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Head On Photo Festival 2025 Submission

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Head On Photo Festival 2025 Submission
Territory: Worldwide
Theme: Open
Eligibility: Open to all
Entry Fees: AUD$35 (approximately US$19)
Prize: Exhibition
Head On Photo Festival represents the best work from established and emerging photographers globally. Our 2025 Festival will be a mix of online and in-person exhibitions and events across Sydney, Australia. Select exhibitions may also tour nationally and internationally.

Underscoring our belief that all photo artists need a fair chance to show their work, our selection panel reviews exhibition proposals without the artists’ names or pedigrees, ensuring that Head On selects work on merit.

Once the review process is complete, successful applicants will be invited to exhibit as part of the Head On Photo Festival. We cover production and curatorial costs for selected exhibitions.

WHY EXHIBIT AT HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL?
Head On Photo Festival is a leading international photography festival. Our outstanding reputation stems from our guiding principle; that every photo artist deserves a fair chance to show their work. This philosophy has allowed us to show diverse quality work that breaks the mould in order to exhibit all genres of photography by artists at every career stage.
Head On Photo Festival is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience in preparing and exhibiting your work, meet other artists and creative professionals, and be part of an internationally recognised event.
Exhibiting at the Festival can be a game-changing opportunity to showcase your work. With exposure to 400,000 people, stunning exhibition spaces at both Bondi Beach and the picturesque Paddington Reservoir Gardens, this is the chance to get your work seen by thousands.
You can take a virtual tour of some of the breathtaking spaces that were featured in past Festivals and get excited about what lies ahead.

Exhibitors receive the following benefits:
An exhibition in an internationally recognised festival that puts the spotlight on photography, attracting extensive publicity through a variety of promotional channels
Access to Head On’s infrastructure built over 16 years
Dedicated webpage for Featured exhibitions on www.headon.org.au (also available post-festival)
Head On help desk
Exhibition management, production and promotion for selected seleexhibitions

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