sorted, plus free time scheduled for lunch. If you're not a member and would like to sign up, please be in touch – it's going to be great day! 🚌📸

Analog Art Club returns at MAPh for August, with an extended session time and a super-fun focus! We're exploring emulsio...
20/08/2026

Analog Art Club returns at MAPh for August, with an extended session time and a super-fun focus! We're exploring emulsion lifts 🎞️✨

🗓️ Thursday 27 August
🕕 6pm to 7.30pm
🎟️$10 MAPh members / $15 nonmembers
💌 Book here: maph.org.au/events/974

In this session we'll play with emulsion lifts – transferring the gelatin film emulsion layer containing the image from a developed instant photograph onto a new porous surface.

We'll experiment with materials, surfaces and analogue technology with likeminded creatives. All equipment is provided, just come along and start playing with film!

Mark your calendar for one of the most exciting nights at MAPh: the announcement of the 2026 Bowness Photography Prize. ...
13/08/2026

Mark your calendar for one of the most exciting nights at MAPh: the announcement of the 2026 Bowness Photography Prize. This year Natasha Bullock (Senior Curator, Photography NGV) and Petrina Hicks (artist and winner Bowness Photography Prize 2014) joined MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea on the judging panel to select the 50 shortlisted artists from over 750 entries.

🗓️ Thursday 17 September at MAPh
🕡 6.30pm to 8.30pm
🥂 with wines thanks to St Hubert's
💌 FREE > RSVP via maph.org.au/events/1028

The winner of the prize will receive $50,000, and their work will be acquired into MAPh’s collection; the judges will also select two honourable mentions, who will each receive $2,500. Cast your vote at the event for the winner of the RACV People’s Choice, who will be awarded a $5,000 cash prize at the conclusion of the exhibition. One finalist will be selected to receive the Wai Tang Commissioning Award: a $10,000 cash prize + the opportunity to exhibit a solo body of work alongside the 2027 Bowness Photography Prize exhibition.

MAPh is grateful for the generous support of our logistics partner IAS Fine Art Logistics and framing partner Arten With the artists always front of mind, these local professionals offer consistent, meticulous services at discounted rates for all Bowness Photography Prize finalists.

Congratulations to all the finalists, we can't wait to celebrate with you!
Robert Ashton, Aurélie Beeston, Madeline Bishop, Danica Chappell, Maree Clarke, Timothy Coad, Nyree Cox, Ellen Dahl, J Davies, Penelope Davis, Tamara Dean, Yask Desai, damian dillon, Nathanael Edwards, Odette England, Adam Ferguson, Murray Fredericks, Silvi Glattauer, John Gollings, Dr Kristian Häggblom, Paul Harris, Leo Razak Harunah, Siri Hayes, Crystal Hua, The Huxleys, Ingvar Kenne, Shea Kirk, Bec Lorrimer, Clare McCracken, Heather Hesterman & Andrew Ferris, Kent Morris, Rebecca Najdowski, Harry Nankin, Brett Nannup, Ruth O'Leary, Felix Oliver, Jake Preval, Kiah Pullens, Clare Rae, Julie Rrap, Damien Shen & James Tylor, Scotty So, Valerie Sparks, Tobias Titz, Teo Treloar, Shan Turner-Carroll, Julia Rose van Haren, Justine Varga, Drew Waters, Lydia Wegner, and Grace Wood

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