2018 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography exhibition

Check out some of the biggest news stories of the last year as seen through the lenses of some of Australia's best press photographers. The exhibition showcases winners from the 2018 Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Awards. Around since 1956, the Walkley Awards are the highest honour in Australian journalism, and celebrate excellence across all media.

© Matthew Abbott, Oculi. “Rain On My Parade”. At the annual Poddy Dodgers Festival in the Queensland town of Croydon, people gathered to walk the main street with umbrellas, raincoats and homemade raindrops.
© Matthew Abbott, Oculi. Rain On My Parade. At the annual Poddy Dodgers Festival in the Queensland town of Croydon, people gathered to walk the main street with umbrellas, raincoats and homemade raindrops.

The Nikon-Walkley Awards for Excellence in Photojournalism recognise the work of photographers across a range of genres, from news and sport to portraiture and photographic essays. From the other side of the world to our own backyard, this exhibition lets viewers reflect on the year in news, through the individual worldviews and skilled lenses of Australia’s best photojournalists.

 

Image © Jenny Evans, from her series “Life Saver”, for Getty Images and the Daily Telegraph. Winner of the 2018 Walkley for News Photography.
Image © Jenny Evans, from her series, Life Saver, for Getty Images and the Daily Telegraph.
Winner of the 2018 Walkley for News Photography.

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November

Sydney: The exhibition delves into the State Library of NSW's vast collection of two million images, showcasing 400 photos – many displayed for the first time.

February

Ballarat: Scotty So is a Melbourne-based artist who works across media, using painting, photography, sculptures, site-responsive installation, videos and drag performance.

Melbourne: Jill Orr’s The Promised Land Refigured is an exhibition that reworks the original project created in 2012 with new insights that have emerged in the past eleven years.

Sydney: Curated by Lynn Smith, Urban Enigmas aims to unlock the subtle mysteries that lurk in out-of-the-way places in big cities: back lanes, river banks, street markets, abandoned factories, old bridges and so on.

March

Ballarat: Nan Goldin is an American artist whose work explores subcultures, moments of intimacy, the impacts of the HIV/AIDS and opioid epidemics on her communities, and photography as a tool for social activism.

Sydney: The Ocean Photographer of the Year Award, run by London based Oceanographic Magazine is in its 4th year and has quickly achieved recognition amongst photographers around the world.

Albury: The National Photography Prize offers a $30,000 acquisitive prize, the $5000 John and Margaret Baker Fellowship for an emerging practitioner, and further supports a number of artists through focused acquisitions.