CCP Salon

Australia's largest open-entry, photomedia exhibition and competition, CCP Salon presented by Leica and Ilford is now in its 23rd year. This annual event celebrates the latest developments in photomedia practice around the country, and provides an excellent opportunity to exhibit work in a professional, high-profile context. Supported by 23 national leaders in the photographic industry, CCP Salon awards $20,000 worth of prizes over 31 categories, and visitors are invited to vote for their favourite image in the Crumpler People's Choice Award.

© Elli Bardas. Untitled, 2015.
Sun Studios Excellence in Colour.
© Elli Bardas. Untitled, 2015. Sun Studios Excellence in Colour.
© Edita Knowler. Metropolis: NYC 2015.
Leica and Ilford Excellence in Photomedia Award.
© Edita Knowler. Metropolis: NYC 2015. Leica and Ilford Excellence in Photomedia Award.

 

© Chris Round. Silverwater Park, NSW, 2014.
Woodworks Best Composition.
© Chris Round. Silverwater Park, NSW, 2014. Woodworks Best Composition.

 

© Harry Kirchner. River Tableau, 2015.
Lexar Best Action Shot.
© Harry Kirchner. River Tableau, 2015. Lexar Best Action Shot.

 

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February

Canberra: Until 6 Sept 2026. Trent Parke’s photographic series The Christmas tree bucket 2006–09 is a tender and darkly humorous portrayal of his extended family coming together to celebrate Christmas.

March

Sydney: Until 7 Feb 2027. From his archive of more than 200,000 images, Close Up celebrates the historic moments and pivotal people he famously captured.

Melbourne: 5 March – 7 August 2026. Between the mid-1970s and early 1990s, artist and social documentary photographer Viva Gibb (1945-2017) documented the suburbs of North and West Melbourne, where she lived.

May

Sydney: Until 16 August 2026. PIX, Australia’s first pictorial news weekly, is brought to life in this exhibition, showcasing its archived images and stories for the very first time.

Melbourne: Until March 2027. Rehearsing the City presents archival photographs from Victoria’s government collections, alongside new work by contemporary street photographers.

Coffs Harbour: 28 May – 29 June 2026. West Of Somewhere East is a photographic series tracing a cinematic journey through the interior of New South Wales, shaped by long drives, fleeting encounters, and the reflective rhythm of return.

June

Sydney: June 6 – 19 July 2026. The World Press Photo Exhibition 2026 is returning to the State Library of New South Wales from 6 June to 19 July, offering Sydney audiences an uncompromising view of of the unending challenges that humans, and our planet face.

Melbourne: 6 June – 20 August 2026. Brook Andrew is an artist whose conceptual practice shifts across photography, performance, moving image, installation, public space and research, often through deep collaboration with artists, communities and friends.

Melbourne: 6 June – 28 June 2-26. We Built a House Out of Water is a deeply personal body of work that draws on memory, family, and culture – while understanding healing as an ongoing process.

Melbourne: 26 June – 2 August. Through analogue photographic processes, Dylan Negri aims to immortalised fragments of life that would otherwise disintegrate.