No place like home! Seeing the 22 finalists together in one poster reinforces why the Gold Coast Photography Aawards were born, to honour the vision, talent and heart of our creative community. We celebrate the photographers shaping how we see our home—and each other.
Thank you to all the photographers that submitted the way they see the Gold Coast and its surroundings, making us be a part of their shared stories.
The Awards Night is only 3 weeks away!
RSVP and get your free ticket to see the finalists work printed and crown this year’s winners LIVE! 🏆
Thank you to our sponsors for making it possible.
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We love calling Earth the “blue planet”… yet every year, around 11 million tonnes of plastic slip into our ocean. Not from some distant place - but from us. From land. From habits we still haven’t challenged. We are the polluters.
Because let’s be honest, we simply don’t put the planet first.
The ocean doesn’t need more awareness posts - it needs accountability.
🚫 Stop buying plastic bottles.
🚫 Stop using plastic bags for your shopping.
✅ Choose products from brands that use sustainable packaging. Replace plastic containers in your home with glass.
✅ Support organizations on the front lines protecting our planet and our ocean. This problem stops with us. No more fluff.
That’s why I’ve teamed up with @PlasticBank - an organization that stops plastic pollution while creating income and dignity for collector communities.
If you’ve been thinking about contributing to a cause, Plastic Bank is a great ally. Please connect with them. 🙏🏼
#EarthDay #PlasticPollution #SweetOcean #ProtectWhatYouLove
614 photographs. 614 stories. One powerful community.
Thank you everyone for trusting the Gold Coast Photography Awards and sharing your art; we are blown away! 🏆🙏🏼🤩
In the next few weeks our wonderful judges will go through all the submissions to crown the category winners and runner ups!
Get ready for an Awards Night and the live announcements on Thursday 28th of May.
RSVP through our website; it’s free but spots are limited. 🎟️
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Photographers—this is your final call! 🤩🥳
Submissions for the 2026 Gold Coast Photography Awards are closing in just 2 days!!!
There’s over $30,000 in prizes including a $10k @nikonaustralia voucher for the overall winner!
Get a FREE entry with every submission!!
Submissions close 31st of March at midnight.
No extensions this year.
Enter now! 🏆🏆🏆🏆
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BIG NEWS 🚀
The most anticipated category is HERE.
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Get your epic shots ready — submissions open this Sunday 1st of March! Let’s go!
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Sponsor Feature @diver_australia ! 🤿
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The 2026 Gold Coast Photography Awards are here and bigger than ever!
✨ Submissions open March 1st.
🏆 Over $14,000 in prizes up for grabs.
🌊 Celebrating the people, places & moments that define the Gold Coast.
Big things are coming so share the stoke and tag a photographer who needs to enter 👇
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#GCPA2026
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#ExperienceGoldCoast
IT’S HAPPENING AND WE CAN’T WAIT TO SHARE IT ALL! 🎉
We are welcoming this new year letting you know that The Gold Coast Photography Awards Photo Competition is coming back in 2026!!! We are honoured to be able to bring this grass roots initiative back to the community so stay tuned and share the good news with your friends and everyone who you think would love to submit their work! 🤩
#GCPA2026
Featuring in this post the brilliant work of photographers:
@clay10harris@oz_nippon_images_@mattzpixz@isaacwishartphotography@lukeworkmann@travdonjohnson
2016 was huge, a year I always remember because it was such a catharsis as a photographer from land to sea. I travelled to many places and most of them with a little 6 years old Martín.
It was a year of growth, discovery, creativity, strength and a lot of colour. I never jump on trends but this one has been so fun and somehow healing … it made me so happy to go back, remember, and feel proud of who I was back then and who I am today. #2016 🩵🙏🏼
2025 a year mostly full of warm-heartfelt gifts that kept me grateful everyday after a difficult start and now 2026… I love you already; I’m seeing you coming so good, grounded, aware and full of truth. 🙏🏼💙
I deeply believe that the energy we put in our thoughts, our emotions, visions and dreams is how our world gets created. Inside this planet, these cities, these oceans, these forests and deserts, we all live different lives, realities, stories and feel it all so differently. Within this one place, we are experiencing different energetic dimensions based on who we are, our spiritual growth and also of course, there’s a luck factor, when and where we landed in this big world.
May your 2026 be safe, fun and sweet. May life take you through a path of light full of kindness, support and unconditional love. 🩵
#2026
