Acknowledgement of Country

Ballarat International Foto Biennale acknowledges that we are meeting, creating and working on the traditional land of the Wadawurrung and and Dja Dja Wurrung People. We recognise and respect their cultural heritage beliefs and relationship with the land. We pay our respects to the Elders past, present and future.

  • 11th Ballarat International Foto Biennale
  • 23 August - 19 October 2025

What’s on

  • Core Program
  • Australian Exclusive

23 August—19 October 2025

I ❤ Campbell

Ballarat Mining Exchange

  • Core Program
  • Australian Exclusive

23 August—19 October 2025

Enninful x Mapplethorpe

Post Office Gallery

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

One–Way Ticket to Vietnam 1966–1968

Ballarat Town Hall, A-Hall

  • Core Program
  • Prizes
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

GovHub, Catobeen Room

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Guma

Art Screen, Alfred Deakin Place

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

23 August–19 October 2025

Long Exposure: The Legacy of Prahran College

The Miners Tavern, 120 Lydiard Street North

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Thành Phẩm

Ballarat Library

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Mumu Mirri

National Centre for Photography

  • Core Program
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Niijournal

ArtHouse, RACV Goldfields Resort

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • World Premiere

23 August–19 October 2025

Memory Matrix

Bridge Mall, and The Goods Shed

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • World Premiere

23 August–19 October 2025

High Exposure

Various locations

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor

23 August–19 October 2025

The city doesn’t know your name

Police Lane

  • Core Program
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events

23 August—19 October 2025

Nature~ista 

RACV Goldfields Resort

  • Core Program
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
  • World Premiere

23 August—19 October 2025

Hagoromo (Full Flower Moon)

RACV Goldfields Resort

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