Head On Photo Awards 2025

Head On Photo Awards 2025 is now open for entries!

Head On Photo Awards 2025 : Head On Photo Awards 2025, Australia’s most prestigious photography event and one of the world’s leading annual photography festivals has been recently opened for entries inviting all professional, emerging and enthusiast photographers from classical to contemporary styles to partecipate with they best work.

➜ Short description

Head On Photo Awards 2025 now is calling for entries! This is Australia’s most prestigious photography event and one of the world’s leading photography festivals and also only annual photography festival in Australia.

Run by the Head On Foundation, a non-profit organization in Australia, Head On Photo Awards seek the best work from emerging and established photographers across three categories:

➜ Portrait - The image must feature or reflect the essence of a person or group of people and must be photographed by the Applicant. Group portraits, self-portraits and collages are accepted. We encourage all photographic styles and interpretations of photographic portraiture.

➜ Landscape - Our approach to ‘landscape’ is very broad and encompasses ‘large vista’ images of the natural environment (land or sea), urban or industrial settings. It may include people, but these should be ‘incidental’ rather than the main subject matter. We encourage all photographic styles and interpretations of ‘landscape’.

➜ Exposure - The Head On Exposure Awards reveal new perspectives. Photographers are invited to unleash their creativity and submit their most important work, of any genre, style, technique, or medium, beyond the portrait and lLandscape categories.

Entries may be of any subject and may fit into any field of photography such as fine art, fashion, wildlife, street, food, sports, still life, pet, travel, architecture, advertising and more. Portraits and landscapes should be entered in their respective categories.

Images of all styles and genres are eligible as long as they are true to the spirit of the category.

Images must be produced by a photographic device (including mobile devices) that captures images (experimental processes welcome), in colour and/or black & white. You may enhance the image and apply filters. Copyright in the images remains the property of the photographer.

Winners will be announced in November at the Festival Launch in Sydney.

➜ Who may enter?

This competition is open to photographers from all over the world, with all genres, interpretations, and styles of photography eligible for submission.

➜ Prize:

➜ PORTRAIT
The overall winner will receive:

AUD$5,000 cash
Camera kit – OM-1 Mark II + 45mm F1.2 Pro

➜ LANDSCAPE

AUD$5,000 cash
Camera kit – OM-1 Mark II + 7-14mm F2.8 Pro

➜ EXPOSURE

AUD$5,000 cash
Camera kit – OM-1 Mark II + 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO

Benefits for all finalists (all categories)

➜ their printed image will be included in the ever-popular Finalists exhibition at Head On Photo Festival 2025
➜ inclusion in the Head On Photo Awards 2025 book publication at no additional cost
➜ a dedicated webpage on headon.org.au
➜ Head On pursues further exhibition/publication opportunities

200 semi-finalists will have their work presented in a rolling slideshow situated at a major festival venue.

➜ Entry fees:

➜ AUD$30strong> entry fee per photo
➜ AUD$15 entry fee per photo – for people under 25 years of age