The City of Sydney is inviting budding photographers to submit their creative snaps as part of the Little Sydney Lives photography competition.
We’re encouraging children aged three to 12 to enter a photo taken in Sydney over the past year. The photo can be of people or a landscape, the City wants to see our youngest residents let their creativity shine.
There are two $500 photography prizes up for grabs as well as the chance to have images showcased in an exhibition at Circular Quay.
Hundreds of young photographers enter each year, with images by 20 selected finalists enlarged and exhibited in Customs House, Circular Quay from 14 September to 8 October.
“The Little Sydney Lives competition never fails to surprise and delight as our youngest snappers give us an insight into their daily lives,” Clover Moore, Lord Mayor of Sydney, said.
“Now in its 13th year, this fantastic competition has become increasingly popular with young photographers across Sydney.
“The talent and creativity in the entries we receive is inspiring, from simple but brilliant compositions to complex images reflecting a nuanced sense of mood in the city.”
The competition has two age categories – three to seven and eight to 12 – with the winners of each taking home a prize worth $500.
This year’s exhibition takes place in Customs House, giving young photographers a chance to exhibit at the city’s iconic Circular Quay. Winners will be announced at the opening of the event.
Last year, Lacey Griffiths from Blackwall won the 3 to 7 years category for her image Sparkly Spikes, while Waiaria Macedone-Hunt from Erskineville won the 8 to 12 years category for her image Reflections in an Erko Window of a Barbie window display at Café Piccolo.
Judging this year’s entries will be award-winning photographer Matthew Abbott, Indigenous artist and producer Travis De Vries, documentary photographer Sandy Edwards and prominent fashion photographer Liz Ham.
Little Sydney Lives is part of the City of Sydney’s year-round Art & About program of events and temporary art projects in unusual spaces throughout the city.
Entries for the competition close at 11:59pm on Sunday 21 May 2023. F
