World Press Photo Exhibition 2025

Venue: Fairfax Studio & Turbine Platform
Location: Brisbane Powerhouse, 119 Lamington St, New Farm QLD 4005
19 Jul - 17 Aug, 2025
Web: https://www.worldpressphoto.org/calendar/2025/brisbane-australia

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Visit the World Press Photo Exhibition 2025 on its world-wide tour, showcasing the stories that matter with photography from the 68th annual World Press Photo Contest.

Presenting the results of the 2025 World Press Photo Contest, the annual exhibition showcases the best and most important photojournalism and documentary photography of the last year. The winners were chosen by an independent jury made of 31 professionals from around the world who reviewed more than 59,320 photographs entered by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries.


Exhibition opening times:

Monday - Sunday 10am - 5pm

Free entry


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July

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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.

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

November

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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.

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

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

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National Gallery of Australia (NGA) Parkes Place East, Parkes ACT 2600 | 1 Nov, 2025 - 6 Sep, 2026
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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.

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

December

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Climate Solvers - Australians Solving Climate Change by Guy Templeton

Sydney: 4 Dec – 19 Dec 2025. The project brings together around 70 images over 50 metres of wall space, profiling a wide spectrum of practical action on climate

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University of Technology Sydney UTS Tower (Building 1), 15 Broadway | 4 Dec - 19 Dec, 2025