Entries are now open for the Clarence Valley InFocus Photo Competition.
Five winners will each receive a $500 prize and have their images featured in the 2025 Plunge Art & Culture Festival program. Large scale banners featuring the winning photographs will be on display in the courtyard of the Grafton Regional Gallery from Thursday 28 March through the month of April 2025.
The InFocus competition was created in 2013 to encourage local photographers to capture the culture of the Clarence Valley. Since then, the photographs have been displayed across the Clarence including at the Grafton Regional Gallery and published in the Plunge Arts & Culture festival program.
Clarence Valley Mayor Ray Smith said entrants of all ages are encouraged to submit photos online that showcase the best of the Clarence Valley as seen through their eyes.
"Over the last 10 years the InFocus winners have captured the unique character of our region and shared iconic images of the Clarence with our wider community; from the Brooms Head brumby to our spectacular bridges and precious wildlife and river.
"It's a celebration of the diversity of the Valley."
Entrants are asked to submit an image that demonstrates the theme of "My Clarence" in any of four categories: Community, Environment, Landscape and People.
The winners will be selected by a panel of local, professional photographers and announced in early 2025 to coincide with the launch of the Plunge festival program.
Entries are open now and close 5pm, 5 January 2025.
Terms and conditions, artistic brief and entry forms can be found online at www.clarence.nsw.gov.au/Community/InFocus-Photographic-Competition
Image credits:
Above: 'Coastal Emus Walking', Joy Hayman Ward, InFocus winner 2023
Below: 'Above and Beyond Harwood', Sally Job, InFocus winner 2021
