![Image: Alec Soth, [Adelyn, Ash Wednesday, New Orleans, Louisiana] (detail), from the series Sleeping by the
Mississippi, 2000. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Alec-Soth-Adelyn-Ash-Wednesday-New-Orleans-Louisiana2000-from-the-series-Sleeping-by-the-Mississippi.-200x160.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
PHOTO 2021
Program
The Truth
The relationship between photography and truth has never been more fascinating, complex or urgent.
Exhibitions
Explore the truth across 94 exhibitions
![Image: Ruth Maddison, [My parents gave me a colourful life (1976)], 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ruth-Maddison-My-parents-gave-me-a-colourful-life-1976-inkjet-pint-on-rag-paper-2020-200x134.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Premiere]
Ruth Maddison (AU)
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Inner North
26 February 2021 - 18 April 2021
Centre for Contemporary Photography
![Image: Simon Fujiwara, [Joanne], 2016/2018. Courtesy the artist; FVU, The Photographers’ Gallery; Ishikawa Foundation; and Esther Schipper, Berlin. Film still © the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/vlcsnap-2016-11-14-11h31m43s150-200x112.jpeg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Simon Fujiwara (UK/JP)
Joanne
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Anna Schwartz Gallery
![Image: Atong Atem, [Saba and Gabby], 2020. Courtesy the artist and MARS Gallery.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Atong-web-thumbnail-crop-200x123.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor]
Atong Atem (SS/AU)
To Be Real
Central
23 November 2020 - 07 March 2021
Immigration Museum
![Image: Izabela Pluta, [Iterative composition 1979 (pages 17-18 Australia)], 2020. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Sally Dan-Cuthbert, Sydney.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/10.-Izabela-PLUTA_Iterative_composition_australia2020-200x125.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor]
Reconfigured/Rediscovered
East
23 January 2021 - 10 April 2021
Town Hall Gallery
![Image: Filippo Menichetti and Martin Errichiello, from [In Fourth Person]. Courtesy the artists.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/InFourthPerson-1-200x162.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Martin Errichiello & Filippo Menichetti (IT)
In Fourth Person
Central
19 February 2021 - 16 April 2021
Istituto Italiano Di Cultura
![Image: Leyla Stevens, [A Line in the Sea], 2019. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/A-Line-in-the-Sea-2019-3-channel-video_02-200x113.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor]
Leyla Stevens (AU/BALI)
A Line in the Sea
Inner North
23 January 2021 - 07 March 2021
West Space
![Image: Sara, Peter & Tobias, from the series [The Merge] (detail), 2017 – 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/83-161x200.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Sara, Peter & Tobias (DK)
The Merge
Central
24 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Bourke St
![Image: Nanna Heitmann, from the series [Hiding from Baba Yaga] (detail), 2018. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Heitmann-HidingfromBabaYaga-19-200x160.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Nanna Heitmann (DE/RU)
Hiding From Baba Yaga
Inner North
20 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Le Space
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Premiere]
Georgina Cue (AU)
Pictures
Inner North
05 February 2021 - 06 March 2021
Gertrude Glasshouse
![Image: Pieter Henket, [Ground Squirrel – Animals, Totems and Symbols], 2017. Courtesy Kahmann Gallery © the
artist. Produced by Tales of Us.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20171129_Day_1226105-200x150.jpeg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Pieter Henket (NL)
Congo Tales: Told by the People of Mbomo
Central
18 February 2021 - 26 March 2021
Peter O'Callaghan QC Gallery
Outdoor Program
An exciting new program
![Image: Zanele Muholi, [Hlonipha, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, North Carolina], 2016. Courtesy Stevenson, Cape Town/
Johannesburg and Yancey Richardson, New York. ©Zanele Muholi.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hlonipha-Cassilhaus-Chapel-Hill-North-Carolina-2016_0491OP-133x200.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor]
Zanele Muholi (ZA)
Somnyama Ngonyama
Central
23 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Argyle Square
![Image: Sam Contis, [Beating Time, Movement of the Hand (After Lange)] (detail), 2020. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Contis_Beating-Time_detail-2-200x124.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Sam Contis (US)
Beating Time, Movement of the Hand (After Lange)
Central
