Athens Photo Festival

The main programme of the Athens Photo Festival 2015 will take place from 3 June through 26 July 2015, at the Benaki Museum, featuring 78 established and emerging artists from 25 countries. The 2015 festival theme under the on the interconnections between collective and individual memory, time and perception, exploring the relationship between past and present, both experimental and mainstream.



The festival was founded in 1987, under the name International Month of Photography in Athens, as a biennial event. It is the longest-running festival of photography in Greece, and one of the five oldest of its kind in the world.

In 1997, the festival turned into an annual event. In 2008, was officially renamed the Athens Photo Festival in order to reflect upon the festival’s expanding programme which now embraced a wide range of events that are completely in tune with today’s social and aesthetics needs.

Ever since its creation, the festival has remained faithful to its founding purpose, raising audiences awareness of photography and acting as a catalyst for lens-based practice within Greece and a showcase for contemporary trends, new talent from all over the world and the very best of Greek photography.


More info: HERE

Copenhagen Photo Festival

Copenhagen Photo Festival was founded in 2010, to raise awareness about, and focus on, photography. The festival showcases Danish as well as international contemporary photography in urban spaces, art and cultural institutions, galleries and photo schools. Danish photography nowadays is receiving substantial recognition worldwide. CPF promotes Danish and Nordic photography internationally, as well as bringing the international photo scene to Denmark.

Everyday we encounter photography: in the media, public spaces and on the contemporary art scene. The festival seeks to awaken public awareness of photographic images surrounding us – where did they arise? What stories are they telling us?

Copenhagen Photo Festival’s main aim is to create an international platform for contemporary photography in Denmark. A platform, which explores the different aspects of photography, raising theoretical discussions and presenting new works.  It’s an opportunity for both emerging and established photographers as well as amateurs, to network and explore contemporary photography.

The founders of Copenhagen Photo Festival are Julie Navne Klitbo and Rasmus Ranum.

More info Here

Copenhagen Photo Festival is set for June 4-14th 2015. Official opening in Photo City June 4th at 4 pm.

Belgium: FREE FROM MY HAPPINESS

At The International Photo Festival Ghent 2015
From 12 June to 30 August 2015

By South African photographers
Sibusiso Bheka / Tshepiso Mazibuko / Lindokuhle Sobekwa

“Free from my Happiness” is a group show by South African photographers Sibusiso Bheka, Tshepiso Mazibuko and Lindokuhle Sobekwa who grew up in the township of Thokoza in South Africa. They got introduced to photography in 2012 through the Of Soul and Joy project initiated in the township by Rubis Mécénat Cultural Fund.

They use photography to portray their environment, telling stories they feel close to. Invited by the first International Photo Festival in Ghent, their works are shown for the first time in Europe in the exhibition “Free from my Happiness” curated by Belgium photographers Tjorven Bruyneel and Bieke Depoorter.

In the exhibition “Free from my Happiness”, the 3 photographers document their surroundings. In At night, they walk with me, Sibusiso Bheka takes us through his childhood memories that often seem surreal. While Tshepiso Mazibuko with her series Encounters photographs the intimate space of people, Lindokuhle Sobekwa documents the life of young people using nyaope, a highly addictive drug popularized among young black South Africans. Nyaope. Everything you give me my Boss, will do relates to the slang drug users say when they beg.


Belgian photographers Tjorven Bruyneel and Bieke Depoorter have guided the 3 young photographers into their creative journey.

“Free from my Happiness”
At The International Photo Festival Ghent 2015 Sint-Pietersabdij (Saint Peter’s Abbey),
Ghent, Belgium
12 June to 30 August 2015 

More info: HERE

France: Festival Photo Levallois

The seventh edition of Photo Levallois Festival will take place from October 10th to November 15th.

Ooh La La from the Billboards series, 1985, Larry Sultan and Mike Mandel

From its beginning in 2008, the festival has been open to new trends in contemporary photography, reflecting photography’s plurality and richness, by giving visibility to young generations and encouraging dialogue exchanges with other media. From internationally acclaimed and emerging artists to amateur photographers, all have a place in an event which gathers together major currents of contemporary photography.

In today’s plethoric and complex photography scene, Photo Levallois wishes to stand out through its international focus, the pertinence of its choices and its accessibility to the public. Over the years, the City of Levallois Photography Award has gained international recognition. Since the beginning the festival and award have been open to artists from all over the world focusing mostly on new projects.


All about the Festival: Here

Exhibitor Call for World Wide Art Los Angeles

Assembling the Art World in the Heart of L.A. October 16 - 19, 2014

 

 

 

Set on the modern stage of the Los Angeles Convention Center, this international, fine art show will serve as a visual montage of influential fine art in 2014, as it exists across the globe.

If you want to participate, nothing is more easy. Fill in this application

Important Dates

Catalog images & text – due no later than August 15, 2014
Floor plans & order forms – due no later than August 31, 2014
Exhibitor badge requests – due no later than September 15, 2014
Guest pass requests – due no later than September 15, 2014
Proof of insurance – no later than September 1, 2014
Accommodations – make your arrangements as early as possible
Sign up for your seller’s permit – efile.Boe.Ca.Gov/ereg/index.Boe
Ship art to L.A. Convention Center – see shipping instructions

Festival Voies Off: Portfolio Reviews

If you are in France this Summer and a photographer, do not miss a chance to show your portfolio to agents, galleries etc all gathered at Arles for the famous festival.

Between July 8 and July 11, from 3pm to 7 pm in the Cour de l'Archevêché you can show your portfolio BUT you need to register first.

Register here


Where: Cour de l'Archevêché, 
Place de la République, 
13200 Arles
When:  Du mardi 8 au vendredi 11 juillet, de 15h à 19h.
Contact : Hoelle Le Bahers – portfolios@voies-off.com - +33 4 90 96 93 82

La Petite Biennale Photographique

If you are in France this weekend, don't miss La Petite Biennale Photographique in the town of Blain from May 31st until June 29.

There will be amazing photographers including Arja Katariina Hyytiäinen!

All about Arja Hyytiainen
La petite biennale photographique

Registration for the PhotoNOLA 2013 Portfolio Reviews opens tomorrow!

Don't miss this opportunity to show your work!
All you have to do is to register online and be ready to go to New Orleans Friday, December 13 & Saturday, December 14.

Want more details? All about the portfolio reviews