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The theme for this year’s Boroondara Photography Competition is ‘‘Hidden Boroondara'.

The 2025 competition has closed, and we thank everyone who entered. There were hundreds of entries, and these photographs will be added to our extensive Boroondara Heritage Collection, which is a valuable resource for Boroondara family and local history researchers.

We are pleased to announce the award winners for 2025 below. All award-winning photographs are displayed in the Hidden Boroondara Exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery until 9 August 2025.

2025 winners

Young Photographers Competition

SectionFirst prizeSecond prizeThird prizeHighly commendedHighly commended
Primary school age

Rainbow Park

Sandra Luu

The Weight of Stone, the Lightness of Form

Ethan Lee

Fine Thread

Tess McGowan

The Secret Beauty of Boroondara

Alexander Lam

The Future of a Cat

Asher Nguyen

Secondary school age

Feathered Harmonies

Luca Iakovidis 

All Souls Chapel Star Trails

Jason Li

The Silence Surrounded by Hustle

Nicholas Walmsley

Moonlight

Albert Kemp

Admire the View

Bach Tran

Open Photograph Competition

 
SectionFirst prizeSecond prizeThird prizeHighly commended

Boroondara Today Category

Photograph taken from 2021 to 2024

Behind the Blooms

Arun Alexander

Saturday Morning Café

Yuxin Yang

Aerial View of the Boroondara General Cemetery Looking West Towards the City

Paul Feikema

Abandoned

Benjamin Buratto

Historical Category

Photograph taken from the 1800’s to 2020

Death of a Shopping Centre

Phil Hawkins

Tree We Love

Kai O’Yang

Old and New in Tooronga

Phil Hawkins

 

Best in competition winner

The ‘Best in Competition’ winner for 2025 is Arun Alexander for his photograph ‘Behind the Blooms’ Arun will receive a one-on-one masterclass with educator, author and award-winning professional photographer, Craig Wetjen.

People’s Choice Award

Voting is underway for the ‘People’s Choice’ award 2025. The prize is $100.

To vote, visit the Hidden Boroondara exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery

Voting closes on Saturday 2 August. The winner will be announced on social media on Wednesday 6 August.

Categories

There are 2 competition categories:

  • Young photographers competition – for young people of school age (up to 18 years old on 1 January 2025). Primary school and Secondary school entries will be judged separately. Parents, guardians and teachers can enter on behalf of a young person.
  • Open photographers competition – open to individuals of all ages. Historical and Boroondara Today photograph entries will be judged separately. 

You can submit up to 10 entries in each category that you are eligible to enter. You will need to fill in an entry form for each photograph submitted.

All eligible competition entries will be added to our Local History Photograph collection available in our library catalogue.

Prizes

Young photographers competition

For primary school photographers: 

  • First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.
  • Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.

For secondary school photographers (years 7–12 and young people not in secondary school, aged 15 to 18 years as of 1 January 2024): 

  • First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.
  • Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

Open photographers competition 

For historical photographs taken in Boroondara from 1800 to 2021: 

  • First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.
  • Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

For photographs taken in Boroondara from 2022 to 2025: 

  • First prize is $150 and an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.
  • Second and third prize and highly commended is an exhibition-quality print of the photograph.  

Best in competition winner

The overall winner will receive a one-on-one masterclass with educator, author and award-winning professional photographer, Craig Wetjen.

People’s Choice Award

All winning and highly commended photographs will be entered into the ‘People’s Choice’ award. The prize is $100 and inclusion in the ‘Hidden Boroondara’ exhibition at the Town Hall Gallery.

More information & resources

For more information, email [email protected] to contact the Boroondara Photograph Competition team.

View the 2024 Boroondara Photograph Competition entry winners.

View past winners and find photography resources on our Library catalogue. All 2025 eligible competition entries will be added to our Local History photograph collection on the catalogue.


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