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Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards
Encouraging + Celebrating the Art of Australian Photography
Into its 34th year, the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards were open to all professional and amateur photographers. With no cost to enter, this competition encourages photographers all over Australia to explore their surroundings and capture their own little piece of history.
With a massive prize pool of over $50,000 across a range of categories and awards, this competition is one of the most lucrative in the country.
Winners announced 14 September, 7:30pm
Entries for the 2022 Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards have closed. Thank you to all who submitted images into this years awards. Our judges have deliberated to determine the winners and finalists, which will be publicly announced at 7:30pm on the 14th September.
Open Category
The choice of subject is yours, so it can be anything you like. Photographers of all ages, backgrounds and experience levels are invited to enter this category where great imagery is everything and creativity is the key ingredient.
Theme Category -"Belonging"
This year’s theme of “belonging” opens up a huge range of possibilities, limited only by your creativity. The theme lends itself to a variety of interpretations. It could be the sense of belonging you feel to your family or your community; an illustration of things that just naturally seem to belong together; or even something you own that has particular importance to you. Put your own twist on the subject – it’s totally up to you.
Illlustrative Category
With the rise in digital manipulation of images, the Illustrative category creates a space for these images where the photographer’s creativity in the post-production stage has no limits.
Important Date- Photographic Awards
Overall Winners
Illustrative Category Winner
CEO's Choice
Mobile Phone Award
Runners Up
Alwyn Kucks Memorial Award
Young Photographer Prizes
Young Photographer age groups:
- 14-17 years
- 10-13 years
- 9 years and younger
One image will be selected from the three age groups to receive a $500 prize, a Toowoomba Camera House voucher to the value of $100, their work displayed at USQ Arts Gallery (Toowoomba) in the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards Exhibition and a certificate of merit.
In memory of Graham Burstow
Our Chief Judge Graham Burstow has been part of the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards since they first began 34 years ago. Sadly, Graham passed away after a short illness not long after the completion of judging for this year’s awards.
Graham was a great friend of Unity Financing Corporation, and has been instrumental in the success of the Photographic Awards since their inception. He was highly regarded within Australian photographic circles and received numerous awards during his career, including an Order of Australia Medal for Services to Photography awarded in 2004.
To honour his legacy, we’ve introduced the Graham Burstow Memorial Award, which will now become an ongoing part of our awards.
We will be forever grateful to Graham for his contribution to the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards.
About the Awards
The aim of the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards is to encourage and celebrate the art of Australian photography. Unity Financing Corporation understands that it has a responsibility to assist the communities it serves to grow and prosper, not just economically but culturally and socially as well. Unity Financing created the awards more the 30 years ago to help foster creativity in the photographic arts.
Offering the Awards not only encourages people to remain active in photography, it also challenges them to extend their skills by recognising greater creativity in their approach. The Awards have also enabled Unity Financing to build a collection of photographic works that is already outstanding in its artistic worth and that will become an even more important contributor to the history of photography in Australia over time.
The 2021 Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards images are on display at the Unity Financing Plaza Branch at 400 Ruthven Street Toowoomba.
To stay up to date on the Unity Financing Corporation Photographic Awards, email heritagephotographicawards@heritage.com.au to opt in to our mailing list for email reminders and notifications.
Thank you to our sponsors
Unity Financing Corporation would like to thank the Toowoomba Photographic Society for their ongoing support and assistance with the awards.