• Core Program
  • World Premiere

People Power – Platon

Platon (GBR, USA)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

  • Core Program
  • Australian Premiere

Instant Warhol

Andy Warhol (USA)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

  • Core Program
  • Australian Premiere

The Stephanie Collection

Yvonne Todd (NZL)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

UV Songlines: Illuminating ancestral roots

Colleen Raven Strangways (AUS)

52 Lydiard Street North

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

How to Fly

Erik Johansson (SWE)

The Mining Exchange

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

The Real Thing

43 Lydiard Street North

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

Vessel

Michael Jalaru Torres (AUS)

43 Lydiard Street North

  • Core Program
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events

Within the Landscape: Naomi Hobson, Selina Ou & Lisa Sorgini

Naomi Hobson (AUS), Selina Ou (AUS) & Lisa Sorgini (AUS)

RACV Goldfields Resort

  • Core Program
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events

Winterbloom

Aldona Kmieć (POL, AUS)

RACV Goldfields Resort

  • Core Program
  • World Premiere

Fucked Up Fotos

Stephen Dupont (AUS)

Post Office Gallery

  • Core Program
  • Prizes
  • Australian Exclusive
Martin Kantor Portrait Prize

Ballarat Town Hall

More
  • Core Program
  • Prizes
  • Australian Premiere
Prompted Peculiar
International AI Prize

BAaD Gallery & Events

More
  • Core Program
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
  • World Premiere
Behind the Image: Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson (SWE)

RACV Goldfields Resort

More
  • Core Program
  • Australian Premiere
Pro Femina
Ramak Bamzar (AUS / IRN)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Core Program
Effacement
Karenne Ann (AUS) and Heather Horrocks (AUS)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Core Program
Neverlasting
Ian Kemp (AUS)

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Core Program
  • Australian Premiere
Cruising for a Bruising
Kyle Archie Knight (AUS)

The Mining Exchange

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  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Oculi Collective

Multiple locations around Ballarat

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  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Business in the front, party in the back!
David Cossini (AUS)

Regent Cinemas Ballarat and The Sporting Globe

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  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Tongpop Pantheon
Telly Tuita (TON / AUS / NZD)

Cnr Sturt & Lydiard Streets and The Goods Shed

More
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Portals to Atlantis
Kate Ballis (AUS)

Ballarat Train Station

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  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
here, there, everywhere
Vineet Vohra (IND)

Multiple locations

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  • Core Program Outdoor
Fake
Michael Cook (AUS)

TOM digital billboard

More
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Photo Opportunities
Golden Monkey
Lisa Roet (AUS)

Ballarat Central

More
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Solar Tetes
Kylie Ruszczynski (AUS / FRA)

Various locations

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  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Claiming Heritage
William Yang (AUS)

Xin Jin Shan Chinese Library

More
  • Core Program Outdoor
  • Australian Premiere
Digital Anthropocene
Serwah Attafuah (AUS) & Jonathan Zawada (AUS)

Alfred Deakin Place

More
  • Event Program
Screening: My Body is Not a Weapon (2019)

Regent Cinemas Ballarat

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
RACV partnership exhibition & events

RACV Goldfields Resort

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  • Event Program
The Golden Hours: Biennale Banquet

Mitchell Harris Wines

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  • Event Program
  • Family Friendly
  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • Talks
Photobook Weekend

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Event Program
  • Family Friendly
  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • Talks
Photobook Fair

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Cliché-Verre and Cyanotype Workshop with Dianne Longley, Agave Print Studio

Arts Academy, Federation University Australia

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Rip, Cut and Paste: Recycle Old Stories into New

Art Gallery of Ballarat Education Space, 40 Lydiard Street North

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Book Binding for Beginners with Matt Dunne, Tall Poppy Press

Art Gallery of Ballarat Education Space, 40 Lydiard Street North

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: White-on-Black – Photographic Photopolymer Printmaking with Dianne Longley, Agave Print Studio

Arts Academy, Federation University Australia

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Two-Day Masterclass: Poetry in the Everyday with Knox Bertie
Knox Bertie

The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Education for Schools
Tailored Education Tours

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Education
  • Education for Schools
Education for School Groups

Various locations

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
BIFB Kids’ Hub

BIFB Kids' Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Family Friendly
  • Photo Opportunities
Tongpop Fiasco Interactive Studio
Telly Tuita (TON / AUS / NZD)

