Wellness Gallery

The aim of the "Ageing Well" Wellness Gallery project is to create a free-to-access resource of authentic and inclusive stock images depicting wellness and positive ageing in Australia. Currently, many of the stock images used in media depict aged individuals (50+ years old) in a negative or stereotypical way, that does not accurately capture the diversity and reality of most ageing Australians. We hope to engage South Australians of all ages to reflect on the concept of ageism in media and to contribute to a future society that has moved beyond ageism.

"Ageing Well" Competition

The theme for our Wellness Gallery competition is "Ageing Well". Ageing Well may involve being part of the community, sharing moments with family and friends, being active, enjoying life and hobbies and much more! We asked entrants to show us what "Ageing Well" means to them and their community!
Submissions closed on 31st January 2022.

​Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to our competition. The photos are all amazing and authentically demonstrate positive ageing in Australia. With so many great entries, it certainly must have been difficult for our industry judge and Catalyst Foundation board members to choose finalists!
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​Our industry guest judge, Chloe Henderson, lecturer of Photo Imaging at TAFE SA, and the board members of Catalyst Foundation, have selected our finalist images based on the photographic skill, artistic sensibilities, emotion, impact and originality.
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The images chosen as finalists are displayed below. Click the image to enlarge.
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Winners

1st Prize: a $300 gift card
2nd Prize: a $200 gift card 
3rd Prize: a $100 gift card
​The winners were determined by public vote, where voting was open via our website from 28 February to 28 March 2022 and winners were announced 31 March 2022. 

Congratulations to our winners: Alice R., Christine T. and Eric S.

First

Photo by Alice R

Second

Photo by Christine T

Third

Photo by Eric S

Next steps? Post-participation survey

Thank you so much for your interest in our "Ageing Well" Photo Competition! We'd really appreciate it if you helped us evaluate the outcomes of the Wellness Gallery project by completing our survey. It can be found at this link:
https://www.wellnessgallery.com.au/post-participation-survey.html (clicking this link will open the survey in a new window)

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