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The Museum of Sydney and Nikon Australia offer photographers the chance to win one of four Nikon digital camera packages valued at $5000 as part of the new photography exhibition Sydney now: new Australian photojournalism.

Places are still available on Nikon’s Alpine Safari tour of the Perisher Valley Alpine area, which takes place over the October long weekend (30 September to 2 October, 2006).

Entries to the 31st Nikon Photo Contest International will be accepted from September 1 to November 30, 2006.

Nikon is showcasing HD video clips from two guest photographers, Paul Daly and Giora Dan on its My Nikon Life website.

Nikon has teamed with FIFA to offer families throughout Asia a chance to take photographs on the field before the start of games during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asian final qualifiers and the AFC Champions League (ACL) 2008.

July will present an exciting month of photography in Sydney when two important shows, World Press Photo 11 and Sydney Morning Herald Photos 1440, open in the State Library of NSW’s Galleries on Saturday, 2 July.

Local Nikon distributor, Maxwell Optical Industries will host the Nikon Alpine Safari on the October long weekend to celebrate the continuing Nikon sponsorship of the Perisher Blue resort.

The Australian Museum and New Scientist magazine are inviting entries to the New Scientist Eureka Prize for Science Photography, which is open to Australians of 18 years and over and has a cash prize pool of $10,000.

Giclee Australia and High Res Digital Imaging will open a new gallery space, Airport North Gallery in Mascot, NSW.

Melbourne’s newest specialist photographic gallery, Photospace, opens with an exhibition titled “Different Takes” that features six of Victoria’s specialist art photographers who use alternative and traditional photographic processes and techniques.