GJZ PHOTOGRAPHY PRESENTS -HEAD ON PHOTO FESTIVAL- Exposure Awards 2025

This post is a little late… in fact a year late!

In 2025, I began something that I had not done in a long time, a personal project outside of the studio.

Football F##ken or The Sunday League (I still have not settled on a name as of yet), is a project that focuses on the themes of football is life, a cure for depression, and multicultural Australia. Its a feel good story about all the good things in life that only football can bring.

I followed the over 35s team of the Connells Point Rovers around for a season and my goal was to combine my fine art experience across to sports photography.

This photo I took on the sidelines and out of all the images I shot , this was the one that I thought best represented the combination of fine art and sports photography.

In 2025 I entered this image into Head On, one of Australia’s premier photography contents. Much to my surprise it made it as a semi finalist. What added further to my surprise was that I had no idea I even made it as a semi finalist till this year!

I am extremely humbled to have made it as far as the semi finals amongst such amazing photos and am grateful for the opportunity.

Special thanks goes out to my sister Sonia who pushed me to do this project, my dear friends Andy and his brother Leo who gave me some street cred amongst the team, as well as the boys from the Rovers.

You can see my work and the amazing other finalist by clicking here.

Giacomo Zadro - Head On Semi Finalist Exposure Awards 2025