ŁÓDŹ PHOTO-MATCH: A completely different portfolio review
An open call has started for our beloved event. We invite 20 photographers to meet 20 curators from all over Europe in an unusual formula of portfolio review, which emphasizes networking, equality and the widest possible presentation of works and photographic institutions. All of that free of charge. Submit by May 12th.
DATE: 13-14.06.2025
VENUE:
1st day Art_Inkubator, 3 Tymienieckiego St., Łódź (open to public)
2nd day Academic Design Center of Academy of Fine Arts, 13/15 Księży Młyn, Łódź
WHAT IS PHOTO-MATCH?
The Photo-Match model brings new life into the traditional formula of portfolio reviews by placing special emphasis on a series of open networking events and public presentations. Photo-Match is based on a democratic and inclusive model, free of charge, in which experts and artists have the same space for sharing and pitching their experience and motivations.
DAY 1: PRESENTATIONS + MATCHING
[ 13th of June 11:00 AM. – 2:00 PM. CET ]
It’s a day dedicated to both photographers and curators to introduce themselves, their work and practice through short live presentations. This moment takes place not only for Photo-Match participants, but also for anyone from Fotofestiwal’s audience who wants to attend the event, therefore ensuring that artists and reviewers can widen their group of spectators.
Based on these introductions and their own impressions, each participant will choose the reviewers (in case of photographers) or the artists (in case of curators) with whom they would like to meet and share their work, through a matching process. By the end of this day each attendee will have 4 meetings scheduled for the next day.
DAY 2: MEETINGS
[ 14th of June 10:00 AM. – 1:00 PM. CET ]
The real deal! All participants attend private meetings in accordance with the timetable generated based on choices made on the previous day. Every photographer and curator attends 4 meetings. For those who want, Photo-Match will finish with 1 open extra session, an opportunity to enjoy conversation and exchange ideas with someone with whom there was no previous match.
HOW TO SUBMIT?
The application consists of:
1. An application form filled in (link available HERE).
2. A preview of 10 photographs from the project you would like to present during the review, sent in a JPG or PNG format, preferably size of 1920 px length, in a separate email to portfolio@fotofestiwal.com until May 12th 2025, titled: PHOTO-MATCH APPLICATION FIRST NAME LAST NAME. Files should not exceed 10 MB in total.
3. There is no submission fee.
4. The presence is mandatory (it is not an online event).
5. We accept submissions as an artistic duo.
6. It’s possible to submit more than one project, but it requires filling separated application forms.
7. Artists that applied and were selected in the past, can apply again with no restrictions.
8. The selected artists authorise Fotofestiwal to choose two of their submitted images to be used in the communication of the finalists.
9. Each application will be analysed by a group of 3 persons from Fotofestiwal collective, focusing on the images and the description of the project submitted, and safeguarding the rest of the personal information. This information will only be considered at a later stage during the artist’s selection for contact and communication purposes.
DATES
- 15.04.2025 – open call for artists and announcement of the list of reviewers
- 12.05.2025 – deadline for artists’ submissions
- (by) 17.05.2025 – announcement of the selected artists
- 13.06.2025 – DAY ONE: PRESENTATIONS+MATCHING
- 14.06.2025 – DAY TWO: MEETINGS
REVIEWERS
The list of reviewers below includes magazine editors, book publishers, photography festivals’ directors, museum curators, gallery owners, independent art consultants:
→ Anka Gregorczyk (PL), visual artist, art director & owner of the Galeria Centrala, Poland
→ Artur Chrzanowski (PL), director of the City Art Gallery in Łódź, Poland
→ Bruno Ceschel (IT), founder of Self Publish, Be Happy, UK
→ Femke Rotteveel (NL), director of Fotodok, the Netherlands
→ Francesca Hummler (DE, US), community manager of Der Greif, Germany
→ Géraldine Lay (FR), editor of photography and contemporary art in Actes Sud Editions, France
→ Gintaras Česonis (LT), director of Kaunas Photography Gallery, Lithuania
→ Jenny Nordquist (SE), artistic director for Landskrona Foto and Landskrona Foto Festival, Sweden
→ João Linneu (BR, IS), co-founder and artistic director of VOID, Greece
→ June Drevet (AT), editor at Camera Austria, Austria
→ Katy Barron (UK), Director of Photo Oxford Photography Festival, UK
→ Karolina Mazurkiewicz & Magdalena Kicińska (PL), arts editor and managing editor at PISMO, Poland
→ Mateusz Dworczyk (DE, PL), member of FOTOHOF, Austria
→ Mohamed Somji (UAE, UK), director of Gulf Photo Plus and co-curator of BredaPhoto Festival, Dubai and The Netherlands
→ Monica Allende (ES), creative director of The Blue Skies Project and curator at Sony World Photography Awards, UK
→ Paolo Woods (NL, CA), artistic director of Cortona on the Move, Italy
→ Patrycja Tuchanowska-Ruszkiewicz (PL), producer and leader of Festiwal Fotografii W Ramach Sopotu, Poland
→ Paweł Bąkowski (PL), Foto-Gen Gallery Manager of Culture and Art Centre in Wroclaw, Poland
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