National Photography Prize 2026
Alex Walker
the image is not merely a surface, 2025
Every two years the National Photography Prize offers an opportunity to consider the vital role of photography in contemporary art in Australia. The National Photography Prize brings together artists from across Australia who are developing and challenging photographic language and techniques.
Generously supported by the MAMA Art Foundation, the National Photography Prize offers an acquisitive $40,000 Audray Banfield Award, the $5000 John and Margaret Baker Fellowship for an emerging practitioner, and further supports a number of artists through focused acquisitions.
The 2026 National Photography Prize finalists include leading Australian artists Alana Hunt, Alex Walker, Amalia Lindo, Arlo Mountford, David Stephenson, JD Reforma, Lisa Stonham, Marian Tubbs, Morgan Hogg, Nathanael Edwards, Paul Knight, and Sarah Rhodes.
Judge
Natasha Bullock, Senior Curator, Photography, National Gallery of Victoria.
Finalist selection panel
Alinta Maguire, First Nations Curator, Murray Art Museum Albury
Blair French, CEO, Murray Art Museum Albury
