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?

  • Gerry Badger

    Freelance photographer, architect, author and photographic critic

    Gerry Badger

    Gerry Badger

    Freelance photographer, architect, author and photographic critic

    Gerry Badger

    Gerry Badger / Born 1948 / Studied architecture at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee, graduating in 1969 / 1966 to present: freelance photographer, architect, author and photographic critic / Works featured in solo and group exhibitions and in a number of public and private collections such as the V&A, MoMA, Bibliothèque nationale de France / Curated exhibitions include The Photographer as Printmaker (1980) for the Arts Council of Great Britain, and Through the Looking Glass: Postwar British Photography (1989) for the Barbican Arts Centre, London / Author of numerous monographs, articles, essays and books on photography / Awarded several prizes, e.g. the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Kraszna-Krausz Book Award, ICP Infinity Writer’s Award, New York / Gerry Badger lives in London.

    Categories:

    Photographer

    http://www.gerrybadger.com/

  • Christoph Bangert

    Freelance photographer and photojournalist

    Christoph Bangert

    Christoph Bangert

    Freelance photographer and photojournalist

    Christoph Bangert

    Christoph Bangert / Born 1978 / Studied photography at FH Dortmund and ICP, New York (2003) / A six-month road trip from Buenos Aires to New York in 2002 resulted in his first book Travel Notes (2007) / Freelance photographer and photojournalist, specialising in political events and reportages on war and conflict in different world regions / Regularly commissioned by The New York Times, Stern and Neue Zürcher Zeitung and published in other leading publications (Der Spiegel, Time, Newsweek) / 2005 to 2006 spent nine months in Iraq on assignment for The New York Times;documented in IRAQ: The Space Between (2007) / Recent book projects include Africa Overland (2013), War Porn (2014), hello camel (2016) / Winner of several awards, incl. World Press Photo, POYi / Participated in the Joop Swart Masterclass / Christoph Bangert lives and works in Cologne.

    Categories:

    Photographer, Newspaper

    http://www.christophbangert.com/

  • Nadine Barth

    Consulting editor at Hatje Cantz, Berlin

    Nadine Barth

    Nadine Barth

    Consulting editor at Hatje Cantz, Berlin

    Nadine Barth

    Nadine Barth / Studied philosophy, literature and art history in Hamburg / Worked for many years as a journalist and art dealer / 2006 founded the barthouse culture concepts agency for art and communications / Editor of diverse publications on photography and fashion including Vanishing Landscapes and Traumfrauen (both 2008), Traummänner, Amazonen and German Fashion Design (all 2011), Daniel Josefsohn: OK DJ (2014), Anatol Kotte: Iconication and Martin Roemers: Metropolis (both 2015), Andres Serrano: Salvation and BerlinRaumRadar (both 2016) / Curator of exhibitions including for the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, MAMM in Moscow, Puma in Singapore and the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin / 2013 to present: consulting editor for photography art books at Hatje Cantz / Nadine Barth lives and works in Berlin.

     

    Photo: © Dorothea Tuch

    Categories:

    Curators, Publishing house, Gallery

  • Alexa Becker

    Acquisitions editor at Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

    Alexa Becker

    Alexa Becker

    Acquisitions editor at Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

    Alexa Becker

    Alexa Becker / Born 1974 / Master’s in history of art at the University of Heidelberg / 2003 to present: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Since 2006 acquisitions editor responsible for submissions and selection of new art and photography-related projects, as well as consulting and development of the publisher’s program / Initiation of the Trouvés series of unique, handmade ‘book objects’ at Kehrer / Juror at numerous national and international photography competitions and regularly reviews portfolios, e.g., at photography festivals in Arles, Houston and Paris / Alexa Becker lives and works in Heidelberg.

    Interested in:

    unique photographic positions.

    Not interested in:

    works with a mainly commercial direction.

    Categories:

    Publishing house

    http://www.kehrerverlag.com/

  • Anne-Marie Beckmann

    Curator and director of The Art Collection Deutsche Börse

    Anne-Marie Beckmann

    Anne-Marie Beckmann

    Curator and director of The Art Collection Deutsche Börse

    Anne-Marie Beckmann

    Anne-Marie Beckmann / 1989 to 1997 Studied art history in Frankfurt/Main / 1999 to present: curator of the Art Collection Deutsche Börse a collection of contemporary photography featuring approx. 1600 works by over 100 international artists / 1999 to 2015 Director of the Deutsche Börse cultural program / Curator of photography exhibitions at Deutsche Börse and at various art institutions / Jury member for awards and scholarships including the C/O Talents Programme and the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize / 2000 to 2015 published five collection catalogues, XL Photography 1-5 / 2015 to present: lecturer in photography at the University of Art and Design in Offenbach/Main / 2015 to present: director of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation / Anne-Marie Beckmann lives and works in Frankfurt/Main. 

