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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Frank Schumacher
Photographer and head of the photo design department at the Lette Verein Berlin
Frank Schumacher
Photographer and head of the photo design department at the Lette Verein Berlin
In 1994, Frank Schumacher graduated in photography from the FH Bielefeld, where he studied under Prof. Gottfried Jäger. From 2001 to 2007 he taught at the Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) Offenbach. Since 2008 he has headed the photo design department at the Lette-Verein Berlin.
Interested in:
conceptual and long-term projects, socially relevant themes.
Categories:
Photographer, Professors
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Juha Suonpää
Head of the fine arts department at TAMK University, Tampere (FIN)
Juha Suonpää
Head of the fine arts department at TAMK University, Tampere (FIN)
Juha Suonpää is a photographer, filmmaker, researcher, and teacher. He graduated from the University of Tampere with a degree in education and received a doctorate in art from the University of Art and Design, Helsinki. His doctoral thesis Petokuvan raadollisuus (The Beastly Image of the Beast, 2002) examined the social significance of nature photography. For his research, he got the Pirkanmaa Science Award in 2000. He is also well known for his earlier prizewinning books Metsä Liikkuu (The Forest is on the Move, 1994) and Luontokuvan totuuden hetki (The Moment of Truth in Nature Photography, 2001).
Suonpää lectures on photography, writes academic papers on related topics, and arranges regular photographic exhibitions in Finland and abroad. He has also created children’s books, learning materials, and documentaries, most recently Hukkamies (Wolfman) which premiered in Switzerland in 2013. Juha Suonpää is currently Director of the Fine Art Programme at Tampere University of Applied Sciences.Offer:
Juha Suonpää wrote a monograph for fine art students where he explored the most successful visual strategies used in contemporary fine art. The experience provided by these activities along with additional other publications and his own artistic pursuits allow him to provide practice-based critique, advice, and tutoring.
Categories:
Photographer, Professors