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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 19h

In 2022, Iranian-Australian artist Ramak Bamzar presented 𝑀𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑜𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 on the Bondi Beach promenade. Revisit the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/moustachioed-women-and-rhinoplastic-girls Image credit: Ramak Bamzar #HeadOnPhoto #IranianPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In 2016, Head On Photo Festival presented Dutch photographer Ingetje Tadros’ 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝐼𝑠 𝑀𝑦 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑦, documenting Aboriginal communities in and around Broome, Western Australia. Revisit the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/my-country Image credit: Ingetje Tadros @ingetje_tadros #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In 2015, Head On Photo Festival presented Iranian photographer Gohar Dashti’s work in Australia for the first time. She draws on her experience growing up in Iran in the shadow of the Iran-Iraq war. Revisit Dashti’s exhibition here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Gohar Dashti #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Head On Photo Festival 2012 brought together established and emerging photographers from around the world for 𝐵𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡, curated by David Alan Harvey and Diego Orlando. Image credits: Mike Loyd Young, Bruce Gilden, Michelle Frankfurter and Paolo Pellegrin #headonphoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Jonathan Jasberg's work, inspired by the ancient Egyptian proverb “A beautiful thing is never perfect”, looks beyond familiar perceptions of Cairo to the people and moments he encountered there. See more: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Jonathan Jasberg #HeadOnPhoto #Cairo #Egypt

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daisy Noyes went looking for nature wherever she could find it: nature strips, vacant lots and overgrown corners, combining a longing for connection with nature with the absurdity of trying to find it among the concrete of the city. See more: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Daisy Noyes

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

We’re revisiting work that remains topical years after it was first shown. Robert Harding Pittman’s CoalScapes, exhibited at Head On in 2020, documents the human and environmental cost of lignite mining in Germany. See the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Robert Harding Pittman

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Dutch photographer Guido Benschop presented 𝐴𝑚𝑦𝑔𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎 through his alter ego, Du Choff in 2020. Explore the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credits: Du Choff, courtesy Head On Photo Festival 2020 #HeadOnPhoto #ConceptualPhotography #SurrealPhotography #ExperimentalPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

FINAL DAY to enter AddOn 2026. Entries close 11.59pm tonight, Sunday 27 September. There will be no extension. AddOn is open to photographers of all backgrounds and genres, and if you want your work on the wall this year, today is your last chance. Don’t miss out. Enter now: headon.org.au/addon

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

John Walmsley, Jungyook Park and Kojiro Oishi brought different landscapes to the Head On Landscape Awards 2025. Image credits: John Walmsley, Jungyook Park and Kojiro Oishi, finalists, Head On Landscape Awards 2025 #HeadOnPhoto #LandscapePhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thirteen explores the world children inherit, blending cinematic scenes, childhood imagination and darker undertones to question what we value and what we pass on. headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Samantha Everton

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Steven Benson and Giles Clarke were finalists in the Head On Portrait Awards 2025. Explore more finalists from the Head On Portrait Awards 2025: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credits: Steven Benson and Giles Clarke, finalists, Head On Portrait Awards 2025 #HeadOnPhoto #PortraitPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ten years ago, Raphaela Rosella exhibited part of an ongoing long-term project, the work explores love, longing and belonging through the lived experiences of young women, their families, achievements and struggles. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Raphaela Rosella

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

For ÄLSKLING: a self-portrait through the eyes of my lovers, Jenny Rova asked her former romantic partners to give her photographs they had taken of her during their relationships. Rova’s work was part of Head On Photo Festival 2019. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Images: Jenny Rova

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Presented at Head On Photo Festival 2024, Ella Waldman documents a former Soviet hospital that became a refuge for ethnic Georgians expelled from Abkhazia during the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict of 1992–93. Discover it at headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Ella Waldman #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Entries for AddOn 2026 close next Sunday 27 September. Open to photographers of all backgrounds and genres, AddOn is a non-competitive, anonymous exhibition and an important fundraiser for Head On Foundation. Submit your image and be part of AddOn 2026: headon.org.au/addon #HeadOnPhoto #AddOn2026

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In 2023, Matthew Renew’s The Life of Birds transformed photographs of the natural world into elaborate, hyperreal scenes inspired by 19th-century natural history illustration. Explore the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credits: Matthew Renew #HeadOnPhoto #WildlifePhotographybirds

