The Museum of Australian Photography Foundation and MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea have announced Sarah Rhodes as the winner of the 2025 Wai Tang Commissioning Award.
Sarah RHODES: Chamber of projection I 2025, from the series Intimate immensity (after Bachelard). © Sarah Rhodes.
The winner was selected from the finalists of the 2025 Bowness Photography Prize. The Wai Tang Commission invites the selected artist to exhibit a body of work alongside the following year’s Bowness Photography Prize exhibition, and awards the artist $10,000. One work from the commission will be acquired into MAPh’s collection. Rhodes, who lives and works in lutruwita/Tasmania, also received an honourable mention for ‘Chamber of projection I’ (shown above) in the prize. Her work explores ways in which the natural environment can guide an understanding of one’s inner world.
