Finalists announced for 20th annual Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award

24 August 2022

A total of 40 finalist works have been announced for the 20th annual Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award, one of Australia’s most significant awards for contemporary photographic practice. 

Paula Mahoney. Together in the valley, with the shadow of death 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist.
Paula Mahoney. Together in the valley, with the shadow of death 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist.

Open to emerging and established artists, the $25,000 acquisitive award is the richest prize for photography in Queensland. As well as this, a $5,000 People’s Choice Award is also up for grabs. This year, the Award attracted over 260 submissions.

The winner of the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022 will be selected by Isobel Parker Philip, Senior Curator of Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She stated: “The finalists reflect the strength and breadth of contemporary photographic practice. Their work is urgent, emotive and deeply thoughtful. Photography as a medium possesses a unique ability to both reflect and complicate the world around us, and these artists exploit the expressive potential and political force of the medium to full effect.” 

Michael Cook. Enculturation #2 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.
Michael Cook. Enculturation #2, 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022;
© Image courtesy of the artist and Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane.

The Finalists

Abdul Abdullah; Tarik Ahlip; Anthea Behm; Yuriyal Eric Bridgeman; Kieran Butler; Maria Fernanda Cardoso; Anna Carey; Aaron Chapman; Michael Cook; Ellen Dahl; Lucas Davidson; Jo Duck; Lyle Duncan; Kath Egan; Ash Garwood; Amos Gebhardt; Douglas Lance Gibson; Guy Grabowsky; Tim Gregory; Yvette Hamilton; Petrina Hicks; Naomi Hobson; Samuel Hodge; Eliza Hutchison; The Huxleys (Will and Garrett Huxley); Katrin Koenning; Paula Mahoney; Ali McCann; Mia Mala McDonald; Phuong Ngo; Selina Ou; Hiromi Tango; Angela Tiatia; wani toaishara; Shan Turner-Carroll; Skye Wagner; Carl Warner; Kai Wasikowski; Lydia Wegner; Jemima Wyman.  

Jo Duck. Spiderman waits in Corolla 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist.
Jo Duck. Spiderman waits in Corolla 2022. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022;
© Image courtesy of the artist.

To mark the 20th anniversary, a retrospective of previous winners and acquired works will be exhibited alongside this year’s finalists, highlighting the impact of the award over the past two decades. Showcasing the next generation of Australian contemporary photographers between ages 5 to 17 years, an exhibition of the finalists of the Young Crop Photography Award will also be presented at HOTA Gallery to coincide with the Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award.  

Shan Turner-Carroll. Dad, from the series, 'Edge of the Garden' 2020. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist and Coma Gallery, Sydney.
Shan Turner-Carroll. Dad, from the series, Edge of the Garden 2020. Finalist, Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award 2022; © Image courtesy of the artist and Coma Gallery, Sydney.

The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Photography Award will be presented at HOTA Gallery, Australia’s largest gallery outside a capital city, from 17 September 2022 – 8 January 2023. 

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