    Categories:

    Curators

    http://www.deutscheboersephotographyfoundation.org/

  • Michael Biedowicz

    Photo editor for ZEITmagazin and galerist at pavlov’s dog, Berlin

    Michael Biedowicz

    Michael Biedowicz

    Photo editor for ZEITmagazin and galerist at pavlov’s dog, Berlin

    Michael Biedowicz

    Michael Biedowicz / Born 1955 / After ten years working as a theatre photographer at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, began his career as picture-editor and photojournalist for various publications / In 1997 joined German weekly DIE ZEIT / Since 2007 to present: picture-editor for ZEITmagazin / Since 2012 CEO at A1A artprint and curator and co-owner of the gallery for photography pavlov’s dog / Member of the judging panels of numerous national and international competitions as Deutscher Jugendfotopreis, Photography Association of the Netherlands / Guest lecturer at MERZ Akademie, Stuttgart, and Neue Schule für Fotografie, Berlin / 2014 awarded membership of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie / Michael Biedowicz lives and works in Berlin.

    Interested in:

    new personal styles and ways of seeing.

    Categories:

    Photographer, Newspaper, Gallery

    http://www.pavlovsdog.org/

  • 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/

  • Jörg Colberg

    Author / Editor / Professor at the international limited-residency MFA in photography at Hartford Art School, Connecticut , USA

    Jörg Colberg

    Jörg Colberg

    Author / Editor / Professor at the international limited-residency MFA in photography at Hartford Art School, Connecticut , USA

    Jörg Colberg

    Jörg Colberg / Founder, author and editor of the photography website CPhMag.com (until 2012 Conscientious)/ Seit 2010 faculty member of the international limited-residency MFA in photography at Hartford Art School, Connecticut / Author of numerous essays for international publications, journals and artist monographs/ Guest-editor of photography exhibitions and photobooks (e.g. Observed) / Jörg Colberg lives and works in the USA.

     

    Photo: http://jmcolberg.com/about [05.08.2016/15:08]

    Categories:

    Photographer, Newspaper, Publishing house

    http://jmcolberg.com/

  • Lucy Conticello

    Director of Photography at M – the magazine of French newspaper Le Monde, France

    Lucy Conticello

    Lucy Conticello

    Director of Photography at M – the magazine of French newspaper Le Monde, France

    Lucy Conticello / Born 1973 / Studied archaeology, art history and photography at La Sapienza University in Rome / Assistant photo-editor with Italian magazine Liberal / Worked as an editor, critic and lecturer in New York, Rome and Paris / 2000 to 2011 photo editor and researcher for, Business Week, New York Times, l’Espresso, Courrier International, IHT and photography agencies such as Sipa Press, Magnum Photos, and (briefly) the AFP / On photography juries such as Festival della Fotografia Etica and Foam Paul Huf Award; portfolio reviewer (Festival Cortona on the Move, PHotoEspana) / Since 2011 director of photography at M – award-winning magazine of French newspaper Le Monde / Recipient of several prizes, including ‘Magazine of the year 2011’ (Prix du Club des directeurs artistiques) and two ‘Magazine of the Year’ prizes in 2013 (Grand Prix des Médias de CB News prize and Prix du Syndicat des éditeurs de la presse magazine).

    Categories:

    Art Historians, Newspaper, Publishing house

    http://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/

  • 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

  • Ludger Derenthal

    Art historian and head of the Photography Collection of the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

    Ludger Derenthal

    Ludger Derenthal

    Art historian and head of the Photography Collection of the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

    Ludger Derenthal

    Dr Ludger Derenthal / born 1964 in Cologne / Studied art history and history in Bonn and Munich / 1996/97 Fellow at the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Institute for Advanced Study) / 1997 to 2003 Teaching art history at Ruhr University Bochum / 2001/02 Member of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton / Since 2003 head of the Collection of Photography at the Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Numerous publications and more than 30 exhibitions on art and photography in the 19th, 20th and 21st century / Ludger Derenthal lives and works in Berlin.

    Interested in:

    positions with a critical and creative approach to photography and its history.

