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Our Awards Night video is out!! 🚀 No one could have told the story better than @theeditsuite! Kara and Josh, the owners were both making sure everything was captured! Throughout the night we could see @josh_theeditsuite running, jumping and bouncing from one corner to the other filming the most special moments of the Awards Night, changing lenses, chasing angles, sharing his vision on the frames he was about to shoot, all on top of being stoked to be there celebrating photography and a creative community. If anyone is thinking about promoting their business, a product or building their personal brand, please reach out to @theeditsuite; nicest team to work with! Thank you everyone for coming and making our 2nd year presenting this competition even more special! Until next year! 🏆 #GCPA2026 #AustralianPhotographers #PhotographyCompetition by @blaze_parsons
We’ve been reminiscing this week about the Awards Night through the beautiful photos captured by our talented event photographer @rafkingwtr, who documented all of you coming together to celebrate photography. Thank you to everyone who came to support us, but more importantly, to support your creative community! 🏆🙏🏼🙂 #GCPA2026 #AustralianPhotographyCompetition #Community #CulturalEvent #Photography by @blaze_parsons
Please join us to congratulate @clay10harris!! 🏆We are proud to announce Clay Harris as the Overall Winner of the Gold Coast Photography Awards 2026 with his outstanding photograph, The Breacher. Clay Harris is an exceptional photographer whose dedication, talent, and relentless pursuit of excellence continue to push the boundaries of wildlife and underwater photography. In an extraordinary achievement, Clay not only secured the Overall Winner title but also won both the Wildlife and Underwater categories. As Overall Winner, Clay takes home a $10,000 @nikonaustralia voucher, a $5,000 website package with @sweetocean, a @blueseafaris experience, a @currumbinsanctuary experience, a @sea_bandz diving gift pack, an @oceanglide.co gift pack, his winning photograph professionally printed and framed by @wadesworld_photographics, and $400 cash! A truly remarkable accomplishment and a well-deserved recognition of an incredible body of work. Congratulations, Clay. We are incredibly proud of you. 👏📸🏆 by @blaze_parsons
What a Night we had celebrating the best photographers and the most amazing Gold Coast photography at the Awards Night surrounded by a creative community that is extremely passionate about their art and this city! Thank you @lizcantor for supporting us this year featuring the GCPA on @channel10au! 🙏🏼 Congratulations again to everyone! More photos and videos are coming this week; stay tuned; we will continue celebrating you all! 🏆 #GCPA2026 #Communityfirst by @blaze_parsons
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. @nikonaustralia @insta360.anz @experiencegoldcoast @diver_australia @tweedgoldcoastdivecharters @currumbinsanctuary @wadesworld_photographics @bluebaydivers @sea_bandz @oceanglide.co @baltertaproom @theeditsuite #AustralianPhotoCompetition #ExperienceGoldCoast #GCPA206 by @blaze_parsons
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. 🎟️ #GCPA2026 #SubmissionsClosed #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
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! 🏆🏆🏆🏆 #GoldCoastPhotographyAwards #AustralianPhotographers #PhotoCompetition #goldcoast #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
2 WEEKS TO GO UNTIL SUBMISSIONS CLOSE ON THE 31st OF MARCH!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Get your photos in, show us your talent and get rewarded and recognised; you deserve it!! #GoldCoastPhotographyAwards #AustralianPhotographers #PhotoCompetition #goldcoast #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN. 🔥📸 The Gold Coast Photography Awards 2026 are officially live, and for the next 30 days photographers across Australia can submit their best work across Landscape, GC Lifestyle, Creative, Wildlife & Nature, Underwater, and Action Camera — celebrating the beauty, energy and spirit of the Gold Coast. We’re proud to present a $30,000+ prize pool, recognising outstanding talent and powerful visual storytelling. To kick things off, we’re offering a 50% Early Bird entry discount from March 1–10 only — secure your submission for just $5 before standard pricing resumes. We cannot wait to see your submissions and read the stories behind your photos. Let’s make 2026 unforgettable. 🔥✨ 📸 Incredible Photo by 2025 Surf & Waves Runner up @hannahandersonmedia #GoldCoastPhotographyAwards #AustralianPhotographers #PhotoCompetition #goldcoast #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
BIG NEWS 🚀 The most anticipated category is HERE. Action Camera powered by @insta360.anz. Get your epic shots ready — submissions open this Sunday 1st of March! Let’s go! #GoldCoastPhotographyAwards #AustralianPhotographers #PhotoCompetition #goldcoast #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
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 👇 #GoldCoastPhotographAwards #GCPA2026 #PhotographyCompetition #AustralianPhotographers #ExperienceGoldCoast by @blaze_parsons
What an incredible night celebrating the Gold Coast’s talented photographers—and the locations and nature experiences that make our coastal city so unique for everyone! Our hearts are full and we are more inspired than ever to keep sharing the stories, moments, and creative visions that bring the Gold Coast to life. Every photo matters and each one is a piece of the bigger picture of our city. To all the incredible creatives who capture its magic… thank you for making the Gold Coast look and feel like the amazing place it is. 🙏🏻✨ We were honestly quite emotional watching this beautiful recap by @theeditsuite—thank you for being a brilliant partner. @baltertaproom – thank you for welcoming GCPA with open arms. From day one, we felt right at home. @gcprintingframing – your stunning work brought everyone’s photos to life. Seeing these photos exhibited at large was a powerful reminder of why we do what we do. We hope you enjoy this video as much as we did. Here’s to a night of connection, creativity, and community. 🏆💛 by @blaze_parsons

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