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Outback 2025

PLEASE NOTE: ENTRY FEES ARE IN AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS

Entry into this salon is open to photographers from all countries, amateur or professional. All entries and fees are to be submitted via the link on the exhibition website.

This exhibition is being conducted under the patronage of

Australian Photographic Society (APS)
Approval Number APS 2025/???
International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP)
Approval Number FIAP 2025/???
Global Photographic Union (GPU)
Approval Number GPU L25???

By entering this exhibition, the entrant agrees to comply with all organisations’ entry conditions as detailed below. Where the rules of any of these patrons conflict, the strictest rule applies.

Competition now concluded - Outback 2024

Competition not open yet - Outback International 2025

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2024 Outback International Catalogue

Hello

Thank you for entering the 2024 Outback International. Our catalogue is now available and can be downloaded using this link. https://bit.ly/4cIkTbG

Regards

Gail McTaggart, Chair

Results for competitions in Outback 2024

There were 96 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

To request a copy of your results you will be asked to sign in with the email address you entered this competition with. A link to generate award certificates is available in the e

Red faces Sherman Cheang – FIAP Gold Medal Open Colour	Ukraine beauty 30 Im Kai Leong – FIAP Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Bullfighter festival 12 H W Chan – FIAP Gold Medal Photojournalism	The morning glow Yu Wu – FIAP Gold Medal Landscapes
Madam sophie 16 Jan Hammerstad – FIAP Gold Medal People/Portraits	Useless loop aerial Alan Boyd – FIAP Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
First wave Trung Cang Nguyen – PSA Gold Medal Open Colour	Jura Tobias Lindsjo – PSA Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Radiating heat burwell Steven Fisher – PSA Gold Medal Photojournalism	Islands Alan Boyd – PSA Gold Medal Landscapes
Oil painting girl Xiulu Chao – PSA Gold Medal People/Portraits	Run after Bao Guo Zhang – GPU Gold Medal Open Colour
Snuggle Min Li – GPU Gold Medal Open Monochrome	Free palestine Pia Jessen – GPU Gold Medal Photojournalism
Mysterious northern lights9 Min Li – GPU Gold Medal Landscapes	Ukraine beauty 8 Im Kai Leong – GPU Gold Medal People/Portraits
Spilling out Nilmini De Silva – GPU Gold Medal Aerial/Drone	Fire dance 3 Im Kai Leong – APS Gold Medal Open Colour
Embrace Leanne Robson – APS Gold Medal Open Monochrome	Cleaning up Margot Hughes – APS Gold Medal Photojournalism
Land scape three Amal Alameer – APS Gold Medal Landscapes	Sunset colors Amal Alameer – APS Gold Medal People/Portraits
The nullabor Margot Hughes – APS Gold Medal Aerial/Drone	The end of the muster Peter Hickson – VAPS Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
Run after 1 Min Li – Salon Gold Medal Open Colour	Horse round up 32 Phillip Kwan – Salon Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Gleichschritt Walter Gaberthuel – Salon Gold Medal Photojournalism	Vestrahorn Bruce Edwards – Salon Gold Medal Landscapes
Evening stroll Eileen Murray – Salon Gold Medal People/Portraits	Wyndham loop John Chapman – Salon Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
Celebes crested macaque Pia Jessen – Chairpersons Certificate Open Colour	Highland cow Maria Mazo – Chairpersons Certificate Open Monochrome
Wheelchair bb down 41 1080 Phillip Kwan – Chairpersons Certificate Photojournalism	Val d orcia 90 Simone Boddi – Chairpersons Certificate Landscapes
Ballerina at rest Leanne Robson – Chairpersons Certificate People/Portraits	Uluru awakens Pierina Di Stella – Chairpersons Certificate Aerial/Drone
Doby is free Leanne Robson – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Colour	Fish and boat 114 Yiu Wah Wong – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Colour
Mysterious lady mono Kai Lon Tang – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Highland cow Charles Jones – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Sprint start Ron McKie – FIAP HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Guatemala volcano David Richards – FIAP HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Rainbow over the rock Yvonne Hill – FIAP HM Ribbon Landscapes	Wonderful autumn Walter Gaberthuel – FIAP HM Ribbon Landscapes
Shall we dance Chris Pugh – FIAP HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Smoky lady 5 Kai Lon Tang – FIAP HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Satonda island Yu Wu – FIAP HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Burnouts Lenore Hansen – FIAP HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Lighthouse lights Rita England – PSA HM Ribbon Open Colour	Treasure hunt in the snow Yu Wu – PSA HM Ribbon Open Colour
Towards the finish Ann Smallegange – PSA HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	The river Yu Wu – PSA HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Polar bear83 Bob Chiu – PSA HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Bahietham Amal Alameer – PSA HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Am thurner Gunter Buesching – PSA HM Ribbon Landscapes	Northland scenery 7 H W Chan – PSA HM Ribbon Landscapes
Screaming Richard Li – PSA HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Tossing the fleece Georgie McKie – PSA HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Undertaker Eileen Murray – GPU HM Ribbon Open Colour	Pannenhuis Gary Loughran – GPU HM Ribbon Open Colour
Mother protecting her foal Geoffrey Hui – GPU HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Landscape Chi pan Chan – GPU HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Bushfire escape Michael Egan – GPU HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Exciting rugby game 11 Chan Seng Tang – GPU HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Central otago frost Erich Anderson – GPU HM Ribbon Landscapes	Vestrahorn sunrise Helmut Paul – GPU HM Ribbon Landscapes
Nicole 3 Jan Hammerstad – GPU HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Cubans13 Danlei Ye – GPU HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Lake eyre hot springs one Ann Smallegange – GPU HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Tasman river entering lake pukaki Bob Scott – GPU HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Corner of the museum 01 H W Chan – APS HM Ribbon Open Colour	Go ahead Amal Alameer – APS HM Ribbon Open Colour
Where next Greg McMillan – APS HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Fighting on Richard Li – APS HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Final attack Sherman Cheang – APS HM Ribbon Photojournalism	After the celebrations Anthony Douglas Spratt – APS HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Reflections of a forest Maria Mazo – APS HM Ribbon Landscapes	Port lockroy antarctica 8 Volker Meinberg – APS HM Ribbon Landscapes
James in snow Gary Loughran – APS HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Sadhu man Margot Hughes – APS HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Red hill series no three Greg McMillan – APS HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Guangxi tourism expressway Wei Ye – APS HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Obliquum lumen Charles Jones – Salon HM Certificate Open Colour	Fairy of populus euphratica Minghua Ji – Salon HM Certificate Open Colour
Gallery catwalk John Organ – Salon HM Certificate Open Monochrome	Flying Andrew Swinfield – Salon HM Certificate Open Monochrome
Eyes on the prize Georgie McKie – Salon HM Certificate Photojournalism	Terrible storm surge Tak Cheong Pun – Salon HM Certificate Photojournalism
Gondwana rainforest Nilmini De Silva – Salon HM Certificate Landscapes	Mount slocombe tree dusk 2 Wally Cannon – Salon HM Certificate Landscapes
Beauty portrait Tak Cheong Pun – Salon HM Certificate People/Portraits	Missing mum Andrew Swinfield – Salon HM Certificate People/Portraits
Solitude Adrian Whear – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone	Table tennis c1 Su Fu Sou – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone
Lines of rice Amal Alameer – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone	Centipede Nilmini De Silva – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone

