Entries have just opened for the 2021 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize run by the Monash Gallery of Art (MGA) Foundation.


Last year’s winner, Rule of three 2020 from the series Flower walls  2018–20 by Christian Thompson. © Christian Thompson.

The MGA is inviting artists to submit photographic work created over the last year for the prize, which awards $30,000 to the winner, whose image will be acquired into MGA’s nationally significant collection of Australian photographs. The Smith & Singer People’s Choice Award, which is run concurrently, will be voted by the public with the recipient receiving $5,000. This year’s judges will be MGA Director Anouska Phizacklea, artist Del Kathryn Barton and Karen Quinlan AM, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, Australia. A fee of AU$55 is charged for each entry, which may contain up to three images. (The fee covers administration and handling.) Click here for more information.