PCP - Perth Centre for Photography

Collective is closing and submissions are flowing 🌊

Let’s take another moment to look back at some of the incredible work by particpants from last year’s exhibition.

Collective 2025 closes tonight, 19 November at midnight, so if you haven’t submitted your work yet, now’s the time to jump in.

We’ll be honest though, we won’t start sifting through submissions at midnight, so the form will stay open until 7am tomorrow (20 November) for those working right up to the wire.

Collective opens 4 December at PS Art Space, presented by P*P and proudly powered by our Major Partners Joe’s Printing and Ted’s Cameras. ❤️

IRIS AWARD
Supported by Ted's Cameras

Australia’s most unique and uncompromising award for contemporary photographic portraiture.

We are pleased to announce the finalists for the 2025 IRIS Award.

Jeff Andersen, Liam Ayres, Henry Black, Tony Blackwell, Daniel Bugno, Cullen Butters, Jacob Canet-Gibson, Claudia Caporn, Brian Cassey, Su Cassiano, L. Abigail Chua, Tim Georgeson, Patricia Houghton Clarke, Emma Crook, Harry Cunningham, Sarah Cutbush, Mary-Lou Orliyarli Divilli, Renee Doropoulos, Madeleine Fogliani, Amy Grasso, Mike Gray, Jeremy Hall, Adam Kenna, David Lindesay, Sherry Quiambao, Fiona Rakimov, Tace Stevens, Ebony Talijancich, Hilary Wardhaugh, Mikaela Zuiderduyn.

Opening – 3 October

RSVP Essential

Exclusive Preview: 5–6pm
Complimentary refreshments upon entry
Cost: $15 AUD

Public Opening: 6–9pm
Refreshments available for purchase by Wise Child Wines.
Cost: Free admission.

Visit pcp.org.au to RSVP

Presented by Perth Centre for Photography at Cheap Tongue Gallery - Corner James & Beach Street, Walyalup | Fremantle

Supported by Ted’s Cameras, Joe’s Printing & Cheap Tongue Gallery

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MEMBER PERKS
Our very excellent friends and sponsors over at Ted’s Cameras are offering P*P members 35mm C41 film developing for only $2 per roll (5 rolls max pp)!

This kind of thing doesn’t come around often, so get shooting, gather all of your unprocessed film, and race over to Ted's Cameras by 15 October.

Plus Ted’s Cameras offers P*P Members a best-price guarantee on accessories, free shipping over $500, and a $20 birthday voucher. Join free below.

Just show your digital P*P member card when you drop film into either WA store;

Perth CBD Store: 33 King St
Innaloo Store: Shop 9, 401 Scarborough Beach Rd
(Please note: This offer is valid only in WA)

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NOT A P*P MEMBER?
P*P members play a crucial role in the growth of our organisation.

Join and become a part of a thriving arts community whilst enjoying a multitude of benefits, including invitations to exclusive previews and to participate in Collective annual exhibition, P*P & partner discounts and giveaways, and more.

General, student, concession, organisation, and company memberships are available starting at $2

Image © Duncan Wright, 'Nick' Winning Image Iris Award 2023

Nan Goldin – Photobook Legacies
With Anne O’Hehir, Curator of Photography, National Gallery of Australia

Nan Goldin’s exhibitions and photobooks became powerful windows into q***r life, addiction, love, friendship, and survival. They broke barriers, challenged norms, and brought private narratives into public consciousness, sparking dialogue and connection across generations.

Join us for a compelling talk by Anne O’Hehir, as she explores the enduring impact of Nan Goldin’s intimate visual storytelling, radical diaristic style, and the way her work reshaped our understanding of photography, and identity.

O’Hehir will also reflect on the power of the photobook in a pre-digital era, a vital way for work to reach international audiences. She’ll speak to the photobook’s unique ability to invite slow, intimate, and repeated viewing, allowing viewers to return to the same images over time.

12 August, 12pm AWST
Online | Free Admission | All Welcome

Presented by the Perth Centre for Photography, in partnership with the National Gallery of Australia, and John Curtin Gallery. This talk is held in conjunction with Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, on view at John Curtin Gallery until 14 September 2025, as part of the Bowness Family Foundation Touring Photography Exhibition series.

Images by Nan Goldin, Courtesy of National Gallery of Australia.