Boroondara Photography Competition

The theme for this year’s Boroondara Photography Competition is ‘‘Hidden Boroondara'.

Budding photographers of all ages and abilities can submit their photos from 9 am Monday 17 February until 11:59 pm  Sunday 4 May 2025. Our winners will be announced at the awards night in late June 2025.

We’re looking for photos that showcase the lesser known or hidden aspects of Boroondara. It could be local landmarks, people, community events or natural spaces. We encourage you to capture the unique and overlooked features of Boroondara.

Photos submitted for the competition must be taken in Boroondara. Dig up some old pictures from the past or take new shots that reveal your perspective of Boroondara today. Photographs entered in the Historical category can be entered by family members or direct ancestors of the photographer.

Enter for the chance to win great prizes and have your photo showcased in a public photography exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery.

Categories

There are 2 competition categories:

• Young photographers competition – for young people of school age (up to 18 years old on 1 January 2025). Primary school and Secondary school entries will be judged separately. Parents, guardians and teachers can enter on behalf of a young person.
• Open photographers competition – open to individuals of all ages. Historical and Boroondara Today photograph entries will be judged separately. 

You can submit up to 10 entries in each category that you are eligible to enter. You will need to fill in an entry form for each photograph submitted.

All eligible competition entries will be added to our Local History Photograph collection available in our library catalogue.

Prizes

Young photographers competition

For primary school photographers: 

• First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph. 
• Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.

For secondary school photographers (years 7–12 and young people not in secondary school, aged 15 to 18 years as of 1 January 2024): 

• First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph. 
• Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

Open photographers competition 

For historical photographs taken in Boroondara from 1800 to 2021: 

• First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph. 
• Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

For photographs taken in Boroondara from 2022 to 2025: 

• First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.
• Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

Best in competition winner

The overall winner will receive a one-on-one masterclass with a professional photographer or artist.

People’s Choice Award

All winning and highly commended photographs will be entered into the ‘People’s Choice’ award. The prize is $100 and inclusion in the ‘Hidden Boroondara’ exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery.

Enter the competition

Enter the Young photographers competition

Enter the Open photographers competition

More information

For more information, email [email protected] to contact the Boroondara Photograph Competition team.

You can also view the 2024 Boroondara Photograph Competition entry winners 

All eligible competition entries will be added to our Local History Photograph collection available on the Library catalogue website.