Tongpop Fiasco Interactive Studio, The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
School Holiday Photography Program

BIFB Kids' Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
In Disguise: Mask Making

RACV Goldfields Resort

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  • Education
  • Event Program
  • Talks
The Real Thing Public Forum

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Core Program
  • Event Program
  • Australian Premiere
Book Launch: Cruising for a Bruising
Kyle Archie Knight (AUS)

The Mining Exchange

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  • Open Program
A Wall of Women by Women
Unexposed Collective

Cnr Mair and Grenville St North

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  • Open Program
Memories of Childhood
Xiaolan Yao

Mr Jones—Upstairs

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  • Open Program
The Lost Archive of Slender O-Kenoshi
Tom Blachford

Regent Cinema

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  • Open Program
Monumentas
Peter Berzanskis

Morton and Co Architects

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  • Open Program
The Ballarat Text
Jon Setter

The Unicorn Hotel

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  • Open Program
Carte Postale
Anita Beaney

L'espresso

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  • Open Program
Everlasting
Tina Bennett

The Shared Table

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  • Open Program
Imagine Life at the Edge
Deb Bonney

The Mallow Hotel

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  • Open Program
Dual Perspectives: Iceland
Madeline Bowser and Ben Metherell

Webster’s Market and Café

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  • Open Program
Through Her Breath
Bronwyn Kidd in Collaboration with Carol Brown

43 Lydiard Street North

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  • Open Program
Model Citizens
Laurie Brackley

Aunty Jacks

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  • Open Program
Florilegium
Lesley Bretherton

Craig's Royal Hotel

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  • Open Program
The Taken
David Gerard Jones

Ballarat Trades Hall

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  • Open Program
Life Was Good Here
Mark Davidson

Hop Temple

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  • Open Program
Beneath The Surface
Nikole Ramsay

Creative Framing Gallery

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  • Open Program
Realms of Beauty
Gaye Beal

Il Piccolo Gelato

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  • Open Program
Antarctica: A Frozen Moment in a Timeless Land
Janet Copland

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum—Oddie Telescope Room

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  • Open Program
Abandoned
Greg Branson

Midtown Cellars and Bar

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  • Open Program
Reading Portraits
Marc Bongers

Collins Booksellers Ballarat

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  • Open Program
The Land Beneath
Kagetsu Buic

Fairbanks Eye Gallery

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  • Open Program
Australia Unfiltered: Beyond the Pavement’s Gaze
Australian Association of Street Photographer Inc (AASPi)

Corner Sturt St and Doveton St South (opposite ANZ)

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  • Open Program
Capturing Starlight
Chloe Bartram

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum

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  • Open Program
Echoes of Silence
Gary Albert

Accent Framing & Fine Art

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  • Open Program
The Tree Bears Fruit
Lucius Yin

Ballarat Municipal Observatory and Museum

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  • Open Program
Wild
Rebecca Croft

Racers Bar and Café

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  • Open Program
Permission
Lauren Crooke

Mercure Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Flower
Michelle Thompson

Maggie and Kate

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  • Open Program
Look
Arthur Creative

LYDIARDgeneral

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  • Open Program
The Extraordinarily Ordinary: A Celebration of Serendipity in the Outback
Lainey Foster

The North Star Hotel

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  • Open Program
The Little Things
Ballarat and Wimmera Youth Photographers

Ballarat Welcome Centre

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  • Open Program
Mesh
Des Crossley

Irish Murphy's Ballarat—Downstairs

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  • Open Program
The Survivors
Stuart Brightwell

Mount Langi Ghiran—Museum

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  • Open Program
Underground Exposed
Shelagh Douglas

Studio g.a.s Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Simple Pleasures and Fond Memories
Elaine Batton

Odessa at Leaver's Hotel

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  • Open Program
Minimalism and Abstraction
John Callahan

Bibo Cafe and Restaurant

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  • Open Program
The Series Project
Camberwell Camera Club

RADMAC Office Choice

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  • Open Program
To go where life feels emergent
Katie Vajda

Hattie and the Wolf

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  • Open Program
Decadence
Martha Ackroyd Curtis

Hotel Canberra

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  • Open Program
Nature’s Canvas: A Photographic Journey of Ballarat’s Landscapes
Emma Burnham

The Provincial Hotel

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  • Open Program
Connected
Angelo Jojo

