Galah announces 42 contemporary photographs as finalists in this year's $27,000 Regional Photography Prize, Australia's richest photography prize for regional artists.
Galah has announced 42 contemporary photographs as finalists in this year's $27,000 Regional Photography Prize, Australia's richest photography prize for regional artists.
Our judging panel selected 42 images made by 37 regional photographers from more than 1100 entries across regional Australia.
The finalists' work will be presented at the New England Regional Art Museum in Armidale, NSW, in an eight week exhibition from 11 April to 8 June 2025.
The winning works will be announced at an exhibition party at NERAM on Friday 2 May 2025.
The biennial Galah Regional Photography Prize, established in 2023, has been created to encourage excellence in contemporary photography from regional Australia. The intention of the prize is to celebrate, support and advance the practice of regional photographers.
Congratulations to the 2025 finalists, listed below in no particular order. And many thanks to all the photographers who entered the 2025 prize.
The Big Prawn, Ballina 2024 by Trent MitchellSweetheart, Merriwa by Thérèse MaherKevin (Nowangee) 2024 by Nathan DyerThe Bush is Calling by Angela StirlingThe Ball by Paul BlackmoreLake Gairdner by Dean SewellBefore the concert by Stephane ThomasBeach Stone by Robyn BarronHalcyon Days by Alex FraynePeoples Blockade by Dean SewellStrength by Tracy LeesPamamaroo New Year by Em JensenComet Atlas over Green Hills 2025 by Robyn MacRaeDirt Bike Dreaming by Katrina StarmerTea and Sugar by Paul BlackmoreEmerging, Merewether Pool by Paul FoleyEadie and Flo (1) by Karen WebbAudio Eyes by Naomi McKenzieLove & Grit by Anna DoyleStrapping by Elise DerwinThe Flood by Lisa SorginiHarvest Impression by Sarah CunninghamThe Roo by Rachel MounseyRed and Green Algae by Margot HughesThe Nuances of Sisterly Love by Amelia ScholtzSelf portrait of a family by Rosa Spring VossThelma Plum by Em JensenUntitled by Tajette O'HalloranThe boys of 2200 by Natalie GronoTip-toeing into the Future by Tim BakerTom & Lola - Last Summer Days - In the Shade of the Tortured Willow by Julian KingmaRinse by Danielle Fitzgerald Anointing they/them by Tess LehmanTilly Time by M Ellen BurnsUntitled by Tajette O'HalloranLunch break in the sheds by Ellie MarinakisDelightful Dissidence from An Uncertain Grasp (series) by Pia JohnsonStardust by Terrence GillespieL'Eau di Joy Boy by Penelope GreenCable Beach, Broome by Christian FletcherBeef Week by Mike TerryThe last swim by Natalie Grono
