THE outback Queensland town of Winton, the "home" of Waltzing Matilda and bush poetry, is offering $5000 in prizemoney to photographers who capture the best images of the Australian Outback.
The BHP Billiton Cannington Waltzing Matilda Photographic Competition and Exhibition, now in its seventeenth year, is one of the best known photographic prizes in outback Australia.
Photographers are invited to enter framed monochrome and colour prints that epitomise the "Image of the Outback" theme. The inaugural competition attracted 39 entries. Last year, 92 monochrome and colour prints were received from photographers throughout the country, with the major awards going to artists from Sydney, NSW and Longreach, Queensland.
The competition is hosted by the Outback Regional Gallery, an integral part of the modern Waltzing Matilda Centre in Winton.
As well as being the world’s only purpose-built complex dedicated to a song, the Centre actively promotes artistic and cultural development with an outback focus, in particular photography, painting and bush literature.
Entries in the BHP Billiton Cannington Waltzing Matilda Photographic Exhibition and Competition will be publicly exhibited in the gallery from 16 September until 14 November 2013.
The first prizewinning entry in each section will be acquired by the Cannington SilverLeadZinc Collection, with all other entries available for sale.
BHP Billiton Cannington is the major sponsor, with assistance from the Winton Shire Council, and Arts Queensland (through the Regional Arts Development Fund).
Entries will be judged by Robyn Hills of Caloundra, QLD. Robyn has been awarded the distinction of Master of Photography four times, and has been crowned ‘Australian Professional Photographer of the Year’, ‘Queensland Landscape Photographer of the Year’ and ‘Queensland Photographic Artist of the Year’.
She has also been bestowed with the highest honour the AIPP can give – ‘Fellow of the Australian Institute of Professional Photography’. Passionate about photography and life, Robyn believes she has a dream job – getting paid to be creative.
Robyn will announce the winners on Friday 20 September, and lead a photography workshop in Winton on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 September.
Important Details
Entries close on 16 August 2013
For more information:
Email: imageoftheoutback@gmail.com
Online: www.matildacentre.com.au/competitions
