Portfolio Reviews

Present your photographs in one-on-one discussions, explain your image ideas in person and benefit from the knowledgable opinions and suggestions of 31 international experts! For Portfolio Reviews on September 30th and October 1st, you'll have the chance as a photographer, artist or student to present your photographic work to world-renowned experts in 15 minute-long individual discussions – including photographers, curators, art directors, journalists and gallery owners. You can find an overview of the reviewers at the end of this page. 

The application process is completed.

Quick Overview

Where: Museum für Fotografie / Helmut Newton Foundation, Jebensstraße 2 . 10623 Berlin
When: September 30th and October 1st, 2016, each of them from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm / 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm 
Participation Fee: 3 discussions for 90 EUR, 6 discussions for 150 EUR
Application Deadline: September 4th, 2016, 11:59 pm
You can find the rules of participation here.

Who are the Reviewers?

  • Adam Broomberg

    Artist / Professors of Photography at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (HFBK), London

    Adam Broomberg

    Adam Broomberg

    Artist / Professors of Photography at the Hochschule für bildende Künste (HFBK), London

    Adam Broomberg / Born 1970 / Studied sociology and art history at Wits University, SA / Joined Benetton’s research centre Fabrica in Italy / 1995 editor and photographer with Benetton’s COLORS magazine, returning later as creative director / Beginning of long-term collaboration with Oliver Chanarin / Since 2000 widely exhibited in solo and group exhibitions on all continents / Featured in major public and private collections, incl. Tate, MoMA, Stedelijk, V&A, Musée de l’Élysée / Co-author of numerous publications and photographic studies, e.g. Ghetto (2003), Mr. Mkhize’s Portrait (2004), The Red House (2007), Spirit is a Bone (2015). / Major awards include ICP Infinity Award (2014) and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize (2013) / Lectures on photography, e.g. at LCC in London and School of Visual Arts, New York / Since 2016, professor of photography at the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Hamburg / Adam Broomberg lives and works in London.

    Categories:

    Photographer, Professors

    http://www.broombergchanarin.com/

  • Bruno Ceschel

    Writer, publisher and lecturer, London

    Bruno Ceschel

    Bruno Ceschel

    Writer, publisher and lecturer, London

    Bruno Ceschel

    Bruno Ceschel / Born 1976 / Studied at the University of Trento, Italy / Lecturer in photography at University of the Arts, London / Visiting lecturer at ECAL, Lausanne / 2010 founded Self Publish, Be Happy (SPBH), an organization that supports and promotes emerging photographers / Organized with SPBH events at Tate Modern, The Photographer’s Gallery, ICA, Serpentine Galleries, C/O Berlin, Aperture Foundation and Kunsthal Charlottenborg / Also director of SPBH Editions, which has most recently published books by Broomberg & Chanarin, Lucas Blalock, Mariah Robertson, Gareth McConnell and Lorenzo Vitturi / Writes regularly for publications including FOAM, The British Journal of Photography and Aperture Magazine / Guest-editor of Photography and Culture, Ojo de Pez and The PhotoBook Review / 2015 published his book Self Publish, Be Happy: A DIY Photobook Manual and Manifesto (Aperture Foundation) / Bruno Ceschel lives and works in London.

    Categories:

    Professors, Newspaper, Publishing house

    http://www.selfpublishbehappy.com/

  • Michael Danner

    Artist / Photographer / Professor at Berlin’s Technische Kunsthochschule (btk), Berlin

    Michael Danner

    Michael Danner

    Artist / Photographer / Professor at Berlin’s Technische Kunsthochschule (btk), Berlin

