The inaugural Best in Show 2025: Australian Photographic Dog Prize – Australia’s only biennial art prize dedicated to domestic dogs – pays homage to gallery founder David Roche AM (1930–2013) – art collector, canine breeder, exhibitor, and judge.
Celebrating the central role dogs continue to play in our lives, from 250 entries over seventy finalists’ photographs are exhibited in four categories – Dog Portraits, Dogs and Companions, Dogs in Action, and Puppies. Adelaide-based Alicia Adamopoulos and Isabella Rogers won the $5,000 First Prize (Amateur or Professional Photographer) and $500 Young Photographer (12–18 years) first prize, respectively.

David Roche Gallery
Until 25 October 2025
South Australia
Julie Brown, 2024, Look at that tongue, 2024
Courtesy the artist and David Roche Gallery, Adelaide