Head On Portrait Awards 2024

Head On Photo Festival 2024

40 Portrait Awards finalists

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Dates: 09 Nov 2024 - 01 Dec 2024

Location: Bondi Pavilion Gallery, Queen Elizabeth Dr, Bondi Beach NSW 2056

Hours: Daily 10:00am - 5:00pm

Entry Fee: Free

Genres: Portrait

The prestigious Head On Photo Awards celebrates the world’s best in photography, illuminating the perspectives, styles, and forms that break new ground. We want to challenge emerging photographers to bring audiences new ways of seeing the world. Our dual aim is to ensure photographers are valued for their incredible creative contributions and to create a forum where exceptional images can be shared.

This is underpinned by Head On’s diverse and experienced curation team, which actively seeks bold, daring, and exciting images. Our blind judging process, where artists’ names are hidden, ensures this work is done on an even playing field.

Every photo is judged on impact alone, which reflects our unique curation philosophy. Head On believes that curation must consider both the seen and the unseen. Truly great photographs reveal a truth about our world without sacrificing the imagination. They allow you to dream of what it would be like to be on the ground when a photo was made and give you a fleeting glimpse into the life unfolding around the moment.

The Head On Portrait Awards (est. 2004) is a prestigious competition that recognizes the talents of portrait photographers at all career stages. Prizes are awarded to artists who demonstrate a unique visual literacy of portraiture and innovative approaches to the traditional portrait form, expanding our idea of what a portrait can be.

Posed or candid, intimate or public, dynamic or static, these portraits explore the future of photography and the depths of the human condition.

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40 Portrait Awards finalists

Winner: Drew Gardner

International runner-up: Melinda Blauvelt

Australian runner-up: Nathan Dyer

Finalists: Alain Schroeder, Alejandra López Zaballa, Alessandro Celante, Amy Woodward, Benny Capp, Birgit Neiser, Connor Jarden, Deirdre Brennan, Drew Gardner, Evan Murphy, Gerrie Mifsud, Grace Costa, Harmen Meinsma, Heidi Margocsy, Helga Salwe, Isa Rus, Jason Langer, Jesus Umbria Brito, Joseph P Smith, Jouk Oosterhof, Julie Sundberg, Justin Mclean, Kate Kennedy, Laura Pannack, Lisa Murray, Lisa Sorgini, Marcus Coblyn, Maria Franklin, Melinda Blauvelt, Mridula Amin, Nathan Dyer, Nneka Iwunna Ezemezue, Penelope Green, Robin Fox, Simon Harsent, Su Cassiano, Tatsuo Suzuki, Tim Anger, Vicki Jones, Vladimir Karamazov