Enter the Clique Summer Herald photography competition
1:00 PM Clique's search for this summer's best backyard photographer is under way.
In Pictures: the early morning surfers of Bondi
![From 'Wake', a series of photographic portraits of surfers at Sydney's Bondi Beach.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/p/o/c/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glqtu0.11i124.png/1450313328491.jpg)
Ella Rubeli 2:25 PM Teen photographer Bryce Thomas did a self-assigned beach residency to document the people of Bondi who surf at sunrise.
Life's a beach: Martin Parr photography exhibition
![Italy, Lake Garda, 1999. From the 'Life's A Beach' series.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/k/f/c/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glqycq.11i124.png/1450420175196.jpg)
Ella Rubeli 5:30 PM Martin Parr's career-long obsession with photographing people by the seaside has culminated in a humorous exhibition, Life's a Beach, on in the new year at Bondi Pavilion.
Announcing the Clique Photographer of the Year
![Clique Photographer of the Year. Winner. Congratulations Peter Waters of Melbourne.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/h/j/q/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glhpy7.11i124.png/1449839923833.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Congratulations to Clique Photographer of the Year for 2015, Peter Waters.
Big Picture
Big Picture competition 2015: Winner announced
![The winning picture for the Big Picture competition 2015.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/i/j/g/f/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glii79.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Jane Reddy Take a look at our wining image and the finalists for this round of the Big Picture competition.
Buy a Clique gift subscription
![Give the gift of Clique this Christmas](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/9/p/a/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl61ug.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Looking for the perfect gift for that special photographer in your life? You can purchase a 12-month Clique Photographic Association membership for just $49.
Seven best photography documentaries for summer viewing
![The Clique team have put together a list of photography documentaries.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/k/q/l/y/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glj8v5.11i124.png/1449930882292.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Got some time off this summer? The Clique team have put together a list of their favourite photography documentaries. These seven documentaries take you behind the lenses of the quirky and driven characters that inhabit the world stage of photography.
The Blood Generation of Bougainville
![Russel and the Panguna Mine, from the 'Blood Generation' series, 2009. Purchased 2014 by Queensland Art Gallery.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/k/f/m/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gljn9n.11i124.png/1450233913337.jpg)
Ella Rubeli The photography collaboration called The Blood Generation is a tribute to the generation born during the decade long Bougainville conflict.
Sail New Caledonia with Clique and Mariner Boating Holidays
![Clique and Mariner Boating Holidays are excited to announce Sail New Caledonia.
Sail New Caledonia holiday is a 13 day sail, land and air package offering the unique opportunity to travel with a Fairfax photographer Eddie Jim who will provide workshops and hands on photography tuition throughout the journey so that you capture the very best of what will be an amazing experience. 29 April to 12 May 2016.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/n/o/p/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl8nrs.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Clique and Mariner Boating Holidays are excited to announce a new destination for the 2016 Clique Photo Cruise – Sail New Caledonia, departing April 2016.
Man and eagle: a perfect hunting bond
![Image from Hunting with Eagles: In the Realm of the Mongolian Kazakhs, by Palani Mohan, published by Merrell Publishers.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/e/f/n/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glefnc.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Australian photojournalist Palani Mohan, now based in Hong Kong, realised a decades-old ambition when he journeyed to the mountains of Mongolia to document an obscure tribe of nomadic horsemen who hunt with golden eagles.
The world is beautiful at the NGA
![Identical twins, Roselle, New Jersey, 1967, gelatin silver photograph, purchased by the National Gallery of Australia in 1980.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/f/v/6/n/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glfrc8.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli From Man Ray to Diane Arbus, the National Gallery of Australia's new exhibition shows works from the past 100 years of photography.
Pirelli changes tune
Pirelli Calendar given radical makeover to feature influential women
![Amy Schumer in the 2016 Pirelli Calendar which will feature influential women instead of supermodels.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/b/z/s/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.glbzj4.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ebony Bowden The Pirelli calendar, known for its images of half-naked supermodels, has been given a radical overhaul.
A photo diary of France's week of terror
![Bullet holes near La Belle Equipe cafe.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/z/7/u/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl5h0w.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Andrew Meares For photographer Andrew Meares, a dinner in Berlin turned into a week of terror after attacks ripped through the heart of Paris.
What's in a cloud?
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Dark clouds on the horizon? Not sure what kind of weather they could bring? Fairfax photographer and storm chaser, Nick Moir, has you covered.
Enter Now: The Clique Photographer of the Year 2015 wins a holiday cruise to New Caledonia
![Clique and Mariner Boating Holidays are excited to announce Sail New Caledonia.
Sail New Caledonia holiday is a 13 day sail, land and air package offering the unique opportunity to travel with a Fairfax photographer Eddie Jim who will provide workshops and hands on photography tuition throughout the journey so that you capture the very best of what will be an amazing experience. 29 April to 12 May 2016.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/8/n/l/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gi29nj.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
The Clique Photographer of the Year wins a prize valued at over $12,000 including a sailing holiday from Mariner Boating and professional photography equipment from Nikon.
Dazzling casino lights at dusk: November's Clique photography challenge winner
![Car park entry on King Bridge, Melbourne.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/6/r/g/7/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl7knc.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli To win this month's Clique Challenge, Ken Tripp photographed the illuminated entrance to Melbourne's Crown Casino carpark with a dark sense of irony.
Two cutting edge photography shows at Monash Gallery of Art
![Candid portrait of a woman on a street corner, Adelaide 2013, from the series The camera is god.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/4/1/p/j/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl431a.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Monash Gallery of art is launching two contemporary photography exhibitions this summer and featuring Trent Parke's series 'The Camera is God'.
"My first sixty years on the streets"
![Clovelly Beach, 1964. From the John Williams retrospective exhibition at Colour Factory Gallery, Melbourne.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/3/t/3/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl3t7k.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Australian social documentary photographer John Williams has an archive spanning half a century.
Unique and dangerous: Aussie teen surf photographer Leroy Bellet
![Surf and shoot: 16-year-old South Coast photographer surfs behind his subjects to document the thrill of the barrel.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/k/y/2/q/3/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gky4jy.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli He's split his head open twice, torn his knee and been slammed into the reef in more than 200 wipeouts, all in pursuit of his 'bold, youthful and reckless' style of surf photography.
Australian Photobook of the Year Awards open for entries
![Raphaela Rosella won the Self Published Prize at the 2014 Australian Photo Book of the Year Awards for We Met A Little Early, But I Get To Love You Longer.](/web/20151218084500im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/l/3/w/r/w/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gl2tex.11i124.png/1449818253447.jpg)
Ella Rubeli Have you published or self published a photo book or zine this year? If so, here's a competition for you ...
Diary of a storm chaser
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Stunning vision of storms lashing the Hunter Valley as Nick Moir takes us on the road armed with a camera and a weather forecast.