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 28 international experts! For Portfolio Reviews on Saturday September 29th and Sunday 30th, 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 29th and 30th, 2018, 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 3th, 2018, 03:00 pm

You can find the rules of participation here.

WHO ARE THE REVIEWERS?

  • 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 / Worked as a theater photographer at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin and as a fine arts photo editor at taz – die tageszeitung and Wochenpost / Since 1997 Employed at DIE ZEIT and as photo editor at ZEITmagazin since 2007 / Curator and gallerist at pavlov’s dog /  Member in numerous juries (including jury spokesperson, Deutscher Jugend Fotopreis, Photographers Association of the Netherlands [PANL], Körber Stiftung, Lotto Kunstpreis Berlin/Brandenburg, Leica Oskar Barnack Award) / Guest lecturer at Merz Akademie Stuttgart, Neue Schule für Fotografie Berlin and Design Akademie Berlin / 2014 Appointed to Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) / Since 2017 Lecturer at Lette-Verein Berlin / Michael Biedowicz lives and works in Berlin.

    Categories:

    Photographer, Professors, Newspaper, Gallery

    http://www.pavlovsdog.org/

  • Milena Carstens

    Senior Photo Editor at ZEITmagazin

    Milena Carstens Photo: © Milena Cartens

    Milena Carstens

    Senior Photo Editor at ZEITmagazin

    Milena CarstensPhoto: © Milena Cartens

     

    Milena Carstens / Studied photography at Fachhochschule Bielefeld / She has worked as a photo editor for numerous projects and periodicals / 2010–2014 Gallery manager for Robert Morat’s project space in Berlin / She has worked at ZEITmagazin as a photo editor since 2012 and as senior photo editor since 2014.

    Categories:

    Photographer, Newspaper, Gallery

    http://milenacarstens.com/

  • Jörg Colberg

    Author / Editor / Professor at the Hartford Art School, Connecticut, USA

    Jörg Colberg

    Jörg Colberg

    Author / Editor / Professor at the Hartford Art School, Connecticut, USA

    Jörg Colberg

     

    Jörg Colberg is a writer, photographer, and educator. / He writes for his own website CPhMag.com and for publications such as Foam Magazine / Jörg Colberg teaches at Hartford Art School/University of Hartford / He lives in Western Massachusetts (USA).

    Photo: http://jmcolberg.com/about [09.08.2018/17:03]


    Categories:

    Photographer, Newspaper, Publishing house

    http://jmcolberg.com/

  • Caroline von Courten

    Curator / Writer / Researcher

    Caroline von Courten

    Caroline von Courten

    Curator / Writer / Researcher

    Caroline von Courten

     

    Caroline von Courten / b. 1983 / She works around the (image) frame of photography. / With a background in Visual Culture Studies (BA) and Photographic Studies (MA) she is currently working on her dissertation on the theoretical connotations and implication of the photographic surface. / She has curated exhibitions on paper (Foam Magazine) and in space (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Goethe-Institut, and the Dutch Culture Centre Shanghai), organizes and moderates discussions, gives lectures internationally, writes essays, and judges diverse photographic work for competitions, graduations and portfolio reviews. / Caroline von Courten grew up in the Bavarian countryside and made her way via Utrecht, Berlin, and Melbourne to Amsterdam, where she now lives with her fiancé and two daughters.

    Categories:

    Curators, Art Historians, Newspaper, Gallery, Museum

    https://carocou.com/

  • Simon Karlstetter

    Artist / Musician / Cultural Entrepreneur

    Simon Karlstetter

    Simon Karlstetter

    Artist / Musician / Cultural Entrepreneur

    Simon Karlstetter

     

    Simon Karlstetter is an artist, musician and cultural entrepreneur / He is using photography, drawing, manual printing-techniques, performance, music and sound in his works / His practice is circling around topics such as shifting perception of authorship, de- and recontextualization of images, appropriation, artistic approaches to photographic archives as well as remix and sampling as forms of art. /He is the founder and artistic director of the internationally renowned organization for contemporary photography “Der Greif”, co-founder and CSO at “Picter”, as well as a co-founder of the interdisciplinary artist-collective »STUDIO FURIO«, that unites dance, theatre, music and media art. / He is giving lectures and talks about his work at events around the world, as well as workshops at internationally renowned universities and institutions and has received various awards and prices.