Results for competitions in Outback 2024

There were 96 entries that were rated the highest by our judge(s).

To request a copy of your results you will be asked to sign in with the email address you entered this competition with. A link to generate award certificates is available in the e

Red faces Sherman Cheang – FIAP Gold Medal Open Colour	Ukraine beauty 30 Im Kai Leong – FIAP Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Bullfighter festival 12 H W Chan – FIAP Gold Medal Photojournalism	The morning glow Yu Wu – FIAP Gold Medal Landscapes
Madam sophie 16 Jan Hammerstad – FIAP Gold Medal People/Portraits	Useless loop aerial Alan Boyd – FIAP Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
First wave Trung Cang Nguyen – PSA Gold Medal Open Colour	Jura Tobias Lindsjo – PSA Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Radiating heat burwell Steven Fisher – PSA Gold Medal Photojournalism	Islands Alan Boyd – PSA Gold Medal Landscapes
Oil painting girl Xiulu Chao – PSA Gold Medal People/Portraits	Run after Bao Guo Zhang – GPU Gold Medal Open Colour
Snuggle Min Li – GPU Gold Medal Open Monochrome	Free palestine Pia Jessen – GPU Gold Medal Photojournalism
Mysterious northern lights9 Min Li – GPU Gold Medal Landscapes	Ukraine beauty 8 Im Kai Leong – GPU Gold Medal People/Portraits
Spilling out Nilmini De Silva – GPU Gold Medal Aerial/Drone	Fire dance 3 Im Kai Leong – APS Gold Medal Open Colour
Embrace Leanne Robson – APS Gold Medal Open Monochrome	Cleaning up Margot Hughes – APS Gold Medal Photojournalism
Land scape three Amal Alameer – APS Gold Medal Landscapes	Sunset colors Amal Alameer – APS Gold Medal People/Portraits
The nullabor Margot Hughes – APS Gold Medal Aerial/Drone	The end of the muster Peter Hickson – VAPS Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
Run after 1 Min Li – Salon Gold Medal Open Colour	Horse round up 32 Phillip Kwan – Salon Gold Medal Open Monochrome
Gleichschritt Walter Gaberthuel – Salon Gold Medal Photojournalism	Vestrahorn Bruce Edwards – Salon Gold Medal Landscapes
Evening stroll Eileen Murray – Salon Gold Medal People/Portraits	Wyndham loop John Chapman – Salon Gold Medal Aerial/Drone
Celebes crested macaque Pia Jessen – Chairpersons Certificate Open Colour	Highland cow Maria Mazo – Chairpersons Certificate Open Monochrome
Wheelchair bb down 41 1080 Phillip Kwan – Chairpersons Certificate Photojournalism	Val d orcia 90 Simone Boddi – Chairpersons Certificate Landscapes
Ballerina at rest Leanne Robson – Chairpersons Certificate People/Portraits	Uluru awakens Pierina Di Stella – Chairpersons Certificate Aerial/Drone
Doby is free Leanne Robson – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Colour	Fish and boat 114 Yiu Wah Wong – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Colour
Mysterious lady mono Kai Lon Tang – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Highland cow Charles Jones – FIAP HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Sprint start Ron McKie – FIAP HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Guatemala volcano David Richards – FIAP HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Rainbow over the rock Yvonne Hill – FIAP HM Ribbon Landscapes	Wonderful autumn Walter Gaberthuel – FIAP HM Ribbon Landscapes
Shall we dance Chris Pugh – FIAP HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Smoky lady 5 Kai Lon Tang – FIAP HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Satonda island Yu Wu – FIAP HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Burnouts Lenore Hansen – FIAP HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Lighthouse lights Rita England – PSA HM Ribbon Open Colour	Treasure hunt in the snow Yu Wu – PSA HM Ribbon Open Colour