Irish Murphy's Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Bush Magic
Jonathan Dredge

Renard

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  • Open Program
Beyond the Glitter
Heidi Victoria

Sovereign Hill Gift Store

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  • Open Program
The Brolga and the Dancer
Ainsley Cameron and Donna Crebbin

IneXterior Cafe

More
  • Open Program
Queer Em’body’ment
Natalie Edge

Acorn and Oak—Upstairs

More
  • Open Program
Resilience—The Exhibition
Sam Tench

Obscura Cameras

More
  • Open Program
Back to the Streets
Alastair Firkin and Helen Myall

Stairwell, Ballarat Trades Hall

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  • Open Program
Hong Kong by Night
Jane Fitzgerald

Roy Hammond

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  • Open Program
Farmscapes
Andree Gersbeck

1816 Bakehouse

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  • Open Program
Fernverkehr
Finn Goldstraw

The Known World Book Store

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  • Open Program
Thread
Carolyn Guirguis

Mitchell Harris Wines—Front Bar

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  • Open Program
The Max Harris Photography Collection
Max Harris

Ballaarat Mechanics' Institute

More
  • Open Program
Retroactive Documents—Time is not a Line
Stephen Hennessy

Hydrant Food Hall

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  • Open Program
Like no other place
Ian Kemp

Mr Jones

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  • Open Program
All my lifetime it was there…
Paul Lambeth

Eureka Centre Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Hey Melbourne
Thomas K. Lee

Eureka Centre Ballarat

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  • Open Program
The Seven Deadly Sins and Their Ultimate Rivals
Hula Girl Project

Schnitz Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Justice | Enough
Rebecca Hosking

Ballarat Trades Hall

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  • Open Program
Photographs by David Rosendale
David Rosendale

Eastern Peake—Cellar Door

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  • Open Program
A Dazzle of Zebra! Collective Nouns and Other Lessons from Lion Sands
Sara Hinchey

Mitchell Harris Wines—Barrel Room

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  • Open Program
Look Me in the Eye
Tim Henshall

The North Britain Hotel

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  • Open Program
Random Rhythm.2: A Decade of Matchmaking
Gabrielle Hingston

Unicorn Lane

More
  • Open Program
Steel and Serenity: A Journey Into My Father’s Workshop
Kaye Linsdell

Kilderkin Distillery

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  • Open Program
An Image Isn’t a Moment Without a Story
Henry Yates

Mitchell Harris Wines

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  • Open Program
Historical Relief
Georgina Matherson

Grainery Lane

More
  • Open Program
(a)musing
Erin M McCuskey

Regent Cinema

More
  • Open Program
Another Moment in Time
Noeleen McKeag

The Market Hotel

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  • Open Program
Reflections of Light: From Landscapes to Still Life
Andrew Rowan

The Tin Roof

More
  • Open Program
The Blue Hour
Craig Mitchell

Mitchell Harris Wines

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  • Open Program
Letters To Nillumbik
Tara C. Moore

Drive Café

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  • Open Program
Terroirs
Christopher Mulia

Fika Coffee Brewers

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  • Open Program
Beauty
Charles Murdock

The Botanical House Ballarat

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  • Open Program
Fallen Memories
Anne O'Connor

The Grand Bar Restaurant Functions

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  • Open Program
Polyptych (POL-ip-tik)
Stuart Orford

The George Hotel Atrium

More
  • Open Program
Reverie
Oxygen College Group Show

Oxygen College

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  • Open Program
Unveiling the Passage of Time and Space
Vladimir Petrovic

Café Lekker

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  • Open Program
Beyond the Catwalk: A Decade of Fashion Photography
Naomi Rahim

Ellington's Wine Bar & Rooftop

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  • Open Program
Ephemerality
John Umina

Johnny Alloo

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  • Open Program
Waiting for Tom
Rob Senior

Everybody Knows Books

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  • Open Program
Portrait of a Landscape ll
Tamara Sharp

Homeground Cafe

More
  • Open Program
Humans of Ballaarat +
Peter Sparkman

P. Frangos & Sons

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  • Open Program
The Garden State
Dun Rilloraza

The Forge Pizzeria

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  • Open Program
A Sense of Wonder
Renée Sterling

Craig's Royal Hotel

More
  • Core Program
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
Golden Glamour Gala