    Categories:

    Curators, Artist, Newspaper

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

  • Heike Catherina Mertens

    Programme director Hatje Cantz

    Heike Catherina Mertens Photo: © Heike Mertens

    Heike Catherina Mertens

    Programme director Hatje Cantz

    Heike Catherina MertensPhoto: © Heike Mertens

     

    Heike Catherina Mertens is Program director at Hatje Cantz Publisher, Berlin since March 2018  / She was managing director and curator at the Schering Stiftung from 2007 to February 2018. / Studied art history, philosophy and sociology and, after academic work in the field of contemporary art, she worked as a curator for public art from 2000 until 2007 / In 2001, she founded stadtkunstprojekte, a Berlin-based association to promote urban public art / Alongside her work at Hatje Cantz, she regularly teaches at the Berlin University of the Arts as part of the further education program Curating and publishes books on contemporary art. / Member of the University Council (Hochschulrat) of the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg, and of the board of trustees for the awarding of the KAIROS Prize, presented by the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S.

    Categories:

    Professors, Newspaper, Publishing house

    http://www.hatjecantz.de/

  • Frank Schumacher

    Head of Department of Photography at Lette Verein Berlin

    Frank Schumacher

    Frank Schumacher

    Head of Department of Photography at Lette Verein Berlin

    Frank Schumacher

     

    Frank Schumacher / b. 1965 / He studied visual communication at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, graduating with a Diplom in photography and film / 1995—2005 Büro für Fotografie und Gestaltung Lingnau, Schumacher in Cologne and Hamburg / He has written numerous editorials for publications including Brand Eins, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Zeit, Purple Magazine, Magazin der Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, and exhibitions including Chic Clicks – Creativity and Commerce in Contemporary Fashion at ICA Boston, Fotomuseum Winterthur, NRW Forum Düsseldorf / He taught at the Offenbach University of Art and Design and has headed the Department of Photography at Lette Verein Berlin since 2008 / Appointed to the German Photographic Association (DGPh) in 2010.

    Categories:

    Curators, Photographer, Professors, Newspaper

    http://www.letteverein.berlin/blog/person/frank-schumacher/

  • Anna Tellgren

    Curator Moderna Museet Stockholm

    Anna Tellgren

    Anna Tellgren

    Curator Moderna Museet Stockholm

    Anna Tellgren

     

    Anna Tellgren / Born 1964 / PhD / Curator of Photography at Moderna Museet in Stockholm since 2004 / She has curated numerous exhibitions including Arbus, Model, Strömholm (2005), Lars Tunbjörk. Winter/Home (2007), Moderna Museet Now: Inta Ruka (2008) and her exhibition Francesca Woodman. On Being an Angel (2015) is touring internationally / In 2011 she was responsible for the project Another Story. Photography from the Moderna Museet Collection, a major presentation of photography in the entire museum / Previously, she has worked as researcher and lecturer at the Department of Art History at Stockholm University / Tellgren was the editor of The History Book. On Moderna Museet 1958–2008 (2008) and is associate editor of Konsthistorisk tidskrift/Journal of Art History.

    Categories:

    Curators, Newspaper, Museum

    http://www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en

  • Ralf Zimmermann

    Photo Editor Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin

    Ralf Zimmermann Photo: © Anna Stylianakis

    Ralf Zimmermann

    Photo Editor Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin

    Ralf ZimmermannPhoto: © Anna Stylianakis

     

    Ralf Zimmermann / Born 1966 / Since 2007 Photo editor at Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin / Graduated from Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich / Worked for Qvest Magazin, Leica Fotografie International, LeadAwards and Arte Magazin / Ralf Zimmermann lives and works in Munich.

    Categories:

    Newspaper, Publishing house

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