The 2025 edition of the BIFB runs from 23 August to 19 October. Here are a few highlights from the eight week long festival.

A new exhibition by documentary photographer Tajette O’Halloran, opening this week, offers an intimate portrait of the young people who gather at a well-known abandoned brickworks quarry in rural New South Wales.

In recent days, you may have seen articles claiming the “best meteor shower of the year” is about to start. Unfortunately, the hype is overblown – particularly for observers in Australia and New Zealand.

Check out the wrap-up of our free monthly photo comp for June 2025.

The Head On Photo Awards are now open for entries.

Popular file sharing service WeTransfer has walked back a recent change to its terms of service after they appeared to give the company sweeping rights over user content.

From 19 July until 17 August, the Brisbane Powerhouse will display a selection of the winning images from World Press Photo 2025.

A never-before-seen image of a glowing Eastern Quoll captured in Tasmania’s wilderness has been named among the finalists for the 2025 Beaker Street Science Photography Prize.

The finalists of the 2025 William & Winifred Bowness Photography Prize have been announced, with 50 photographers vying for a $50,000 cash prize.

Awe-inspiring scenes of the Milky Way, dancing aurorae and serene galaxies are the stars of the show in this year’s ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year.

Earlybird pricing for Photographer of the Year, presented by Ted's, ends on July 20. 

British band Oasis is facing criticism from major news outlets and photo agencies for imposing strict limits on the use of images from its widely anticipated reunion tour.

30 finalists have been selected in the annual Mullins Conceptual Photographic Prize for 2025. 

An auction of rare cameras has added not one, but two cameras to the list of the five most expensive ever sold.

A new YouTube video weaves together photographs from key Australian archives, offering a quiet, powerful reflection on the country’s early history.

Fujifilm has opened entries for its 2025 GFX Challenge Grant Program, an international initiative aimed at supporting photographers and videographers developing original visual projects.