Photo Contest
The NSW Oyster Industry has been an iconic visual component of the NSW estuarine environment for over 140 years. In recent years many oyster industry images of historic significance have emerged from family archives that reinforce the key role that the oyster industry played in the development of NSW coastal communities. It is important that the NSW oyster industry photographic record, past, present, and future, be encouraged and preserved.
Categories
The Photo Contest is comprised of three categories:
- Category 1: Portraits: Entries in the portrait category may comprise close-up images of people, oysters or any other thing encounter in the day-to-day oyster farming activities.
- Category 2: Oyster Farming and the Environment: Entries in the oyster farming and the environment is a broad category that may include images of environmental interactions between oyster farming and the broader environment.
- Category 3: Heritage and History: Entries in the heritage category may comprise images of historic farming activities, farms, people or infrastructure.
Rules
- The competition is open to all members of the NSW oyster industry, their family members and employees.
- Images may be in colour or a black and white format
- The entrant must have taken the photograph
- Entrants may only submit one image per category
- The judging panel reserves the right to recategorize or reject any entry based on content
- All entries (individual images) must be submitted electronically in high resolution and in .jpg or. png format.
- Photos must be of standard dimensions. Panoramic photos will not be accepted.
- The judging panel determination of the People’s Choice Award will be final.
How to Submit Entries
- Complete the photo release form below, and email both the form and photos to [email protected].
- In the email, please indicate which categories you are entering (please note only one photo per category will be accepted)
- Please limit file size to 5MB
- We ask that photos are of standard dimensions. Unfortunately, we are unable to print panoramas.
- Please note that any submitted photos may be used by industry committees and organisations (e.g., OceanWatch Australia, NSW Farmer’s Association, and the funder of the competition (TBC)) to promote the interest of the NSW oyster industry (acknowledging authorship of any image used if requested).
- Entries close on 19th May 2026.
Voting & Prizes
People’s Choice Award – Winners will be determined by a delegate vote at the NSW Oyster Conference (only 1 vote per person per category). Prizes will be presented at the Gala Dinner.
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