Portfolio Review
Once again, a Portfolio Review will be organised in the framework of the 6th European Month of Photography (MdF Berlin), to be held this year in collaboration with the BTK University of Applied Sciences of Berlin. Forty national and international experts are available for discussion with freelance photographers, artists, and photography students in advanced semesters.
Short Overview
Where: BTK, Bernburger Straße 24/25, 10963 Berlin
When: November 1–2, 2014
Participation fee: Three talks for € 75.00, six talks for € 130.00
Application deadline: September 12, 2014 // EXTENDED until September 24, 2014
Prices
First Prize: A solo exhibition in the dat Galerie as well as a 1,500.00 € voucher for exhibition prints with the Grieger company in Düsseldorf
Second Prize: 1,000.00 €
Third Prize: 500.00 €
Here you find detailed information for applicants and the eligibility requirements.
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Emily Adams
Exhibition director and head of the master photography class at the PHotoEspaña, Madrid
Emily Adams
Exhibition director and head of the master photography class at the PHotoEspaña, Madrid
Since 2005 Emily Adams has worked for PHotoEspaña, Madrid’s International Photography and Visual Arts Festival. She was initially the Coordinator of Educational and Professional Programs, later became Exhibitions Manager, and is currently the Director of the PHotoEspañaMaster’s programme in photography for PIC.A International Centre Alcobendas PHotoEspaña.
Emily Adams received a BA in art history in Mexico City, graduating with a thesis on the historiography of Mexican photography, and worked at the Centro de la Imagen in Lima, Peru, a public institution dedicated to the promotion of Latin American photography. She has taught at the Universidad Europea de Madrid, Centro de la Imagen, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo in Oaxaca, Mexico, Centro Nacional de las Artes CONARTE in Monterrey, Mexico, and has participated in the portfolio reviews at the Rencontres d’Arles, Mission Jeunes Artistes in Toulouse, Savignano Immagini Festival, Thessaloniki Photography Festival and FotoFest.Interested in:
seeing all work independent of the subject, genre, or technique
Categories:
Curators, Festival makers
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Roland Angst
Gallerist, graphic designer, and publisher at only photography, Berlin
Roland Angst
Gallerist, graphic designer, and publisher at only photography, Berlin
Roland Angst studied architecture, sociology, and graphic design in Berlin, Frankfurt, and New York. He then worked on a freelance basis and became a partner in a Munich-based graphic design agency specialized in corporate and book design. In 2009, he founded the gallery and eponymous publisher only photography in Berlin.
Interested in:
unique and contemporary ideas, concepts with a deeper reach, good handicraft.
Not interested in:
self-reflections, poverty tourism, bad copies and versions of things we’ve all seen.
Categories:
Publishing house, Gallery
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Michael Apel
Photo editor at chrimson, Frankfurt am Main
Michael Apel
Photo editor at chrimson, Frankfurt am Main
Michael Apel completed his studies in political science at Marburg University. As a newcomer to the field, he worked in a variety of photo agencies in Frankfurt am Main until 2000, when he began acting as photo editor for a number of different weekly and monthly magazines. He worked for the publishing group Handelsblatt until 2006, where he was responsible for the Telebörse and DM-Euro as well as the Euro in Frankfurt am Main, and for Junge Karriere in Düsseldorf, among other things. He has been working for chrismon (Hansisches Druck- und Verlagshaus) since 2006, where he is chiefly responsible for the magazine and the homepage.
Interested in:
Photo essays and portrait photography; projects with a focus on people.
Not interested in:
abstract and/or artistic photography.
Categories:
Newspaper