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FESTIVAL 2024 aug 21 — sept 28
kranj, slovenia
FESTIVAL 2024 aug 21 — sept 28
kranj, slovenia
FESTIVAL 2024 aug 21 — sept 28
kranj, slovenia

It's time to announce the selected photographers who will participate in the free portfolio review of Kranj Foto Fest 2024. Thanks to everyone who applied! There will be a waiting list, and we will contact you in case a spot opens up.

Ajda Justin, Blaž Gutman, Bruna Coutinho Valença, Caimi & Piccinni, Dejan Romih, Ela Zdešar, Geremew Tigabu, Julija Bohle, Luciana Demichelis, Luna Jovanovic, Matevž Čebašek, Matteo Trevisan, Mihaela Aroyo, Oana Nechifor, Rene Ketiš, Shirin Abedi, Sima Choubdarzadeh, Simon Chang, Tianjun Li

Kranj Foto Fest Portfolio Reviews 2024

Submissions to the Kranj Foto Fest Portfolio Reviews 2024 are now open! And this year – free of charge!

Dear photographers, we invite you to present your work at the Kranj Foto Fest Portfolio Reviews, which will take place on 24th August 2024 in Kranj, Slovenia, during the Opening Week of the International Festival of Contemporary Photography Kranj Foto Fest. Based on your applications, we will select up to 18 photographers to participate in the reviews.

Reviewers:

Bertan Selim (MK), founder of VID Foundation (NL)

Christina Töpfer (AT), editor-in-chief at Camera Austria International (AT)

Miriam Marzura (IT), curator of Leica Gallery Vienna (AT)

Kiana Hayeri (IRCA), photographer (BiH)

Jošt Franko (SI), photographer (SI)

Fernanda Prado Verčič (BR), co-founder and director of Kranj Foto Fest (SI)

Hana Čeferin (SI), co-founder and editor of ETC. Magazine (SI)

Jasna Jernejšek (SI), artistic director of the Visual, Audiovisual and Intermedia Arts Programme at the Kino Šiška (SI)

Jaane Christensen (DE), picture editor at GEO Magazine (DE)

Rachael Strecher (US), vice president of Storytelling Grants and Programs at NatGeo Society (US)

Barbara Čeferin (SI), founder and director of Galerija Fotografija (SI)

Julija Hoda (SI), curator at Jakopič Gallery (SI)

Matej Sitar (SI), founder and editor at The Angry Bat (SI)

Matjaž Tančič (SI), photographer and member of Inland Stories (CN)

This list may be updated in the upcoming weeks.

HOW TO APPLY

Your application should consist of:

  • The application form filled in completely (link available HERE) and
  • A preview of 10 photographs from the project you would like to present during the review, sent in the JPG format, zipped in one single file, preferably not bigger than 10 MB in total, by 4th August 2024, with the subject: PORTFOLIO REVIEWS YOUR NAME YOUR SURNAME to the email address portfolioreview@kranjfotofest.org.

Timeline:

  • Deadline for applications: 4th August 2024
  • The selection results will be announced on this website. Selected photographers will be contacted by email by 8th August 2024.
  • The Portfolio Reviews will take place in Kranj, Slovenia, on 24th August 2024 in the morning.

Rules:

  • The Kranj Foto Fest Portfolio Reviews are open to Slovenian and foreign photographers over the age of 21. 
  • Kranj Foto Fest will select up to 18 photographers to take part in the reviews.
  • By being selected to participate in the reviews, the photographers should be able to travel to Kranj at their own expense to participate in the sessions. It will not be possible to participate online.
  • It is expected that each applicant will meet up to five reviewers. In the form, you can write down the names of 3 reviewers you would like to meet with. We will try our best to make it happen! 
  • The participant should bring their own photo series which was previously submitted in this process, either printed or in digital format. Kranj Foto Fest cannot provide projectors or computers. Photographers must take care of the presentation themselves. Important: Some reviewers prefer to evaluate printed photographs. There is no submission fee this year.

The author of the photographs taken during the portfolio review at Kranj Foto Fest 2023 is Primož Pičulin.

International Festival of Contemporary Photography

Kranj, Slovenia

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