Photonic Moments announces submissions to Portfolio Review 2014 that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 6 and 7 June 2014.
Submit your work until 19 May 2014!
Festival Photonic Moments – Month of Photography invites photographers all around the globe to submit their works on the Photonic Moments Portfolio Review that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 6 and 7 June at the Jakopič Gallery. During two intense days, your work will be evaluated by international team of curators, festival directors, photo editors, gallery owners and publishers through individual 20-minutes face-to-face appointments. The competition starts with entries of works via email. The jury will select 40 portfolios to be reviewed from all submitted works. Among those selected, a winner will be chosen by the reviewers on 7 June who will get the opportunity to show his/her work in a solo exhibition during the festival in 2016!
6 and 7 June 2014 – Jakopič Gallery Ljubljana
Festival Photonic Moments – Month of Photography invites photographers all around the world to submit their works on the Photonic Moments Portfolio Review that will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on June 6 and 7 at the Jakopič Gallery. During two intense days, your work will be evaluated by a team of international and Slovenian curators, festival directors, photo editors, gallery owners and publishers in individual 20-minutes face-to-face appointments.
HOW TO APPLY:
First step – entries
Any professional photographer/artist from around the globe can submit his/her work, yet he/she must be committed to travel to Ljubljana, Slovenia, if selected to the second step – portfolio reviews with a team of specialists at the face-to-face meetings on 6 and 7 June 2014.
The submission is opened to all themes and styles; however, the jury expects series of photographs and photo-stories (not single images).
Specifications:
The candidate must send from 6 to 12 images in total – preferably from at least two different series/photo stories.
Images format: 1200 px on the longer side. RGB, JPG only.
Files name: Name_SURNAME_Title-of-the-series_01.jpg. For sequencing images, use numbers on the end.
Submission must include: CV/biography with maximum 160 words + statement about the series/story maximum 200 words.
Deadline for submission: 19 May 2014, 23:59 GMT + 1h.
Important: images must be sent to the following e-mail:portfolioreview.photon@gmail.com
Please, insert all the images in only one folder and then zip the folder with your Name_Surname.
The jury will select 40 portfolios to be reviewed from all submitted work. Results will be published on the Festival webpage and also sent by e-mail to the 40 selected photographers by 23 May 2014.
Second step – portfolio reviews
To participate on the Portfolio Review, the selected photographers must pay a fee of € 40 until 31 May to the bank account:
Photon d.o.o., Ob Ljubljanici 18B, Ljubljana, Slovenia
IBAN SI56 0234 1001 1430 911 (NLB d.d., Trg republike 3, Ljubljana)
SWIFT/BIC: LJBASI2X
or
by using Paypal (the instructions will be send via email)
*If the payment won’t be done until the deadline (without previous notification or agreement), the organiser of the festival has the right to cancel his/her application and replace him/her with other applicant.
We kindly ask selected photographers to send the copies of payment confirmation to our e-mail address.
For the ones selected, we will offer a chance to have individual meetings with at least five reviewers. If you have the wish to talk with some specific reviewer, we kindly ask you to let us know when applying.
The Portfolio Review will take place in Ljubljana on 6 and 7 June 2014, at Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, where the great exhibition Josef Koudelka: Vestiges 1991-2012 will be taking place.
REVIEWERS:
Tuula Alajoki, director of Backlight Festival, Finland
Giuliana Carbi Jesurun, director of Trieste Contemporanea, Italy
Susanne Gamauf, curator at Fotogalerie Wien, Austria
Damir Globočnik, curator at photo-department of Gorenjski muzej, Slovenia
Želimir Koščević, curator and director of Foto-galerija Lang Samobor, Croatia
Peter Koštrun, professor at Academy of Fine Arts Ljubljana, Slovenia
Thomas Licek, director of Eyes-On – Month of Photography festival Vienna, Austria
Roberto Muffoletto, chief editor of VASA Project, USA
Fernanda Prado, independent curator and photographer, Brazil/Slovenia
Iva Prosoli, curator at Zagreb City Museum, Croatia
Gabriella Uhl, curator in chief of Month of Photography in Budapest, Hungary
Filip Vančo, curator and director of Photoport Bratislava, Slovakia
The jury will select 40 portfolios to be reviewed from all submitted work. Among those selected, a winner will be chosen by the reviewers on 7 June who will get the opportunity to show his/her work in a solo exhibition during the Photonic Moments Festival 2016! The three winners – first, second and third – will have a group online exhibition at VASA Project, an online platform that connects individuals and communities on a global scale who have interest in media studies, photography and digital media. https://vasa-project.com
Portfolio reviews are great opportunity to present your work to influential members of the photographic community. It’s an important moment to engage on a critical discussion about a body of work. Photographers receive critical reflection and advice about their portfolios, with invaluable feedback on their development and also expanding professional network.
Photonic Moments festival, organised by Photon Centre for Contemporary Photography, is a member of European Month of Photography association.