    Michael Danner

    Michael Danner / Born 1967 / 1992 to 1999 studied photo design at FH Bielefeld / 1995–1997 BA in photography at University of Brighton / 1999 to 2015 lectures and workshops at numerous institutions, incl. University of Wales, University of Brighton, HfGB Leipzig, and Goethe Institute Rabat/Casablanca / 2010 to 2011 lecturer at Muthesius University in Kiel / Freelance photographer for a variety of magazines, agencies and corporate clients / Exhibited extensively in Germany and abroad / Featured in a number of collections / Recipient of various awards and grants, incl. FOCUS, Stiftung Kunstfonds, 4th International Photobook Festival, Kassel / Since 2012 lectures on documentary photography at Berlin’s Technische Kunsthochschule 2016 appointed professor for photography / Michael Danner lives and works in Berlin. WWW.DANNERPROJECTS.COM

    WWW.MICHAELDANNER.COM

    Categories:

    Artist, Photographer, Professors

  • Milo Keller

    Photographer / Professor of photography at ECAL, Fribourg, CH, und in Paris

    Milo Keller

    Milo Keller

    Photographer / Professor of photography at ECAL, Fribourg, CH, und in Paris

    Milo Keller

    Milo Keller / Born 1979 / 2002 to 2005 studied photography at the Ecole cantonale d’art (ECAL) in Lausanne, Switzerland / 2005 to 2007 MA in photography at ECAL / Since 2007 professor of photography at ECAL / Since 2012 head of the Bachelor of Photography department, as of September 2016 head of the new MA course in photography / develops projects for commissioned works in architecture and design photography / 2004 Lauréat Talent Photo Switzerland (Prix Fnac) / 2006 AlpTransit awarded a Swiss Federal Design Grant and exhibited at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, the Aperture Foundation in New York and Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich / 2008 opened joint studio in Paris with French photographer Julien Gallico. The two collaborate on fashion and portrait-photography projects for publications including Wallpaper*, Vogue Paris, Yves-Saint-Laurent, and Vitra/ Milo Keller lives and works in Fribourg, Switzerland, and in Paris.

     

    Photo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milo-keller-8ba66170 [05.08.2016/14:45]

    Categories:

    Photographer, Professors

    http://www.milojulien.com/

  • Maren Lübbke-Tidow

    Lecturer, Freelance author, critic, editor, and curator, Berlin

    Maren Lübbke-Tidow

    Maren Lübbke-Tidow

    Lecturer, Freelance author, critic, editor, and curator, Berlin

    Maren Lübbke-Tidow

    Maren Lübbke-Tidow / Born 1968 / Studied art history and political science in Marburg and Vienna / 1994 to 1996 intern and exhibition assistant at mumok/20er-Haus, Vienna / Since 1996 closely connected to Camera Austria (Graz) as author, editor and curator / 2001 to 2009 director of the Berlin editorial office / Since 2013 editor-in-chief / Recent exhibitions: 2016 Friedl Kubelka: Atelier d’Expression (Dakar), Camera Austria, Graz; 2015 Sven Johne: Anomalien des frühen 21. Jahrhunderts. Einige Fallbeispiele, Arbeiterkammer Wien / Recent texts include: Fülle und Leere…, cat. KunstHausWien; Annette Kelm: Wir wissen eigentlich nicht, was wir sehen… in: Camera Austria International (Graz/Berlin); Love Stories with Politics: Marlene Dumas, in: Kunstbulletin (Zurich) / Lecturer at Berlin’s Technische Kunsthochschule, University of Cologne and at Schule für Künstlerische Photographie, Vienna / Maren Lübbke-Tidow lives and works in Berlin and Graz.

    Interested in:

    Works that explore the human image and questions of history and identity, documentary projects, conceptual practices, artists’ books, and photography in the Web 2.0 era.

    Categories:

    Curators, Professors, Newspaper

  • Joachim Naudts

    Curator at FOMU (museum of photography) / Chief-editor of the FOMU magazines Extra and .tiff Antwerpen

    Joachim Naudts

    Joachim Naudts

    Curator at FOMU (museum of photography) / Chief-editor of the FOMU magazines Extra and .tiff Antwerpen

    Joachim Naudts / Born 1982 / 2012 started working for FOMU (museum of photography) in Antwerp / Curator of over 20 exhibitions, including Power! Photos! Freedom! (2013), Broomberg & Chanarin – Everything was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt (2014), and Mijn vlakke land (My Flat Land, 2015) / chief-editor of the FOMU magazines Extra and .tiff / Since 2008 actively involved in the organization and planning of the non-profit organization Punctum focusing on contemporary photography / As of 2012 board member of Scherptediepte – Depth of Field, a network for researchers, curators and critics in the field of photography and media culture in the Low Countries / Regularly invited as a jury-member, speaker, writer or guest teacher in the field of contemporary photography / Joachim Naudts lives in Brussels and works in Antwerp.