    Categories:

    Art Historians, Museum

    http://www.smb.museum/mf

  • Rein Deslé

    Curator and editor at FotoMuseum Antwerp (FoMu) / Editor of FoMu magazine’s EXTRA and .tiff, Belgium

    Rein Deslé

    Rein Deslé

    Curator and editor at FotoMuseum Antwerp (FoMu) / Editor of FoMu magazine’s EXTRA and .tiff, Belgium

    Rein Deslé / Born 1981 / Studied contemporary history and cultural studies / 2004 to 2010 collaborator at the Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography at the University of Leuven / Since 2010 curator and editor at FotoMuseum Antwerp (FoMu) in Belgium / Curator of exhibitions including Imaging History, You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Shooting Range and Show Us the Money, and solo shows for Gert Jochems, Charles Fréger, Rinko Kawauchi, Jan Rosseel and Jan Hoek / Editor of FoMu magazine’s EXTRA and .tiff / Frequent juror of photography competitions / Rein Deslé lives in Brussels.

    Categories:

    Curators, Newspaper

    http://www.fotomuseum.be/

  • Marcel Feil

    Deputy director, artistic affairs at Foam / Editor of Foam, the museum’s international photography magazine, Amsterdam

    Marcel Feil

    Marcel Feil

    Deputy director, artistic affairs at Foam / Editor of Foam, the museum’s international photography magazine, Amsterdam

    Marcel Feil

    Marcel Feil / Born 1968 / 1994 BA in history of art at the University of Amsterdam / 1994 to 1998 worked at the Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture / 1998 to 2002 staff member at the Amsterdam Centre for Photography / 2002 to 2010 curator at the Foam museum of photography in Amsterdam, organizing a wide range of historical and contemporary exhibitions / Since 2010 deputy director, artistic affairs at Foam, as well as an editor of Foam, the museum’s international photography magazine / 2012 published A Book of Beds: A Selection of Foam Magazine Talent Photographs / 2014 curated the William Klein retrospective at Foam / Marcel Feil lives and works in Amsterdam.

     

    Photo: © Oscar Anjewierden: Marcel Feil at the Opening Araki Exhibition at Photomuseum FOAM, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, December 18, 2014 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/duosphoto/) 

    Categories:

    Curators, Newspaper, Museum

    http://www.foam.org/home

  • Paul Graham

    Artist and photgrapher, New York

    Paul Graham

    Paul Graham

    Artist and photgrapher, New York

    Paul Graham

    Paul Graham / Born 1956 / 1978 BSc in microbiology from Bristol University, United Kingdom / Prolific and well-published artist / 1983 A1 – The Great North Road / 1986 Beyond Caring / 1987 Troubled Land / 1993 New Europe / 1996 Paul Graham / 2003 American Night / 2007 12-volume hardback A Shimmer of Possibility / Numerous solo and group exhibitions including at MoMA (2009), Museum Folkwang, Essen (2009), Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2010–11) and the Whitechapel Gallery, London (2011) / Winner of the 2009 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize / Photographs held in public and private collections worldwide, including at the Guggenheim and Whitney in New York; Musei Comunali in Italy; Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Tate in London. Paul Graham lives and works in New York.

    Categories:

    Artist, Photographer

    http://paulgrahamarchive.com/

  • Nina Grundemark

    Galerist Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin / Stockholm

    Nina Grundemark

    Nina Grundemark

    Galerist Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Berlin / Stockholm

    Nina Grundemark

    Nina Grundemark / Born in 1967 / Studied IT and history of art, specializing in photography / 2007 opened her first photographic gallery in Stockholm / 2010 to present: founded the Grundemark Nilsson Gallery (formerly the Swedish Photography Gallery) in Berlin as managing director with Dorothee Nilsson as gallery director / As managing director presents 5 to 6 exhibitions a year in Stockholm and Berlin featuring a new generation of contemporary photo-based artists with a strong connection to Sweden as well as established artists like Christer Strömholm and Dawid / Grundemark Nilsson Gallery also participates regularly in art fairs including Paris Photo, Unseen Amsterdam, Photo Basel and AIPAD New York / Freelance curator of exhibitions including for the Nobel Prize Award in Sweden (2010), Nordic Embassies in Germany (2011) and Pingyao Photo Festival in China (2012) / Nina Grundemark lives and works in Berlin and Stockholm.