Barry St (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Grace Wood, [Abundance; scattered] (study for Rose Pavilion), 2020. Found images, digital collage. Images sourced from the State Botanical Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and the artist’s personal archive.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Grace-Wood-Abundance-scattered-study-for-Rose-Pavilion-2020-150x200.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Garden Variety: Photography, Politics and the Picturesque
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
![Image: Broomberg & Chanarin, [The Revolutionary], from the series [Spirit is a bone], 2013. Courtesy the artists.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/The-Revolutionary-200x136.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Australian Exclusive]
Broomberg & Chanarin (ZA/UK)
Spirit is a bone
Central
19 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Argyle Square
![Image: Kenta Cobayashi, [Photographic Universe]
(detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Kenta-Cobayashi-Photographic-Universe-2020-200x141.jpg "Kenta Cobayashi Photographic Universe 2020")
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Kenta Cobayashi (JP)
Photographic Universe
Central
Franklin St East (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Felicity Hammond, [Fault Line] (detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/fault-line_hero03-148x200.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Felicity Hammond (UK)
Fault Line
Central
Franklin St East (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: George Georgiou, [Algiers, New Orleans] from the series [Americans Parade], 2016.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Algiers-New-Orleans-154-200x133.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Australian Exclusive]
George Georgiou (UK)
Americans Parade
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Laurens St, Arden Station precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Brook Andrew, [SMASH IT], 2018, single channel video, 28 minutes. Edited by Giacomo Sanzani and Brook Andrew. This project was produced through a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/SMASH-IT-Still002-200x113.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor]
Brook Andrew (AU)
SMASH IT
South Precinct
21 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Prahran Square (outdoor)
![Image: Patrick Waterhouse, [Let’s Go to Mining. Restricted with Dorothy Napurrurla Dickson, Sabrina Nangala Robertson, and Julie Nangala Robertson], 2014 – 2018 © Patrick Waterhouse/Warlukurlangu Artists](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Patrick-Waterhouse-200x133.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Australian Exclusive]
Restricted Images
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Collins Place (outdoor)
![Image: Sara Cwynar, [Louis Vuitton Jeff Koons Rubens bag] (detail), 2020. Courtesy of Sara Cwynar, Cooper Cole,
Toronto, and Foxy Production, New York.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Sara-Cwynar-New-image-200x141.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Australian Exclusive]
Sara Cwynar (CA)
Rubens
Central
18 February 2021 - 15 April 2021
Sofitel Melbourne on Collins
![Image: Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, [Ghost Group], 2015 from [Continental Drift], 2013 – 2017.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Taiyo-Onorato-Nico-Krebs-200x141.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Australian Exclusive]
Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs (CH)
Continental Drift
Central
Barry St (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, from the series
[Nothing’s in Vain], 2017.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Nothings-in-vain-web-thumbnail-crop-200x123.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Australian Exclusive]
Emmanuelle Andrianjafy (MG)
Nothing’s in Vain
Central
Barry St (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
Commissions
Artist commissions premiering at PHOTO 2021
![Image: Hoda Afshar, [Agonistes (still)] 2020, 1-channel digital video, colour, sound. Courtesy and © the artist and
Milani Gallery, Brisbane.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agonisties-Stills-020-200x112.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor, Outdoor, Premiere]
Hoda Afshar (IR/AU)
Agonistes
Central
19 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
St Paul's Cathedral (outdoor), Missing Persons
[Free, Exhibitions, Indoor]
Atong Atem (SS/AU)
To Be Real
Central
23 November 2020 - 07 March 2021
Immigration Museum
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Hayley Millar-Baker (AU)
I Will Survive
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
