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
1 Dec, 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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July

PIX – The magazine that changed everything (1938-1972)

Sydney: Until 31 Dec 2025. 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.

1 Shakespeare Place, Sydney State Library of NSW | 1 Jul - 31 Dec, 2025

November

Women Photographers 1853–2018

Canberra: Until 1 March 2026. Women photographers 1853–2018 highlights the transformative impact of women artists on the history of photography.

Parkes Place East, Parkes ACT 2600 National Gallery of Australia | 1 Nov, 2025 - 1 Mar, 2026

Unfinished Business: a 3D photography exhibition

Sydney: Until 11 April. Unfinished Business brings together the voices of 30 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living with disabilities from remote, regional, and urban communities across Australia.

1 William St, Sydney NSW 2010 Australian Musem | 1 Nov, 2025 - 19 Apr, 2026

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 Nov, 2025 - 6 Sep, 2026

Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light

Melbourne: 28 Nov 2025 – 26 May 2026. The exhibition celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of more than eighty women artists working between 1900 and 1975.

180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3006 NGV | 28 Nov, 2025 - 26 May, 2026

December

Climate Solvers - Australians Solving Climate Change by Guy Templeton

Sydney: 4 Dec – 30 Jan 2026. The project brings together around 70 images over 50 metres of wall space, profiling a wide spectrum of practical action on climate

University of Technology Sydney UTS Tower (Building 1), 15 Broadway | 4 Dec, 2025 - 30 Jan, 2026

February

Head On Perth

Perth: 1 Feb – 1 March 2026. Head On Photo Festival is expanding its footprint to Western Australia, with an outdoor and indoor festival program running from Sunday 1 February to Sunday 1 March 2026.

142 Lake St, Northbridge WA 6003 Northbridge Piazza | 1 Feb - 1 Mar, 2026