     

    Photo: http://sfoto.se/f/nyheter/vad-sag-du-fotografi-i-malmo-reviewer [05.08.2016/15:00]

    Categories:

    Curators, Gallery

    http://www.grundemarknilsson.se/

  • Dr. Matthias Harder

    Chief curator at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin

    Dr. Matthias Harder

    Dr. Matthias Harder

    Chief curator at the Helmut Newton Foundation, Berlin

    Dr. Matthias Harder

    Matthias Harder / Born 1965 / Studied history of art, classical archaeology and philosophy / MA from Kiel University / 2002 PhD from Freie Universität, Berlin / 1995 to 1999 curator at nGbK in Berlin / 1996 to 1999 founder and director of ‘empty rooms’ experimental exhibition space for installation art / 1999 to 2002 guest curator at the Fotomuseum, Munich, organizing Herbert List and Stefan Moses retrospectives / 2002 to 2004 director at Kunstverein Glückstadt (PAK) / Since 2004 chief curator at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin / Guest-curator at institutions incl. Deichtorhallen, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Glyptothek, Fundació ‘la Caixa’, Tokyo Art Museum / Contributor to international journals including Photonews, Aperture and Art in America / Author of articles and essays for books and catalogues / Also works as an international lecturer, jury member, consultant and public speaker / Matthias Harder lives and works in Berlin.

     

    Photo: http://www.zeitakademie.de/seminare/die-schoenen-kuenste/fotografie [05.08.2016/14:55] 

    Categories:

    Curators, Art Historians, Museum

    http://www.helmut-newton.de/informationen/

  • Markus Hartmann

    Manager Hartmann Projects / Publisher / Author / Curator, Stuttgart

    Markus Hartmann

    Markus Hartmann

    Manager Hartmann Projects / Publisher / Author / Curator, Stuttgart

    Markus Hartmann

    Markus Hartmann / Born1962 / Studied at the Stuttgart Media University / Trained in publishing sales / 1990 to 2013 publishing director of photography and contemporary art at Hatje Cantz Publishers in Ostfildern / 2013 started Hartmann Projects, his own company for curating, exhibition organization and occasional writing (blogs and magazines) / 2016 co-founded Hartmann Books / Curated shows for the Rencontres d’Arles with Markus Brunetti (2015) and Alfred Seiland – Imperium Romanum (2016) / Organizing upcoming exhibitions with Peter Bialobrzeski, Alfred Seiland, Ingar Krauss / Markus Hartmann lives and works in Stuttgart.

    Categories:

    Curators, Publishing house

    http://www.hartmannprojects.com/

  • Simon Karlstetter

    founder and artistic co-director of 'Der Greif', Augsburg / Munich

    Simon Karlstetter

    Simon Karlstetter

    founder and artistic co-director of 'Der Greif', Augsburg / Munich

    Simon Karlstetter

    Simon Karlstetter / Born 1985 / Studied graphic design and fine art at Augsburg University of Applied Sciences / 2008 to present: founder and artistic co-director of Der Greif magazine for photography and literature, winner of a 2014 Lucie Foundation Award for ‘Photography Magazine of the Year’ / 2014 co-curator of Der Greif: A Process photography exhibition at Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg / Co-founder of interdisciplinary artist collective Studio Furio which combines dance, theatre, music and media art / Freelance artist, musician and cultural entrepreneur who uses photography, drawing, manual printing-techniques, performance, music and sound in his works / Has held artist talks at institutions and events including Unseen Amsterdam; C/O Berlin; LCC London; Kunstverein München; Rodchenko Art School Moscow; and Krakow Photomonth / Simon Karlstetter lives and works in Augsburg and Munich.

    https://www.dergreif-online.de/

  • 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/

  • Simone Klein

    Global director of print sales at Magnum Photos, Paris und Köln

    Simone Klein

    Simone Klein

    Global director of print sales at Magnum Photos, Paris und Köln

    Simone Klein

    Simone Klein / Born 1967 / Studied history of art, French and German literature and linguistics at Bonn University and at the Sorbonne in Paris / 1996 assistant at the Kicken Gallery in Cologne / 1997 to 2007 director of the photography department at the Kunsthaus Lempertz auction house in Cologne / 2007 to 2015 director of the photography department at Sotheby’s Europe / Since 2015 global director of print sales at Magnum Photos, sales of vintage and contemporary material, art fairs and print-room programming, international business development / Simone Klein lives and works in Paris and Cologne.

    Photo: © Lea Lund

    Categories:

    Gallery, Art Buying

    https://www.magnumphotos.com/

  • Dr. Christina Leber

    Director of the DZ BANK art collection, Frankfurt

    Dr. Christina Leber

    Dr. Christina Leber

    Director of the DZ BANK art collection, Frankfurt

    Christina Leber / Born 1966 / Studied Catholic theology and education at various universities in Germany and abroad, completing her studies with a PhD / 1992 to 1999 worked freelance in various corporate art collections including at Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, Tetra Pak and DG BANK / 1999 to 2001 director of the 2nd Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art / 2003 to 2011 curator of the DZ BANK art collection / 2008 published a book on art collections in German corporations between the years 1965 and 2000 / Seit 2011 director of the DZ BANK art collection / Christina Leber lives and works in Frankfurt. 

