EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER JAMES BUGG WINS THE MORAN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHIC PRIZE James Bugg, a 22 year-old emerging photographer from Melbourne has won the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (MCPP). The MCPP is Australia’s richest photography prize and James took home the $50,000 prize for his photograph Zach. The announcement was made today at Juniper Hall in […]

  The finalists of the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize have been revealed by the Moran Arts Foundation. The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize (MCPP) is one of Australia’s most prestigious photography competitions and 30 photographs from 24 photographers are competing for a $50,000 first prize, the winner of which will be announced on Tuesday 8 […]

The Moran Arts Foundation has today announced the semi-finalists for the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, one of Australia’s most highly regarded photography competitions. Over 2600 entries were submitted for this year’s prize, and 148 photographs from 116 photographers have made it onto the semi-finalist short list. The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize has prize money […]

Transforming everyday Australian life into art is the challenge set by the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize, which offers $50,000 for the winning work. Look around you – out the window, across the room, down the street. Seen through the right eyes, and the right lens, what you observe could just win you the $50,000 […]

First Prize: $50,000 Total prize money: $100,000 Closing date for entries: Wednesday 7 March 2018 Entries for the 2018 Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize are now open and the Moran Arts Foundation is inviting photographers from across the country to enter the prestigious competition. The Moran Contemporary Photographic Prize has prize money of $100,000, including a […]

Tim Storrier has been announced as the winner of the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, taking home $150,000 for his portrait The Lunar Savant (Portrait of McLean Edwards) 2017. The announcement was made at an event at Juniper Hall in Paddington, Sydney this morning by Daniel Thomas AM. The prize was judged by Daniel […]

The Moran Arts Foundation has revealed the thirty portraits that make up the finalists for the 2017 Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Australia’s richest art prize. Portraits of recognisable identities such as Isla Fisher, Alex Perry, Jack Charles and Paul Capsis have all been included in the final selection, with wellknown artists such as Anh Do, Robert Hannaford, […]

Portraits of Australian identities such as Jack Charles, Warwick Thornton, Isla Fisher, Yassmin Abdel-Magied, Michael Gudinski, Pat Harry OAM, Erik Thomson, Adam Elliott, Ben Quilty, and Julian Assange are amongst the semi-finalists of this year’s Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. The Moran Prizes today announced that there are 200 semi-finalists, who are now one step […]