About Whanganui Salon 2023

Humanity and Earth: The Whanganui Salon is back in early 2023

With PSNZ Sony National Exhibition shifting to October in 2023 we decided to move the Whanganui Salon forward to give photographers a challenge early in the year. The Whanganui Salon is for photographers who enjoy making meaningful images about our world and our interactions with it ̶ for better or worse. Being a boutique and thematic salon has given the Whanganui Salon a unique feel with visual imagery not typically seen in other national photography competitions.

Entries may be submitted by any New Zealand-based photographers in three subcategories. New in 2023 is Aotearoa New Zealand Heritage for iconic images of our relationship with our place that are intrinsically Kiwi. The Living in a Changing World and Humanity and the Natural World categories are unchanged from the 2021 Salon.

Simon Woolf M.Photog is returning as a judge again in 2023 and will be joined by two new judges, Gail Stent FPSNZ from Auckland and David Oliver from Sydney. Our sponsors are back with prizes for the category winners and overall Salon winner. Many thanks to ProGear, Wellington Photographic Supplies and Print Art for their continued support of the Salon. The overall Salon winner will also receive the prized Whanganui Salon Vonnie Cave Gold Medal.

It is time to search for those special images that resonate with our Humanity and Earth theme. Entries are open from 29 March to 23 April. Full details can be found here: https://www.whanganuicameraclub.org.nz/whanganui-salon-2023.html