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
Photography Trivia Night

The George Hotel

More
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Artist Talk: Ramak Bamzar In conversation with Julie McLaren, Curator, Art Gallery of Ballarat
Ramak Bamzar

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
Official Festival Launch: The Real Thing

The Mining Exchange

More
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
The Real Thing After Party

JD’s Bar and Lounge

More
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Artist Talk: Erik Johansson
Erik Johansson

The Mining Exchange

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  • Opening Celebration
  • Performances
Performance: Magic Lantern Performance by Martyn Jolly with Crank Williams and Patsy Decline
Martyn Jolly, Crank Williams and Patsy Decline

Black Box Theatre, Federation University

More
  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • Opening Celebration
  • Walks
Workshop: On the Streets of Ballarat with Jesse Marlow
Jesse Marlow

Various locations

More
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
  • Walks
Street Tour & Artist Talks: Oculi Laneways

OCULI Laneways

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Performances
Performance: Recital – Christian Thompson AO
Christian Thompson AO

Ballaarat Mechanics’ Institute

More
  • Opening Celebration
  • Portfolio Reviews
Portfolio Reviews: Speed Dating with Oculi
Oculi Photographers

The George Hotel

More
  • Event Program
The Golden Hours: Shades of Gold Degustation Dinner

Hotel Canberra

More
  • Event Program
  • Photo Opportunities
Lauren Crooke (AUS) Nood Shoot
Lauren Crooke (AUS)

Ballarat Central

More
  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Platon speaks in person about The Power of Unity: Rekindling The Spirit of Optimism
Platon

Regent Cinemas Ballarat

More
  • Education
  • Opening Celebration
Sovereign Hill Back of House Collections Tour: Photography and Camera Collection

Gold Museum Building Sovereign Hill

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
Screening: David Cossini — Grande Bruto
David Cossini

Regent Cinemas Ballarat

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  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Artist Talk: Vineet Vohra
Vineet Vohra

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
  • Opening Celebration
Tongpop Fiasco: Kids’ Workshop with Telly Tuita
Telly Tuita

BIFB Kids' Hub, The Mining Exchange

More
  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Three-Day Masterclass: Street Photography and Serendipity with Vineet Vohra
Vineet Vohra

Various locations

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Artist Talk: Stephen Dupont & Andrew Quilty in Conversation: War The Real Thing
Stephen Dupont & Andrew Quilty

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Open Program
  • Opening Celebration
Open Program Launch Parties

Various locations

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  • Event Program
  • Opening Celebration
  • Talks
Panel Discussion: Fire Country
Michael Cook, Kyle Archie Knight, Colleen Raven Strangways and Michael Jalaru Torres

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
One-Day Masterclass: Light Painting with Peter Solness

RACV Goldfields Resort

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Product Photography for E-Commerce with Travis Trewin
Travis Trewin

Oxygen College

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: How to Photograph Your Work with Chris Bowes

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Event Program
The Golden Hours: The Long Lunch at Roy Hammond

Roy Hammond

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  • Event Program
The Golden Hours: Biennale Dinner at Mr Jones Dining

Mr Jones Dining

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  • Event Program
  • Talks
Artist Talks: The Real Thing

41 Lydiard Street North

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  • Portfolio Reviews
Professional Portfolio Reviews

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
Workshop: Food Photography 101 with Shellie Froidevaux and Ewen Bell

RACV Goldfields Resort

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Photographing People with Meg Hewitt

Various locations

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  • Masterclasses & Workshops
Workshop: Photogravure Workshop with Jimmy Pasakos

Print Studios, Arts Academy, Federation University Australia

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  • Education
  • Education for Schools
  • Event Program
  • Talks
Public Forum: How to Produce an Exhibition

McCain Annexe, Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
  • Masterclasses & Workshops
How to Shoot with Film with Meg Hewitt

BIFB Kids’ Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Event Program
  • Talks
Instant Warhol: glamour, fame and friendships

Art Gallery of Ballarat

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
  • RACV Exhibitions and Events
Make Paper Planes Like Erik Johansson

RACV Goldfields Resort

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
Pinhole Projector Workshop with Kate Golding

BIFB Kids’ Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
Painting on Photographs with Kate Golding

BIFB Kids’ Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
Collaborative Collage with Kate Golding

BIFB Kids’ Hub, The Mining Exchange

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  • Education
  • Family Friendly
Cyanotypes for Kids with Kate Golding

BIFB Kids’ Hub, The Mining Exchange

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