The MAPh Foundation announced artist James Tylor as the recipient of an honourable mention in the 2025 Bowness Photography Prize, for Tapa-arra Through The Landscape 1, 4, 5. This artwork is a layered and symbolic presentation that upholds cultural knowledge through that which it reveals and conceals.
Of his work, Tylor says it 'highlights historical Indigenous roads, songlines and trade routes across Australia. For millennia, Aboriginal people have used roads to link nations for travel, migration, trading and cultural purposes...The photographs depict the sites of these historical roads, and are cut in half, symbolising the path of least resistance through the land.'
The judging panel, consisting of artist and Bowness Photography Prize winner (2023) Anne Zahalka, Shaune Lakin ( Senior Curator Photography, NGA) and MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea, selected one winner and two honourable mentions from the field of 50 finalists. As we celebrate 20 years of the Bowness Photography Prize, we reflect on the calibre and ingenuity of the artists who have submitted work over the years. They continue to shine a light on the possibilities of contemporary photography and its capacity for storytelling and revelation.
Please join us in congratulating James!
Of his work, Tylor says it 'highlights historical Indigenous roads, songlines and trade routes across Australia. For millennia, Aboriginal people have used roads to link nations for travel, migration, trading and cultural purposes...The photographs depict the sites of these historical roads, and are cut in half, symbolising the path of least resistance through the land.'
The judging panel, consisting of artist and Bowness Photography Prize winner (2023) Anne Zahalka, Shaune Lakin ( Senior Curator Photography, NGA) and MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea, selected one winner and two honourable mentions from the field of 50 finalists. As we celebrate 20 years of the Bowness Photography Prize, we reflect on the calibre and ingenuity of the artists who have submitted work over the years. They continue to shine a light on the possibilities of contemporary photography and its capacity for storytelling and revelation.
Please join us in congratulating James!
8 Oct 2025
