Museum of Australian Photography – November 2025 to February 2026 exhibitions – various

Venue: Museum of Australian Photography
Location: 860 Ferntree Gully Road Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150
30 Nov, 2025 - 22 Feb, 2026
Web: https://maph.org.au/

ImageL Naomi Hobson.
The good sister ‘Ms. Daley, the kindergarten teacher has a flash black bike, it’s them olden-style one. Every time I drop Erica off at kindy, I always check it out.’ Kayla2019
from the series Adolescent wonderland
pigment ink-jet print
69.2 x 104.1 cm
Museum of Australian Photography, City of Monash Collection
acquired 2021
MAPh 2021.135
courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery (Melbourne) — Image: Naomi Hobson from **Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now.** The good sister ‘Ms. Daley, the kindergarten teacher has a flash black bike, it’s them olden-style one. Every time I drop Erica off at kindy, I always check it out.’ Kayla2019 from the series Adolescent wonderland pigment ink-jet print 69.2 x 104.1 cm Museum of Australian Photography, City of Monash Collection acquired 2021 MAPh 2021.135 courtesy of the artist and Vivien Anderson Gallery (Melbourne)

Young | youth in Australian photography: 1980s to now

22 November 2025 – 22 February 2026
Artists: Atong Atem, Donna Bailey, Anne Ferran, Bill Henson, Petrina Hicks, Naomi Hobson, Samuel Hodge, Paul Knight, Katrin Koenning, Christopher Köller, Jesse Marlow, Rod McNicol, Jacqueline Mitelman, Tracey Moffatt, Corben Mudjandi, Prudence Murphy, Derek O'Connor, Polixeni Papapetrou, Trent Parke, Drew Pettifer, David Rosetzky, Julie Rrap, Naomie Sunner, Darren Sylvester, Simon Terrill, David M Thomas, Lisa Tomasetti, Lyndal Walker.

Daniel Temesgen | Us

22 November 2025 – 22 February 2026
Born in Ethiopia and now living in Australia, Daniel Temesgen creates portraits that are intimate, luminous, and grounded in community. Focusing on friends and peers, he celebrates youth, friendship and the vibrancy of Black life in contemporary Australia, exploring layered identities and cultural richness through a personal lens.

Drawing on the visual language of fashion photography, including composition, light and colour, Temesgen transforms these tools into expressions of tenderness. His subjects appear in transitional spaces such as cars and shorelines: ordinary yet cinematic, capturing moments of movement, change and self-possession.

Valeriy Taouk | Lights

22 November 2025 – 22 February 2026
Melbourne-based artist Valeriy Taouk works with found objects and appropriated photographs to examine how images shape culture, desire and collective memory. His intuitive, darkroom-based practice embraces unorthodox printing methods and experimental processes, blurring the boundaries between photography and its material form.

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May

Rehearsing the City exhibition

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

99 Shiel Street, North Melbourne VIC, Australia Victorian Archives Centre and Gallery | 21 May, 2026 - 31 Mar, 2027

June

Mervyn Bishop: Close Up

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.

1 Shakespeare Place Sydney NSW 2000 State Library of NSW | 1 Jun, 2026 - 7 Feb, 2027

Trent Parke: The Christmas tree bucket

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.

National Gallery of Australia (NGA) Parkes Place East, Parkes ACT 2600 | 1 Jun - 6 Sep, 2026

Brook Andrew | Rollercoaster: Winhangadurinya in motion

Melbourne: 6 June – 30 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.

860 Ferntree Gully Road Wheelers Hill Victoria 3150 Museum of Australian Photography | 6 Jun - 30 Aug, 2026

Through Muninjali eyes: photojournalist Wayne Coolwell

Brisbane: until 18 October 2026. Known affectionately as the ‘Cool Cat of journalism’ Wayne moved effortlessly among the greats, between the media and community, treating every encounter as part of his day’s work behind the lens.

Stanley Place, South Brisbane, QLD 4101 State Library of Queensland | 17 Jun - 18 Oct, 2026

July

Hydrangea Transitions

Melbourne: Until 30 September 2026. Melbourne photographer Stefanie Wendler-Canning is inviting visitors to see one of the garden's most familiar flowers from an entirely different perspective in her new exhibition.

148 Drummond Street, Oakleigh, Vic, 3166 Oakleigh Library | 27 Jul - 30 Sep, 2026

August

Brassaï – Secret Paris

Melbourne: Until 15 November 2026. This exhibition will present the most comprehensive survey of the work of the eminent Hungarian-born, French photographer Brassaï yet to be seen in Australia.

7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen VIC 3105 Heide Museum of Modern Art | 8 Aug - 15 Nov, 2026

Devotion – Sly Morikawa

Sydney: Until 13 September 2026. Devotion is an ongoing series by Sly Morikawa documenting Sanja Matsuri, the annual Shinto festival held in Tokyo’s Asakusa district.

Level 3 16-28 Foster St Surry Hills, NSW 2010 China Heights | 14 Aug - 13 Sep, 2026

Brisbane Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards 2026

Brisbane: Until 1 November 2026. The finalist exhibition of the 2026 Lord Mayor’s Photographic Awards brings together striking photographic works that capture the city’s spirit — from familiar streets and riverside scenes to the fleeting moments, routines and characters that make Brisbane feel like home.

Level 3, Brisbane City Hall King George Square, Brisbane 4000 Museum of Brisbane. Level 3, City Hall | 23 Aug - 1 Nov, 2026

Definitive Dupain – a photographic retrospective

Sydney: 24 August 2026 – 18 July 2027. Featuring almost 200 images and original prints personally selected by Dupain for magazine and book publishers, the exhibition reveals the extraordinary breadth of his work.

1 Shakespeare Place Sydney NSW 2000 State Library of NSW | 24 Aug, 2026 - 18 Jul, 2027