Northern Beaches Gallery
National Photographic Exhibition 2026
Terms & Conditions Summary
Northern Beaches Gallery National Photographic Exhibition 2026 is a curated national exhibition celebrating contemporary Australian photography across landscape, portraiture, documentary, environmental, abstract, and experimental practice. Entries are welcome from both emerging and established photographers.
Why Enter
Photographers will have their work professionally printed and framed as part of the submission fee.
Selected works will be exhibited in a professionally presented gallery exhibition.
The exhibition will be promoted through Northern Beaches Gallery marketing channels, website, and media.
campaigns, and social media platforms.
Photographers retain ownership of their framed works following the exhibition.
Key Dates
Exhibition Dates: 4–18 July 2026
Entries Open: 15 May 2026
Entries Close: 15 June 2026
Entries must be submitted via the official entry form on the Northern Beaches Gallery website.
Eligibility
Open to photographers residing in Australia.
Entries must be original photographic works created by the entrant.
Images substantially generated using artificial intelligence are not permitted. Standard photographic editing and retouching tools remain acceptable.
Submission Requirements
Submitted files must be high-resolution JPEG files, no larger than 10MB.
Files must be cropped to 40cm x 60cm.
Files must be 300dpi using Adobe RGB (1998) colour space.
Files must be flattened 8-bit files with no layers, alpha channels, or paths.
Finalists must provide print-ready digital files at the time of submission.
Photographers must declare whether works are open edition or limited edition at the time of entry.
Entrants must own all rights to submitted images and be able to provide original capture files upon request.
Finalists & Judging
Judges’ decisions are final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
One overall winner will receive a $500 framing voucher courtesy of Action Custom Framing.
A People’s Choice Award will also be presented during the exhibition.
An exhibition opening event will be held on Saturday, 4 July 2026, with finalists invited to attend.
Printing & Framing
Photographers will be required to pay a non-refundable fee of $350 per artwork to contribute toward professional printing and framing costs.
All submitted/accepted works will be professionally printed and framed by Action Custom Framing to ensure a high standard and consistency of presentation throughout the exhibition.
Framed works remain the property of the artist following the exhibition.
Entry fees and finalist printing/framing fees are non-refundable in the event of artist withdrawal.
Sales
All exhibited works must be available for sale.
All artworks will be listed for sale at $750.00.
Northern Beaches Gallery will retain a 30% commission on all sales.
Payments for sold works will be processed within 21 days of the exhibition's close.
Insurance, Freight & Collection
While all reasonable care will be taken, Northern Beaches Gallery accepts no responsibility for loss or damage to artworks during transport, handling, storage, or exhibition.
Artists are responsible for insurance and all courier, freight, packaging, and collection costs to and from the Gallery.
Unsold works remain the artist's property and must be collected or returned via courier at the artist’s expense.
Copyright & Promotion
Copyright of all images remains with the photographer.
By entering, photographers grant Northern Beaches Gallery permission to reproduce submitted images for exhibition promotion, publicity, the website, media, email campaigns, printed materials, and social media, with artist credit provided wherever reasonably possible.
Finalist works may be promoted across Northern Beaches Gallery marketing channels before and during the exhibition.