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IHC Capture the Moment Photography Competition 2025 (online)
Dates: Tue, 1 July 2025 - Thu, 31 July 2025
Capture the moment is a photography competition for New Zealanders who have an intellectual disability or an intellectual disability and autism. Building on the success of the IHC Art Awards, we wanted to showcase the talent of New Zealanders through a different medium.
The theme of this year’s competition is “Nature: the living world” (Nature – all the animals, plants and other things in the world that exist or happen independently of people, water, sea mountains).
Photographers must be 13 years or older, and 13-17 year old participants will automatically fall into the Youth Award category. In 2024 there was over 150 entries. This year's judges are Shayne Jeffares, Bridgit Anderson and Beren Hughes, last year’s winner.
The top 30 finalists will be exhibited at FOTO FEST in Hastings City from 15 September to 2 October 2025.
Key dates:
Competition opens: 1 July, 2025
Competition closes: 31 July, 2025
Location
July 2025
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