State Library Victoria Forecourt (outdoor)
![Image: Ann Shelton, [an invitation to dance] (detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/7_-an-invitation-to-dance-Ann-Shelton©-border-crop-1-155x200.jpg "7_-an-invitation-to-dance-Ann-Shelton©-border-crop")
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Ann Shelton (NZ)
an invitation to dance
Central
Royal Botanic Gardens, Anzac Station precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: James Tylor, [Economics of Minerals] (detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Economics-of-Minerals-2-2020-Silver-Vinyl-on-photographic-paper-100x100cm-200x200.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
James Tylor (AU)
Economics of Minerals
Central
Royal Botanic Gardens, Anzac Station precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Amanda Williams, [Mount Buffalo plateau, Mount Buffalo National Park (#12)], 2020. Courtesy the artist
and the Commercial.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/MtBuffaloHighPlains12-Web-RS-200x161.jpg "Amanda Williams, Mount Buffalo National Park (#12)")
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Amanda Williams (AU)
The Alpine Moth
Central
Royal Botanic Gardens, Anzac Station precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Eliza Hutchison, from the series [Just wanted you to know], 2020-21. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Eliza-new-image-200x125.jpg "Eliza Hutchison, Just wanted you to know")
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Eliza Hutchison (AU)
Just wanted you to know
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Parliament of Victoria (outdoor)
![Image: Alan Stewart, [Valley of a Thousand Hills], Reedy Creek, 2019.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Alan-Stewart-Valley-of-A-Thousand-Hills-Reedy-Creek-2019-200x129.jpg "Alan Stewart Valley of A Thousand Hills, Reedy Creek, 2019")
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Alan Stewart (AU/PH)
our truth, our history
Central
Swanston St, State Library precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Lillian O’Neil, [Everything Forever] (detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/L-Oneil_Image--200x141.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Lillian O'Neil (AU)
Everything Forever
Central
University Square, Parkville Station precinct, Metro Tunnel Creative Program
![Image: Kate Golding, from the series [Near this spot], 2012 – 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/kategolding_program5-200x141.jpg)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Kate Golding (AU)
Near this spot
Central
18 February 2021 - 07 March 2021
Gordon Reserve
![Image: Nico Krijno, [GONDWANA BATHOLITH (1) Composition with both geological and photographic time] (detail), 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Nico-Krijno-crop-200x200.png)
[Free, Exhibitions, Outdoor, Premiere]
Nico Krijno (ZA)
GONDWANA BATHOLITH (1) Composition with both geological and photographic time
Central
Franklin St East (outdoor), Metro Tunnel Creative Program
Events
Talks, Workshops, Tours,
and much more
![Image: Patrick Waterhouse, [Look / Restricted with Ruth Nungarrayi Spencer], 2014-2018 © Patrick Waterhouse/Warlukurlangu Artists](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/681_-200x133.jpg "Patrick Waterhouse, Look / Restricted with Ruth Nungarrayi Spencer, 2014-2018")
[Talks, Free, Events, Indoor]
PHOTO IDEAS: Control
04 March 2021, 6-7pm (AEST)
[Talks, Free, Events, Online]
PHOTO IDEAS: Simulation
04 March 2021, 4-5pm (AEST)
[Talks, Free, Events, Online]
PHOTO LIVE: Brook Andrew and Kate Golding in conversation with Professor Clare Wright OAM
Central
22 February 2021, 5:30-6:15pm (AEST)
MPavilion Parkade
![Image: Kate Disher-Quill & Phoebe Powell, [Marked], from the series Surge, 2020.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/7_Marked_KateDisherQuillPhoebePowell-200x99.jpg)
[Talks, Free, Events, Online]
PHOTO LIVE: Kate Disher-Quill and Phoebe Powell
Central
25 February 2021, 6:30-7:15pm (AEST)
MPavilion Parkade
![Image: Danica Chappell, [Thickness of Time #8], 2018-19. Courtesy the artist.](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Chappell_D_ToT_8-1024x833-1-200x163.jpg)
[Talks, Free, Events, Online]
PHOTO LIVE: Danica Chappell and Eliza Hutchison
Central
25 February 2021, 5:30-6:15pm (AEST)
MPavilion Parkade
Launch Weekend
Openings, talks, walks and events
Photobook Weekend
Events, awards and bookmakers market
PHOTO Live
Talks by PHOTO 2021 artists
PHOTO Ideas
An expanded symposium on photography, truth and power
![Max Pinckers, from the series [Margins of Excess], 2018](https://photo.org.au/api/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Max-Pinckers-Margins-of-Excess_129-200x164.jpg "Max-Pinckers---Margins-of-Excess_129")