Head On Photo Festival call for submissions to exhibit now open

24 February 2021

The call for submissions to have your work featured in the 2021 Head On Photo Festival is now open with photographers and videographer invited to submit their work for consideration until the 14 March deadline. Select artists appearing in the Featured program will be offered a fully funded exhibition and artist fees.

Head On members receive a 25% discount off the $20 submission fee.

© Du Choff, Astrid Blazsek-Ayala, Mark Forbes, Li Wei, Paula Bronstein

If you are considering making a submission, check out the free online information session on Thursday, 4 March, at 2pm (Sydney time), hosted by the Festival’s Director, Moshe Rosenzveig. During the session, he will provide advice on how to make your exhibition proposal stand out. Be sure to RSVP by clicking this link.

Please note that this call for submissions does not relate to the Head On Photo Awards. Those will open later this year.

Submissions can be made at this link: www.headon.com.au/submissions

Selection panel

Catherine Benz (Curator/Director, Delmar Gallery), Robyn Stacey (Artist and university educator), Judith Nangal Crispin (Visual artist and poet), Louisa Kirby (Picture editor, Fairfax Media), Michael Jalaru Torres (Professional photographer),
Garry Trinh (Artist and educator), Liz Ham (Widely published and collected photographer), Simon Harsent (Commercial photographer and video director), Alison Stieven-Taylor (Photography commentator, journalist and educator),
Anna Maria Antoinette D'Addario (Photographer and founding member, Lumina collective), Sebastian Goldspink (Curator, 2022 Adelaide Biennial at Art Gallery of South Australia), Moshe Rosenzveig (Founder and Creative Director, Head On Photo Festival). — L to R: Catherine Benz (Curator/Director, Delmar Gallery), Robyn Stacey (Artist and university educator), Judith Nangal Crispin (Visual artist and poet), Louisa Kirby (Picture editor, Fairfax Media), Michael Jalaru Torres (Professional photographer), Garry Trinh (Artist and educator), Liz Ham (Widely published and collected photographer), Simon Harsent (Commercial photographer and video director), Alison Stieven-Taylor (Photography commentator, journalist and educator), Anna Maria Antoinette D'Addario (Photographer and founding member, Lumina collective), Sebastian Goldspink (Curator, 2022 Adelaide Biennial at Art Gallery of South Australia),
Moshe Rosenzveig (Founder and Creative Director, Head On Photo Festival).

Key dates

Submissions close	14 Mar 2021
Artists notified	5 - 9 Apr 2021
Deadline for festival registration fees**	30 Apr 2021
Festival period	6 - 14 Nov 2021

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