Before social media, before radio, if somebody's house caught fire in the village, a church bell was rung so that everybody would know and could come out to help. Inspired by this, the creator of the hashtag #ringthebellforclimate, set out to galvanize a global movement of people ringing bells at two minutes to noon referencing the Bulletin Magazine's famous Doomsday Clock, set at two minutes to midnight.

In this image I wanted to capture that raw frantic agitated movement of bell ringing, symbolising humanities need to come out and help the planet - taking urgent action on climate change.

EVA SCHROEDER (Canberra) is a photographer whose art practice explores portraiture, capturing the intense interplay between real essence and its public face.

Discovering photography in later years, Schroeder is developing recognition as an award-winning photographer. Semi-finalist in the 2022 and 2023 HeadOn Portrait Prizes, finalist in the 2015 HeadOn Portrait Prize, the 2016 Libris Awards, the 2018 and 2020 Percival Photographic Portrait Prizes, the 2021 Martin Kantor Portrait Prize and winner of the 2015 CIT/UN Photographic Prize, Schroeder presented her first solo exhibition BENEATH THE BULA SMILE in both Sydney and Canberra in 2016 and her second, BLACK, WHITE and the INBETWEENS in Canberra in 2024.

Schroeder's works are held in various private and public collections, including the Australian War Memorial, Canberra Institute of Technology and Artspace Mackay.

*Please note artwork will not be shipped until after the 2024 Finalist Exhibition which ends in mid-October 2024.