Australian Photography magazine

16/09/2026

We're honoured and delighted to share the winners and finalists of The Mono Awards 2026 presented by Synology!

Now in its eighth year, the competition attracted more than 3,000 entries from photographers across Australia, New Zealand and around the world.

09/09/2026

The tour that shows you all of New Zealand 🇳🇿

Eighteen days. Autumn colour in Wanaka. Wildlife on the Otago Peninsula - penguins, sea lions, fur seals, royal albatross. The alpine scale of Aoraki/Mt Cook. The untouched wilderness of Fiordland, Milford Sound and the remote Doubtful Sound by boat.

Our Ultimate New Zealand Photography Tour is the highest-value trip we run, and it's easy to see why - it's not one location, it's the South Island, taught by Richard Young and Glen Howey from start to finish.

📍 Queenstown → Wanaka → Otago Peninsula → Aoraki/Mt Cook → Fiordland
📅 22 April–10 May 2027
📸 18 days, small group

This tour sells out every year. Don't miss your chance: https://photographyworkshops.co.nz/tour/ultimate-new-zealand-photography-tour/

08/09/2026

Our August '26 free monthly photo comp shortlist is here!

We've got two prizes to give away this month - our judge's choice will score a NiSi 15mm Sunstar lens valued at $699, thanks to our friends at NiSi Filters Australia and New Zealand, and there's also a 12-month digital subscription for the image with the most likes by 11am AEDT Monday 14 September.

Good luck and get voting!

08/09/2026

A quick plug for our sister mag Capture, and their wonderful competition The Capture Awards, which closes this weekend.

Don't miss out!

24/08/2026

A major retrospective of iconic Australian photographer Max Dupain has opened at The State Library of New South Wales.

Definitive Dupain brings together almost 200 iconic and lesser-known photographs spanning the six-decade career of one of Australia’s most influential photographers.

Alongside familiar works such as Sunbaker, the free exhibition explores Dupain’s architectural, commercial, fashion, documentary and personal photography, drawing on the Library’s archive of around 250,000 negatives.

More in the 🔗 below.

21/08/2026

🌊 The Ocean Photographer of the Year has announced its 2026 finalists, and we were stoked to see a few Aussie names pop up on the list — including the great Matty Smith, Tim Burgess, and Gergo Rugli, among others. 🇦🇺📸

Some seriously stunning images among this year’s finalists!

See more of them and their incredible work in the 🔗 below.

19/08/2026

📸 Happy World Photography Day!

To celebrate, we want to see what the Australian Photography community has been creating this year.

So, what’s your favourite photo you’ve taken in 2026?

It could be a landscape, portrait, wildlife shot, street image, or simply a photo that means something special to you.

Share it in the comments below and tell us a little about the story behind the image.

This one is by AP Ed. Mike O'Connor, captured on a pretty incredible trip to the West Coast of New Zealand a couple months back.

18/08/2026

Congratulations to the winners of our free monthly photo comp for July!

A huge thanks to our sponsors Leofoto Australia and New Zealand for their support of our free monthly comp.

The theme was 'colour' and the wrap-up is in the comments below. 👇

14/08/2026

🌸 Hydrangeas in a new light

Melbourne photographer Stefanie Wendler-Canning is giving one of the garden’s most familiar flowers a striking new perspective in Hydrangea Transitions, now showing at City of Monash's Oakleigh Library.

The exhibition features 13 illuminated photographic works exploring the hydrangea’s changing life cycle, from vibrant blooms to delicate dried forms. Backlit lightbox prints reveal fine veins, translucent petals and intricate textures that are often overlooked.

Hydrangea Transitions runs until 30 September.

10/08/2026

The shortlist for the 2026 ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has been revealed, featuring stunning images of nebulae, the Milky Way, meteor showers and rare astronomical events.

Run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in association with BBC Sky at Night Magazine, this year’s competition attracted almost 4,000 entries from photographers in 66 countries.

We take a look at some of the standout images from the shortlist in the link below. 📸✨