The 50 shortlisted works in the 21st Bowness Photography Prize reveal the preoccupations and processes at work in contemporary Australian photographic practice. Installations intervene within the museum spaces; portraits offer intimacy. In the landscape, in the darkroom: these artists are reaching for new ways to convey the moment as they work with scale, technique, equipment and perspective. It’s an exciting and distinct field of artists.

Robert Ashton, Aurélie Beeston, Timothy Coad, Nyree Cox, Yask Desai, damian dillon, Silvi Glattauer, Leo Razak Harunah, Crystal Hua, The Huxleys, Bec Lorrimer, Clare McCracken, Heather Hesterman & Andrew Ferris, Kent Morris, Brett Nannup, Ruth O'Leary, Felix Oliver, Kiah Pullens, Damien Shen & James Tylor, Tobias Titz, Julia Rose van Haren, Drew Waters, Lydia Wegner, Grace Wood