Your Streets, Your Stories: Local History Photography Competition 2025
Congratulations to our winners for our 2025 Your Streets, Your Stories Photography Competition!
18 and over category: Iris Schaden, Port Melbourne Icebergers
Under 18: Louis Dugas, Winter Spray at Dusk
Voting is now closed for our People’s Choice award.
Congratulations to the People's Choice winner - Anna Rogalina!
Thank you to our judges Lesley Bretherton and Sally Paterson from the Melbourne Camera Club and Jason South from The Age.
And lastly, thank you to everyone who entered and voted, all entries will be preserved in the libraries new online Community Collection.


Over 18s Winner as voted by our judges.
Port Melbourne Icebergers, Iris Schaden.

Under 18s Winner as voted by our judges.
Winter Spray At Dusk, Louis Dugas
Our People's Choice Shortlist is still on display at the Port Phillip Heritage Centre.
Please visit the Centre to marvel at the beautiful photographs and read the accompanying descriptions. All submitted photos will be available to view in our library catalogue in the coming months.

People's Choice Winner
Celebration of Opportunity Shops, Anna Rogalina
You can learn more about each image, the artist and copyright here: YSYS 2025 Photo Competition Image Descriptions.pdf (3.9 MB)

