Weekly News #17 18May2025

Calling on all Nature photographers! Entries are now open to MCC members for this year’s nature exhibition.

MCC is celebrating its fifth nature exhibition which will be on display 19 – 23 June in the MCC Gallery. The theme for this year’s exhibition is ‘Nature in all its Glory’.

All images must meet the Nature Guidelines as outlined in the terms and conditions. If you wish to submit creative images, please contact the exhibitions team. If there is sufficient interest we will create a separate section within the exhibition.

For full information about the Exhibition entries and the Terms and Conditions.

• Closing date: Sunday 1 June 2025, 11:59pm

• Set Subject: Trees
• Judge: Mark Bloothoofd
• Competition entry date: already closed

Note this is a Zoom only event, with no attendees at the Clubrooms.

• Link: See Weekly MCC news

This competition is open to all photographers – professional, amateur and student photographers from Australia and around the world.

Early bird entries open now – Early Bird pricing ends on 23 May. Purchase now and upload your images any time before 22 June.

• 18 categories
• 50+ World Class Judges
• $10,000+ in Prizes
• Live stream judging for top 30 images in every category
• Digital entries only this year

Important dates:

• Early Bird pricing until 23 May
• Upload Entries Close 22 June
• Live Stream judging 11-20 July

Auto-Photo A Life in Portraits is a Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) exhibition, presented in partnership with RMIT Culture. 

Auto Photo: A Life in Portraits is a distinctly Australian story, centred on the figure of Alan Adler. Adler, while little known, is likely the most photographed man in Australia and is also the oldest and longest serving photobooth technician in the world. For over 50 years, Adler has been maintaining a suite of photobooths across Melbourne/Narrm, most notably, the site near Flinders Street Station. His story reflects the local communities and a shared dedication and passion for image-making and creative expression.  

• Official opening: Thursday 5 June 6pm-8pm
• Exhibition dates: 6 June to 16 August
• Location: RMIT Gallery, 344 Swanston St, Melbourne
• Hours: 11am-5pm Tuesday-Friday, 11am-4pm Saturdays

MCC EOY Judge from 2024, Dr Kristian Häggblom has an upcoming exhibition on display at Linden Arts. 

Some Confused Men is a photographic series by Kristian Häggblom that explores the feeling of being overwhelmed in today’s chaotic world. Against the backdrop of political unrest, economic stress, environmental concerns and the strange return of Trump, the work follows the lives of men – including the artist – who openly express their confusion.

• 8 May to 8 June 2025
• Linden Projects Space
• Rear 26 Acland Street, St Kilda

In May 1968 the newly formed photography department of Prahran Technical School (known as Prahran College of Advanced Education (PCAE) from 1973) moved into the basement of a freshly completed art and design building on the corner of High Street and Thomas Street in Melbourne’s inner southeastern suburb of Prahran. Here, for the first time in Australia, photography was taught as an artform.

Featuring the work of approximately 60 artists, The basement brings to light rare vintage prints from the 1960s through to the early 1980s, key archival ephemera and folio work – from students and teachers of the College’s Diploma of Art & Design (Photography).

• Exhibition dates: 1 March – 25 May 2025
• Museum of Australian Photography
  860 Ferntree Gully Road, Wheelers Hill