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Through the Lens: A Photomedia Record of the ECU Mount Lawley Campus

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for current students and alumni of Photomedia at ECU, to participate in a documentary art photography project centred around our historic (1970-2025) ECU’s Mount Lawley campus. This is an open call that celebrates 30 years of the Photomedia major and invites you to present your insightful interpretations of this significant location before we embark on a move to the city campus.

Theme

Explore the rich social history, diverse architectural styles, the built and natural environment, and multifaceted course offerings associated with the ECU Mount Lawley campus. Open interpretations of the Mount Lawley campus that capture its essence, stories and the people connected to it.

Who can participate

This call is open exclusively to our esteemed Photomedia alumni and current Photomedia students

Selection criteria and process

We welcome documentary and landscape photographic submissions that offer diverse perspectives in celebrating the ECU Mount Lawley campus. The selection criteria focus on both individual images or a short series of images that highlight the campus in original ways and may challenge traditional notions of landscape and documentary photography.

A curatorial panel will review all submissions and select the most compelling works to be featured in an upcoming exhibition, promotion,  and publication.

Prizes and benefits

Benefits for successful entrees include:

  • Showcase your work in significant exhibition that celebrates the end of an era for ECU Mount Lawley Campus.
  • Gain recognition and exposure within the alumni community and beyond.
  • Contribute to the preservation and celebration of Mount Lawley campus legacy

Prizes awarded:

  1. ECU Photomedia Award: $4000 (from the School of Arts and Humanities)
  2. Future Talent Award: $4000 (proudly sponsored by Arts National)
  3. People’s Choice Award: $1000 (from the School of Arts and Humanities)

Submission information and guidelines

Participants can submit both individual photographs as well as images in a series (up to six) that relate to the ECU Mount Lawley campus. While it is free to submit there is no guarantee your photographs will make up a part of the final exhibition.

  • Low-resolution digital images in JPEG format, 2500 pixels longest length.
  • Entries close Friday, 1 August 2025

*If your images are chosen to be a part of the exhibition, we will contact you in order to get a larger file for print purposes. All printing and hanging costs will be covered by ECU.

How to submit
  1. Prepare your images according to the theme and guidelines.
  2. Visit the submission portal and complete the entry form. (Name, Address, Phone Email, Year Graduated, Title of Image(s) /Series)
  3. A brief description of each photograph/artist statement (up to 200 words)
  4. Upload the digital images (JPEG 2500 pixels longest length) to a cloud storage service and provide the public URL link.

Terms and conditions
  1. This call is open to individuals who have completed, or are in the process of completing, a major, minor, honours, or postgraduate degree with a focus in Photomedia from Edith Cowan University.
  2. The entrant must be the creator of any photographs that are entered into the competition.
  3. While the photographer retains copyright of their photographs the entrant grants Edith Cowan University the rights to use images for display, print and distribution. Whereby images are displayed or used for promotional purposes the photographer will be credited alongside the image.
  4. This is a photography competition and therefore entire AI generated imagery will not be accepted. This does not exclude the use of Photoshop or the use of AI to incorporate new elements into existing photographic imagery.
  5. Informed consent must be attained for portraits/ identifiable human photographic subjects, and the photographer should ensure that they are adequately informed about the potential usage of the photographs.

Contact

Professor Panizza Allmark
Email: p.allmark@ecu.edu.au

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