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Northcliffe's photo competitions have been running annually, with a few exceptions, for over a decade now. We hope to engage the general community, as well as more experienced photographers, with themes which will inspire you to think differently and to get creative with your phones or cameras.

Entry is open to all and we encourage the most imaginative possible interpretation of the theme little ∫ BIG. Be literal, metaphorical, sarcastic, humourous, or show us a new way to think about the topic. little ∫ BIG invites you to play with scale, size juxtapositions, perspective, or you could be quite abstract about little ∫ BIG.

For example one of our trial entries by a staff member featured a laptop displaying a public domain black and white photo of EINIAC, the very first programmable computer which took up 170 square metres of room space and weighed 33 tonnes. The tiny laptop obviously has many times the capability of the huge EINIAC. This is not neccessarily meant to be a great image, just an example of how little ∫ BIG can be taken in a more abstract direction.

Our competition poster contains other examples of photos which play with the theme. little ∫ BIG is free and easy to enter. We encourage locals, amateurs, young and old, as well as more experience photographers to join in the fun. Entering involves filling in a simple form and then emailing or transferring your photos to us in digital format. Once we have selected 30-50 of the best entries we will print and mount these for you free of charge to display in an exhibition to be held at The Painted Tree Gallery in June 2025. Once the exhibition is over, any of your photos we have printed and mounted will belong to you (you will need to collect from Northcliffe as the mounted photos are not able to be shipped). In addition the best photos will be awarded photo printing vouchers and other prizes to a value of $400.

Online entry form here. Fill it in, save onto your device and email it back to us, along with your photos, at ncrc@northcliffe.org.au