Towards the finish Ann Smallegange – PSA HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	The river Yu Wu – PSA HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Polar bear83 Bob Chiu – PSA HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Bahietham Amal Alameer – PSA HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Am thurner Gunter Buesching – PSA HM Ribbon Landscapes	Northland scenery 7 H W Chan – PSA HM Ribbon Landscapes
Screaming Richard Li – PSA HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Tossing the fleece Georgie McKie – PSA HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Undertaker Eileen Murray – GPU HM Ribbon Open Colour	Pannenhuis Gary Loughran – GPU HM Ribbon Open Colour
Mother protecting her foal Geoffrey Hui – GPU HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Landscape Chi pan Chan – GPU HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Bushfire escape Michael Egan – GPU HM Ribbon Photojournalism	Exciting rugby game 11 Chan Seng Tang – GPU HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Central otago frost Erich Anderson – GPU HM Ribbon Landscapes	Vestrahorn sunrise Helmut Paul – GPU HM Ribbon Landscapes
Nicole 3 Jan Hammerstad – GPU HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Cubans13 Danlei Ye – GPU HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Lake eyre hot springs one Ann Smallegange – GPU HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Tasman river entering lake pukaki Bob Scott – GPU HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Corner of the museum 01 H W Chan – APS HM Ribbon Open Colour	Go ahead Amal Alameer – APS HM Ribbon Open Colour
Where next Greg McMillan – APS HM Ribbon Open Monochrome	Fighting on Richard Li – APS HM Ribbon Open Monochrome
Final attack Sherman Cheang – APS HM Ribbon Photojournalism	After the celebrations Anthony Douglas Spratt – APS HM Ribbon Photojournalism
Reflections of a forest Maria Mazo – APS HM Ribbon Landscapes	Port lockroy antarctica 8 Volker Meinberg – APS HM Ribbon Landscapes
James in snow Gary Loughran – APS HM Ribbon People/Portraits	Sadhu man Margot Hughes – APS HM Ribbon People/Portraits
Red hill series no three Greg McMillan – APS HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone	Guangxi tourism expressway Wei Ye – APS HM Ribbon Aerial/Drone
Obliquum lumen Charles Jones – Salon HM Certificate Open Colour	Fairy of populus euphratica Minghua Ji – Salon HM Certificate Open Colour
Gallery catwalk John Organ – Salon HM Certificate Open Monochrome	Flying Andrew Swinfield – Salon HM Certificate Open Monochrome
Eyes on the prize Georgie McKie – Salon HM Certificate Photojournalism	Terrible storm surge Tak Cheong Pun – Salon HM Certificate Photojournalism
Gondwana rainforest Nilmini De Silva – Salon HM Certificate Landscapes	Mount slocombe tree dusk 2 Wally Cannon – Salon HM Certificate Landscapes
Beauty portrait Tak Cheong Pun – Salon HM Certificate People/Portraits	Missing mum Andrew Swinfield – Salon HM Certificate People/Portraits
Solitude Adrian Whear – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone	Table tennis c1 Su Fu Sou – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone
Lines of rice Amal Alameer – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone	Centipede Nilmini De Silva – Salon HM Certificate Aerial/Drone

Outback International Entries

Thank you for entering our first Outback International Competition, your participation is greatly appreciated.

Entries will be closing on the 11th May at 11.59pm (AEST). Before the competition closes we encourage every entrant to review their images to ensure they are in the correct sections AND they meet the definitions of those sections.

It would be a shame to see images disqualified because they do not meet the definitions of the sections they have been entered into.

Open Colour
Open Monochrome
People/Portraits (COLOUR)
Landscapes (COLOUR)
Photojournalism (colour or mono}
Aerial/Drone (COLOUR)

Regards

Gail McTaggart, Chair