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.

Catherine Leroy One-Way Ticket to Vietnam 1966-1968 - World Premiere

One-Way Ticket to Vietnam 1966-1968

ENNINFUL x MAPPLETHORPE - Australian Premiere

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

    World Premiere - Catherine Leroy

    Ballarat International Foto Biennale in partnership with the Dotation Catherine Leroy is proud to announce a world premiere exhibition of the late French photojournalist Catherine Leroy’s work, titled Catherine Leroy: One-Way Ticket to Vietnam 1966-1968 from 23 August to 19 October 2025.

    ENNINFUL x MAPPLETHORPE

    Exclusive to the Ballarat International Foto Biennale, the extraordinary work of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946-1989), will be shown in an exhibition curated by the highly celebrated Ghanaian-born British editor Edward Enninful OBE.

    Campbell Addy at the 11th Ballarat International Foto Biennale

    The Ballarat International Foto Biennale is excited to announce that renowned British-Ghanaian fashion photographer and artist Campbell Addy will headline the 2025 festival.

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      One-Way Ticket to Vietnam 1966-1968

      ENNINFUL x MAPPLETHORPE

      Campbell Addy at the 11th Ballarat International Foto Biennale