2026 Youth Photography Competition Online Exhibition

Council’s Youth Engagement Team is excited to present this year's Youth Photography Competition 'Focus: Looking Through My Lens', a photography exhibition showcasing the creativity, talent and unique perspectives of young people from our community. Featuring two age categories: 12-18 and 19-25 years.

 

12-18 Category Winners

First Place - Last Light, Flynn Williams

Second Place - Red Wattlebird, Tara Seacroft

Encouragement Award - Camera Roll Gold, Isabelle Pilley

 

19-25 Category Winners

First Place - Superb Fairywren, Chelsea Peschel

Second Place - Laneway Muse, Tim Mooney

Encouragement Award - Home Amongst The Highland Hills, Zahra Weston

 

Photographer's Encouragement Award

Birds Eye Botanical Gardens, Max Kelly

 

People's Choice Award Winners

People’s Choice Exhibition Award - His world, we all just live in it, Isabelle Pilley

People’s Choice Website Award - When the Horizon Caught Fire, Charlie Angus

People’s Social Media Award and People's Choice Award - Windy Warrnambool, Sadie Harrowfield

1.A-Violent-Perfection-Ruby-Holland-12-18-Category.jpg

1. A Violent Perfection, Ruby Holland 12-18 Category

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2. Golden Shadows, Ruby Holland 12-18 Category

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3. Windy Warrnambool, Sadie Harrowfield 12-18 Category

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4. Waterfall, Elsie Murnane 12-18 Category

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5. Lemons, Elsie Murnane 12-18 Category

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6. WHERE SILENCE MEETS THE WATER, Abas Alizada 12-18 Category

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7. WHERE LIGHT BEGINS TO BLOOM, Abas Alizada 12-18 Category

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8. The Divide, Lilly Featherston 12-18 Category

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9. Cuteness Overload, Lilly Featherston 12-18 Category

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10. His world, we all just live in it, Isabelle Pilley 12-18 Category

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11. Camera Roll Gold, Isabelle Pilley 12-18 Category

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12. Between Heaven and Home, Charlie Angus 12-18 Category

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13. When the Horizon Caught Fire, Charlie Angus 12-18 Category

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14. Through The Nature, Nirvana Perkins 12-18 Category

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15. Fiery Sunset, Nirvana Perkins 12-18 Category

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16. Red Wattlebird, Tara Seacroft 12-18 Category

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17. Alone in a Room Full of People, Tara Seacroft 12-18 Category

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18. The Road to Home, Harry Wettenhall 12-18 Category

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19. Panoramic View Of Last Light, Patrick Walsh 12-18 Category

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20. Peeking Through The Bushes On A Marvellous Day, Patrick Walsh 12-18 Category

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21. Beach, Jonas Murnane 12-18 Category

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22. Great Ocean Road, Jonas Murnane 12-18 Category

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23. Oceans Eye, Max Kelly 12-18 Category

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24. Birds Eye Botanical Gardens, Max Kelly 12-18 Category

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25. Birds Eye View, Flynn Williams 12-18 Category

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26. Last Light, Flynn Williams 12-18 Category

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27. Tuft, Cerenity Tatnell 12-18 Category

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28. Spalding, Cerenity Tatnell 12-18 Category

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29. Close Eye, Keira Field 12-18 Category

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30. Nailed, Keira Field 12-18 Category

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31. Angry Birds, Aedan Gibbs 12 -18 Category

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32. Spiders For Lunch, Aedan Gibbs 12-18 Category

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33. Wind Rising, Logan Stout 12-18 Category

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34. Tredem, Logan Stout 12-18 Category

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35. Ripple, Kitaya Santospirito 12-18 Category

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36. Shimmer, Kitaya Santospirito 12-18 Category

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37. Spinout, Iszaak Santospirito 12-18 Category

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38. Torso, Iszaak Santospirito 12-18 Category

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39. Duchess, Nellie Armistead 12-18 Category

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40. Fernie, Nellie Armistead 12-18 Category

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41. Home Amongst The Highland Hills, Zahra Weston 19-25 Category

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42. Stories Found In Stone, Zahra Weston 19-25 Category

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43. Sonder Blur, Tim Mooney 19-25 Category

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44. Laneway Muse, Tim Mooney 19-25 Category

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45. still. Clint Gibbs 19-25 Category

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46. weathered. Clint Gibbs 19-25 Category

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47. Grey, Michaela Fischer 19-25 Category

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48. Flowers, Michaela Fischer 19-25 Category

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49. Tranquil Reflections, Angela Johnson 19-25 Category

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50. Cuddly Koalas, Angela Johnson 19-25 Category

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51. Waxing Gibbous Moon, Chelsea Peschel 19-25 Category

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52. Superb Fairywren, Chelsea Peschel 19-25 Category

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53. Otway Koala, Tanisha Clarke 19-25 Category

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