Bowness Photography Prize 2011

Monash Gallery of Art

Thursday 15 September 2011 to Sunday 16 October 2011
Thirty seven images by some of Australia's best photographers are in the running for the $25 000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize. The finalist's works were selected from approximately 2 000 photographs submitted by 432 entrants. One of these finalists will win the $25 000 first prize. Three finalists will be awarded an Adobe Honourable Mention prize.

The short-listed artists are:

Warwick Baker, Kate Bernauer, Magdalena Bors, Chris Budgeon, Elaine Campaner, Michael Corridore, Jagath Dheerasekara, Jackson Eaton, Cherine Fahd, Sean Fennessy, Anne Ferran, Phillip George, Dean Golja, Natalie Grono, David Manley, Olivia Martin-McGuire, Prudence Murphy, Harry Nankin, Catherine Nelson, Matthew Newton, Selina Ou, Max Pam, Polixeni Papapetrou, Geoff Parr, Sonia Payes, Drew Pettifer, Helen Pynor, Jacky Redgate, Simone Rosenbauer, Julie Rrap, Martin Smith, Simon Terrill, Claudia Terstappen, Glenn Walls, Rudi Williams, Alex Wisser, Yiwen Yao.

Established in 2006 to promote excellence in photography, the annual non-acquisitive William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize is an initiative of the MGA Foundation. Among Australia’s most important art prizes, the Bowness Photography Prize is the country’s most coveted photography prize.

In 2011, photographers will be competing for $25,000 first prize, three Adobe Honourable Mention Awards and $1,000 Crumpler People’s Choice Award.

The 2011 Bowness Photography Prize judging panel is:
ROBYN STACEY , photographer, GEOFFREY SMITH , Chairman of Sotheby’s Australia and Trustee of the MGA Foundation and SHAUNE LAKIN , MGA Director.

View the finalists images on Flickr

Location

Monash Gallery of Art
860 Ferntree Gully Road
Melbourne Precinct
Victoria
Australia
Max PAM
© All rights reserved Max PAM 2011 Australia
#1 from the series Post cards from another planet 2011 one of five pigment ink-jet prints 60 x 50 cm (each) courtesy of the artist
Rocklea, QLD
© All rights reserved Warwick Baker 2011 Australia
from the series After the flood 2011 chromogenic print 120 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist and Linberg Galleries, Melbourne
The underpass
© All rights reserved Kate Bernauer 2011 Australia
from the series I need a compass not an anchor 2011 pigment ink-jet print on cotton paper 85 x 121 cm courtesy of the artist
Autumn
© All rights reserved Magdalena Bors 2011 Australia
from the series The seventh day 2011 pigment ink-jet print 110 x 165 cm courtesy of the artist
Cory
© All rights reserved Chris Budgeon 2011 Australia
from the series Are we not men 2011 pigment ink-jet print 90 x 67.5 cm courtesy of the artist
Australia Day #1 (Ford Falcon XR8)
© All rights reserved Elaine Campaner 2011 Australia
from the series Citizenship 2011 pigment ink-jet print 93.3 x 140 cm courtesy of the artist
Sophie Hennser
© All rights reserved Michael Corridore 2011 Australia
from the series Silent disco 2011 pigment ink-jet print 66.66 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist
Protest dance
© All rights reserved Jagath Dheerasekara 2011 Australia
from the series Manuwangku: under the nuclear cloud 2011 pigment ink-jet print 40 x 60 cm courtesy of the artist
Untitled
© All rights reserved Jackson Eaton 2011 Australia
from the series The third wheel 2011 pigment ink-jet print 45 x 30 cm courtesy of the artist
Unstill (fruits) diptych
© All rights reserved Cherine Fahd 2011 Australia
from the series Unstill 2011 two chromogenic prints 60 x 90 cm (each) courtesy of the artist
Father and son
© All rights reserved Sean Fennessy 2011 Australia
from the series Portraits of invisible people 2010 pigment ink-jet print 95 x 95 cm courtesy of the artist
Agile Creeper
© All rights reserved Anne Ferran 2011 Australia
from the series Songbirds are everywhere 2011 pigment ink-jet print 66 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist, Stills Gallery, Sydney and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
Drowned worlds
© All rights reserved Phillip George 2011 Australia
from the series Drowning worlds 2011 chromogenic print 90 x 200 cm courtesy of the artist and BREENSPACE, Sydney
Untitled #2
© All rights reserved Dean Golja 2011 Australia
from the series Landmass 2010 pigment ink-jet print 35 x 108 cm courtesy of the artist
Prints
© All rights reserved Natalie Grono 2011 Australia
from the series Sea dreaming 2010 pigment ink-jet print on cotton paper 78 x 112 cm courtesy of the artist
Eastern Distributer exhaust stack
© All rights reserved David Manley 2011 Australia
from the series Entropy 2010 pigment ink-jet print 55 x 55 cm courtesy of the artist
Track #4
© All rights reserved Prudence Murphy 2011 Australia
from the series Boys with guns 2011 pigment ink-jet print 80 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist
Telescope (II) 2011 (segment II, detail)
© All rights reserved Harry Nankin 2011 Australia
from the series Syzygy 2007 - eight gelatin silver films on glass 37 x 39 x 30 cm courtesy of the artist and Dianne Tanzer Gallery, Melbourne
Cloverdowns
© All rights reserved Catherine Nelson 2011 Australia
from the series Future memories 2010 pigment ink-jet print 100 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist and Gallerysmith, Melbourne
The struggle
© All rights reserved Matthew Newton 2011 Australia
from the series Another country 2011 pigment ink-jet print 80 x 100 cm courtesy of the artist