/ 2026 / Portraiture / Culture

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Nigel Malone, Australia
• Date of Photograph
  24/01/2026
• Studio
  5 Point 6 Pictures

These images are part of an ongoing shot-on-film series entitled 'The Australian West'

The Australian West

Defined by mythology, not geography.
Inspired by Americana, rodeo is their ritual.
A test of nerve and stage for heartbreak.|
A landscape of temporary belonging.
Bypassed towns that continue in spite of time.
Found in showground campsites and low-slung motels.
Theirs is a culture hidden in plain sight.
Both everywhere and nowhere.