    Categories:

    Curators, Professors, Newspaper, Museum

    http://www.joachimnaudts.be/

  • Timothy Persons

    Professor and director at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, galerist, Helsinki / Berlin

    Timothy Persons

    Timothy Persons

    Professor and director at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, galerist, Helsinki / Berlin

    Timothy Persons / 1982 to present: adjunct professor and director of the Professional Studies Program at Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki, where he is the principle architect and leader of the Helsinki School / 1995 founded Gallery Taik Persons in Helsinki; the gallery relocated to Berlin in 2005 / As well as holding around eight solo and group exhibitions per year, Gallery Taik Persons also works actively with independent publishing houses including Hatje Cantz and Kehrer Verlag to create limited-edition art books / 2006 to present: board member of Paris Photo / Curatorial advisor to Kulturhuset, Stockholm; KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art and National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen / Persons has curated more than 40 international photography exhibitions, written numerous books, and exhibited his own work worldwide / Timothy Persons lives and works in Berlin.

    Categories:

    Curators, Professors, Gallery

    http://gallerytaikpersons.com/

  • Aaron Schuman

    Freelance Artist / Editor / Writer / Curator, London

    Aaron Schuman

    Aaron Schuman

    Freelance Artist / Editor / Writer / Curator, London

    Aaron Schuman

    Aaron Schuman / Born 1977, USA / 1999 BFA in photography and art history at NYU’s Tisch School / 2003 MA in humanities & cultural studies, London Consortium / Exhibited photography at Tate Modern, ICA (London) and Hauser & Wirth Somerset / Author of FOLK (2016) / Written texts for Alec Soth: Gathered Leaves (2015), Vision Anew (2015), and The Photographer’s Playbook (2014) and more / Contributes to magazines such as ApertureFrieze, FoamHotshoe, TIME, etc. / Curated exhibitions such as Mixtape (2016), In Appropriation (2012), Other I: Alec Soth, WassinkLundgren, Viviane Sassen (2011) and Whatever Was Splendid… (2010) / Curator of Krakow Photomonth 2014: ‘Re:Search’ – featuring exhibitions by Taryn Simon, Trevor Paglen, Jason Fulford, Clare Strand, Walker Evans & David Campany, etc. / Senior lecturer at University of Brighton and UWE / Founder/editor of SeeSaw Magazine / Aaron Schuman lives and works in London.

     

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    Categories:

    Curators, Artist, Photographer, Professors

    http://www.aaronschuman.com/

  • Dr. Christiane Stahl

    Director of Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin

    Dr. Christiane Stahl

    Dr. Christiane Stahl

    Director of Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin

    Dr. Christiane Stahl

    Dr. Christiane Stahl / Born 1963 / Studied art history at the Ecole du Louvre in Paris and art history, theatre and film studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin / Since 1991 research associate at Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin, Bundeskunsthalle Bonn and Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, Milan and Paris / Since 2002 director of Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung / 2005 received her PhD with dissertation on Alfred Ehrhardt’s early photography / Frequent lecturer, author and jury member in the field of modern and contemporary photography / Since 2006 board member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) / 2008 to 2014 vice-chair of DGPh / Since 2007 member of Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA) / In 2010 the Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung moved to Berlin, and since then Christiane Stahl has been member of the European Month of Photography, Berlin / Guest lecturer at the Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin / Christiane Stahl lives and works in Berlin.

    Categories:

    Art Historians, Professors, Museum

    http://www.alfred-ehrhardt-stiftung.de/