Festival wrap up, Student Prize Winner: Sophie Smith

Festival wrap up

Head On Student Prize Winner, Sophie Smith

An outstanding festival draws to a close. Head On Photo Festival 2017 kicked off with a blast at the Festival Launch with the announcement of winners at UNSWAD and the world premiere of Maggie Steber's exhibition. A large contingent of overseas and interstate guests joined in a truly memorable evening.

For the opening weekend, we Headed On to Paddington for a plethora of exhibition openings, artist talks, workshops and panel discussions all within walking distance of the festival's central hub.

A diverse program offered many different genres of photography by artists at all career stages. In addition to the regular program, this year the Head On Team, produced seven public installations as well as curated and produced 48 exhibitions and screenings. The festival continues to provide a major platform in Australia for photography to be widely seen.

This year we were fortunate to reconnect with our past partners as well as welcome new ones. A big thank you to all our partners without whom the festival wouldn’t happen.

An even bigger thank you to our Festival volunteers for the many hours spent on installation, the festival launch and gallery-minding.

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The Head On team are off on a little trans-Tasman break, to support the Auckland Photo Festival before returning to start work on Head On Photo Festival 2018.

Upcoming key dates – stay tuned throughout the year – but as a guide:

Exhibition Submissions for 2018: September 2017

Head On Photo Awards 2018: January 2018

Head On Photo Festival: May 2018

See the best pics from the festival

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