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Miles Hewitt-Boorman and Alexander Hagemann, finalists in the Head On Landscape Awards 2025, offer two very different approaches to landscape. Explore more work from the Landscape Awards 2025: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credits: Miles Hewitt-Boorman and Alexander Hagemann #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In 2017, Head On presented Michael Amendolia’s Through the Lens: 25 Years of Sight Restoration, documenting the sight-restoring work of The Fred Hollows Foundation around the world. Discover more about it here: www.headon.org.au/magazine/mic... Image credit: Michael Amendolia #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Linda Jerkin’s photograph is full of energy, movement and unexpected relationships across the frame. See the full 2025 Awards exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Linda Jerkin, finalist, Head On Exposure Awards 2025 #HeadOnPhoto #DocumentaryPhotography #StreetPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

From pioneering figures to contemporary voices, our latest blog brings together 13 Indian photographers whose work has helped shape photography in India and beyond. Discover all 13 here: headon.org.au/magazine/13-... Images: Danish Siddiqui, Dayanita Singh, Raghubir Singh and Sanna Irshad Mattoo.

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

10 years ago, Head On presented Daniella Zalcman’s Signs of Your Identity, documenting survivors of Canada’s Indian Residential School system. As Head On Photo Festival 2026 approaches, we’re celebrating 20+ years of powerful stories through photography. headon.org.au/exhibitions/signs-your-identity

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Only two weeks to go to be part of AddOn 2026! Want to know more about AddOn and how it all began? Read all about it and submit here: headon.org.au/magazine/add... Entries close Sunday 27 September, so choose the images you’d love to see at AddOn and enter today. Image credit: AddOn #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

At a time when live music in NSW is facing challenges, we’re looking back at 𝐻𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑠 by Sophie Howarth, presented at Head On Photo Festival 2022 that brings together 126 images celebrating women in the music industry. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Sophie Howarth

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

As Australia heads towards another El Niño event, we’re looking back at a very different stretch of weather through Sam Ferris’ Rain Rain Go, exhibited at Head On Photo Festival 2024. Image credit: Sam Ferris #HeadOnPhoto #sydneystreetphotography #StreetPhotography #SydneyPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Marcin Giba captures the fleeting beauty of winter from above - one-off patterns across the ice - photographing a frozen lake in his hometown of Rybnik, Poland. See the full exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Marcin Giba, finalist, Head On Landscape Awards 2025 #headonphoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Missed us at Sydney Contemporary? You can still take home a work from the Head On stand. See what’s available: head-on-foundation.square.site/shop/head-on... Images: Demetris Koilalous, Marcus Lyon, John Platt, Lulu Pinkus, Craig Holmes, Peng Xiangjie, Stephane Milbank, Michael Jalaru Torres

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Sydney Contemporary is over, but you can still own work from the Head On stand. Don’t miss the opportunity to add to your collection before the prices go up. See what’s available: head-on-foundation.square.site/shop/head-on... Images: Paula Bronstein, Oded Wagenstein, Jasmine Poole #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thank you to everyone who came to see us at Photo Sydney as part of Sydney Contemporary! A big thank you to the artists, everyone who stopped by for a look or a chat, and Sydney Contemporary and Photo Sydney for a fantastic few days at Carriageworks. Image credit: Head On Foundation #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

𝑀𝑎𝑣𝑘𝑖. 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑔𝑒. by Ukrainian photographer Alena Grom portrays women from Gorenka who came together to create camouflage for the Ukrainian military following the devastation of their village. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Images: Alena Grom #HeadOnPhoto #DocumentaryPhotography

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

In 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, presented at Head On Photo Festival 2024, journalist and photographer Manuela Federl documents life in one of Slovakia’s largest Roma communities, focusing on the lives of girls and young women. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Manuela Federl

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

An exhibition from Head On Photo Festival 2024, 𝑍𝐴𝑁𝐽 by Italian photographer Monia Marchionni combines photography, collage and fabrics to explore the connections between the people of Zanzibar and their culture and heritage. See it here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image Monia Marchionni

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We’re ready for a big night at Carriageworks! Join us from 5.30–9pm for Sydney Contemporary's opening celebration in Photo Sydney. Head On followers can access discounted tickets from: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098... Image credit: Stephen Godfrey, Head On Foundation #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sydney Contemporary’s VIP Preview is today! Come and find us at Booth PS12. We can’t wait to see you! Head On followers can access discounted tickets from: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098... Image credit: Stephen Godfrey, Head On Foundation #HeadOnPhoto #SydneyContemporary

