The horses are off to Sydney! I have been accepted into the HEAD ON Photo Festival next May 2017 with my exhibition, HORSE. Head On Photo Festival is Australia’s most prestigious photography event and one of the world’s leading photography festivals. It is also Australia’s only annual photography festival.
Held in Sydney over three weeks, it hosts numerous free events and exhibitions, low-cost workshops and talks led by Australian and international industry professionals.
The Festival encompasses the prestigious Head On Awards (Portrait, Landscape, Mobile, and Student Prizes) with the 2016 Prize Packages valued at over $50,000.
Each year, the Festival presents works across all genres of over 900 local and international photo artists at more than 100 venues across Sydney and regional areas.
The Festival has also presented artists in exhibitions toured interstate and internationally to the US, China, India, The Netherlands, and New Zealand, and engaged a global audience of more than 1 million people.
With a philosophy of inclusivity and fair play, work submitted for exhibition in Head On Photo Festival is judged without the artists’ names thereby enabling the work to stand on its own merit. As a result, the festival is one of the very few platforms providing invaluable (if not otherwise unattainable) opportunities to emerging and established artists alike.
Attracting a plethora of artists to exhibit from prestigious and highly acclaimed photographers including Magnum’s David Alan Harvey and National Geographic’s Chris Rainier, and Australia’s own Tracey Moffat and Murray Fredricks to students embarking on a career, Head On Photo Festival occupies a unique and vital place on the Australian arts calendar.
The festival has been running annually since 2010 by the non-profit organisation Head On Foundation.