    Categories:

    Festival makers, Gallery, Museum

  • 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

  • Lesley A. Martin

    Creative director, Aperture Foundation / Publisher of PhotoBook Review / Editor,

    Lesley A. Martin

    Lesley A. Martin

    Creative director, Aperture Foundation / Publisher of PhotoBook Review / Editor,

    Lesley A. Martin

    Lesley A Martin / Born 1970 / 1991 PhD from Miami University / creative director, Aperture Foundation, and publisher of PhotoBook Review / Editor of numerous photobooks, including by Takashi Homma, Rinko Kawauchi, LaToya Ruby Frazier, and recent books by Richard Misrach and Gregory Crewdson / Worked on The Chinese Photobook, contributing editor to Japanese Photobooks of the 1960s and ’70s, and The Latin American Photobook / 2012 cofounded the Paris Photo–Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards / Curator of national and international travelling exhibitions incl. Ubiquitous Image (2008), Aperture Remix (2012) and Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs (2016) / Writing on photography published in ApertureFOAMOjo de Pez, and Lay Flat, among others / Currently teaches graduate course on the photobook at the Yale University School of Art / Lesley A Martin lives and works in New York City.

     

    Photo: http://www.powarts.org/events/2015/2/23/colleagues-and-friends-breakfast-julia-joern [05.08.2016/14:50]

    Categories:

    Curators, Newspaper, Publishing house

  • Robert Morat

    Galerist at Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg and Berlin

    Robert Morat

    Robert Morat

    Galerist at Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg and Berlin

    Robert Morat

    Robert Morat / Born 1971 / Founder and owner of the Robert Morat Galerie in Hamburg and Berlin / Specializes in emerging artists in contemporary photography as well as 20th century photography, with regular exhibitions of German and international artists / The gallery is a regular exhibitor at international art fairs such as Paris Photo, AIPAD New York, Photo London and UNSEEN Amsterdam / Robert Morat lives and works in Berlin.

     

    Photo: © Juergen Joos (https://stories.thalia.de/story/ggustave-flaubert-madame-bovary/ [05.08.2016/14:40])

    http://www.robertmorat.de/

  • 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.

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    Curators, Professors, Gallery

    http://gallerytaikpersons.com/

  • Katia Reich

    Freelance curator, Berlin

    Katia Reich

    Katia Reich

    Freelance curator, Berlin

    Katia Reich / Born 1969 / 1989 to 1992 assistant manager in the art business / 1999 Master’s in art history, classical archaeology and modern history / 1999 to 2005 curator with the working group for photography at the Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst (nGbK) / 2000 to 2004 director of the gallery Wohnmaschine, Berlin / 2003 and 2005 project manager for the German entries to the Venice Biennale / 2005 to 2012 project manager of the Berlin Biennale at KW Berlin, responsible for more than 300 projects / In 2007 published Die deutschen Beiträge zur Biennale Venedig 1895–2007 together with Ursula Zeller (DuMont Verlag) / 2009 and 2010 co-curated Höhepunkte der Kölner KunstFilmBiennale in Berlin / 2012 appointed curator of the 5th European Month of Photography / Published catalogue of 5th European Month of Photography (Kerber Verlag) / Katia Reich lives and works in Berlin.

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    Curators, Art Historians, Gallery

  • Inka Schube

    Director of photography and media-art at Sprengel Museum, Hanover

    Inka Schube

    Inka Schube

    Director of photography and media-art at Sprengel Museum, Hanover

    Inka Schube / Born 1961 / Studied classical archaeology, cultural theory and history of art in East Berlin / 1987 to 1990 freelance curator and assistant at the Gallery of Young Berlin Artists, (now Podewil) / 1990 co-founded the Kunst und Kulturzentrum Brotfabrik, Berlin / Curated exhibitions there including Mikhailov, Goldin and Greenaway solo shows and Heimat (Home,1994), which also showed at the Photo Biennale Rotterdam / 1997 Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation scholarship for museum practice and photography / 1998 to 2001 member of various project groups affiliated to the nGbK in Berlin / 2000 curated Here and Now for the Photo Biennial Rotterdam / Since 2001 director of photography and media-art at Sprengel Museum, Hanover / Shows curated at the Sprengel include Social Creatures: How Body Becomes Art, Photography Calling and solo shows by Bernard Fuchs, John Gossage, and Viktor Kolář / Inka Schube lives and works in Berlin and Hanover.

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    Curators, Art Historians

    http://www.sprengel-museum.de/

  • 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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    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.

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    Art Historians, Professors, Museum

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