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Here’s a peek as we set up for Sydney Contemporary! The fair kicks off with its VIP Preview tomorrow, opening to the public on Thursday. Head On followers can access discounted tickets from: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098... Images: Head On Foundation #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

AddOn 2026 is now open for submissions. Now in its 16th year, AddOn is a non-competitive exhibition open to photographers of all backgrounds and genres. Submit one or two square images by Sunday 27 September, 11.59pm Sydney time: headon.org.au/addon #HeadOnPhoto #AddOn2026 #PhotographyExhibition

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Here's some more of the artwork Head On Photo Festival is bringing to Sydney Contemporary next week from 3 September. Discounted tickets for Head On followers are available here: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098... Imagez: Jodie James, Moshe Rosenzveig OAM, Kelly Conlin and Harald Helle

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Head On Photo Festival is featuring work by Geoffrey Goddard, Kristin Schnell, Robyn MacRae and Thomas Hartstang at Sydney Contemporary this week at Carriageworks from 3–6 September. Discounted tickets for Head On followers are available here: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098...

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Birgit Neiser was both a Landscape finalist and exhibiting photographer in 2025. Her exhibition, Manual Mining in Myanmar, documents the people working in dangerous, unregulated mining conditions in remote parts of the country. See the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Birgit Neiser

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What happens when AI becomes part of the creative process? As conversations around AI and image-making continue to evolve, Simon Harsent's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑠 feels more relevant than ever. See the exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Simon Harsent, courtesy Head On Photo Festival 2024

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Françoise Holtzmacher documents one of the world's largest landfill sites at the Mbeubeuss landfill on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal. See the full Landscape Awards exhibition: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image credit: Françoise Holtzmacher, Head On Landscape Awards finalist 2025 #headonphoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Head On Photo Festival once again joins PHOTO Sydney at Carriageworks from 3–6 September. Head On followers can access discounted tickets here: sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098... Image credit: Stephen Godfrey #HeadOnPhoto #SydneyContemporary #PHOTOSydney #Photography #ContemporaryArt

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you to everyone who entered the Head On Photo Awards 2026. The judges are looking forward to seeing your work! In the meantime, revisit last year’s Landscape Awards, including this atmospheric photograph by finalist Kaori Hijikata, here: headon.org.au/exhibitions/... Image: Kaori Hijikata

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just hours left to enter the Head On Photo Awards 2026. Now is the time to enter.. Get your strongest images into the Portrait, Landscape or Exposure Awards before entries close tonight at 11.59pm AEST. Don’t leave it too late: headon.org.au/awards Image credit: Michal Ziarno, #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Today is the FINAL DAY to enter the Head On Photo Awards 2026. The extended deadline for entries closes tonight at 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August. For your last chance to enter go to: headon.org.au/awards Image credit: Tianhu Yuan, finalist, Head On Portrait Awards 2025 #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Why limit yourself to one category? The Head On Photo Awards 2026 deadline has been extended until 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August. If you have multiple images, use the extra time to consider where each fits and enter more than one category via headon.org.au/awards Image credits: Alain Schroeder

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What belongs in the Exposure Awards? Almost anything - no genre restrictions, all styles, subjects and techniques. Entries for the Head On Photo Awards 2026 close at 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August here: headon.org.au/awards Images: Matthew Smith, Jerusha Sutton and Stephen Pierce

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

An extra week means another chance to get your strongest portraits in. Here are 3 finalists from the Head On Portrait Awards 2025 for inspiration. Entries close at 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August. Enter here: headon.org.au/awards Images: Kishore Das, Katherine Griffiths and Kate Geraghty

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The extended deadline for the Head On Photo Awards 2026 ends this Sunday.We recommend entering early to avoid the last-minute rush. Entries close at 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August. Enter here: headon.org.au/awards Image credit: Chris Round, finalist, Head On Landscape Awards 2025 #HeadOnPhoto

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Head On Photo Festival @headonphoto.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thinking of entering the Landscape Awards? You’ve got another chance. Head On Photo Awards 2026 deadline has been extended until 11.59pm AEST Sunday 23 August. Submit now via headon.org.au/awards Images: Yan Kurniawan, Jim Hollander and Stephen Stewart, finalists, Head On Landscape Awards 2025

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