Art and About Sydney – work on a grand scale

Sydney’s Art and About – Australian Life exhibition again returns to Hyde Park North, in the centre of the city, from 18 September – 11 October. The public gallery features 22 large-scale prints portraying Australia through the eyes of its people, all vying for the top prize of $10,000. For the competition, established and upcoming photographers from around the continent submitted images portraying Australian life in all its forms. “Last year we opened this competition to photographers across the country to give us their unique take on what Australian Life means to them,” Lord Mayor Clover Moore said.

This year, the judges include renowned photographer and previous Sydney Life competition winner, Tamara Dean, Australian Centre for Photography curator and exhibition programmer, Mark Feary, interior designer, author and lifestyle blogger, Jason Grant, and ARTHERE founder and Stills Gallery curator, Sandy Edwards.

Australian Life, formerly Sydney Life, began in 2002. The $10,000 prize winner will be announced on Thursday, 17 September along with the winners of the children’s photography competition, Little Sydney Lives.

2015 Australian Life Finalists

Matthew Abbott, John Appleyard, Conor Ashleigh, Paul Blackmore, Adrian Brown, Patrick Cremin ,Mark Evans, Henrique Fanti ,Sam Ferris, Katherine Griffiths, Michael Keevers, Jimmy Le, Fergus Leese, Sandra Murphy, Jeremy Piper, Mark Pokorny, Andrew Quilty, Russell Shakespeare, Anna Sinclair, Michaela Skovranova, David Maurice Smith.

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