Index
Introduction
Introduction
Just in time for the New Year, I have prepared a list of 2011′s most important Photography Portfolio Reviews, 24 in total, plus 4 more in 2012 (because they are biennial).
The Reviews are ordered by date of the event, not the deadline for submission. Some reviews accept submissions until a few days before the event (such as Lodz), others close the call many months before (such as Houston Foto Fest), so please have a close look at that.
The reviews can be very different as for the number of participants, the profiles of the reviewers, the fee and how many reviews you get for it. This last criterion is reflected by the Price/Review Ratio, calculated in Euros, at the current exchange rates. The best rate this year could be achieved by the Portfolio Reviews in Cork, Irland (sorry, submission is already closed), with a value of 3,33 Euros, thanks to the support of their sponsors, Culture Ireland, the Polish embassy and the Crawford Art Gallery.
Generally speaking, Portfolio Reviews in the US are by far more expensive than in Europe and the rest of the world. The reason for this seems to be that they are more established and valued as an important career step there, thus American photographers are willing to pay the price. They might also be more “successful” because American photography professionals come to these reviews explictly in order to find new talents, to exhibit, publish or even buy works.
Other criteria, which might influence your choice are whether you, the photographer, can choose the reviewers beforehand (unfortunately, this is not always clear from the presentation texts), if there are other perks, such as prizes for the best portfolio, and the total number of other participants.
Please leave a comment if you know of a Review that is not mentioned, find a mistake or simply like the article. After a revision phase, this information will be available in a PDF document, here, and also will be published in a forthcoming handbook for photographers to be published in early 2011.
Moritz
Portfolio Reviews 2011
Name: Review LA
Organizer: Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1994
Date & Place: January 13-15, 2011. Los Angeles, USA
Application Deadline: CLOSED (September 22, 2010)
Number of Participants: 75
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, gallery directors, museum people, editors and publishers, consultants, mostly from the West-Coast of the US.
Registration Fee: 3 reviews: 355 USD members, or 395 for non-members // 6 reviews 555 USD members, 595 USD non-members // 9 reviews 655 USD members, 695 USD non-members
Number of reviews: 3, 6 or 9
Price / Review Ratio: between 55 and 100 Euros per review, according to price scheme, and depending if you are a Center member or not.
Presentation Text:
Center’s Review LA is a two-day photographic event that provides photographers a platform to show their work and network with photography professionals. Photographers are invited to present their portfolios to those who can provide guidance for bringing their work to a larger audience. Meetings with esteemed gallerists, editors,
agents and more provide photographers of all levels with networking opportunities and career advancement. Participants receive 3, 6, or 9 one-on-one portfolio reviews, a night of Portfolio Viewing, and inclusion in the online Photographers Listing. Review LA will take place simultaneous to the 20th Annual Photo LA, the longest running art fair in Los Angeles and the largest photography art fair in the country.
Name: International Photographic Portfolio Reviews
Organizer: Sirius Arts Centre in partnership with Crawford Art Gallery and Culture Ireland
Date & Place: 5 and 6 February 2011. Cobh, Co., Cork, Ireland
Application Deadline: CLOSED
Number of Participants: 70
Profiles of Reviewers: international and Irish Photographic Curators, Festival Directors and other Arts Professionals.
Registration Fee: 10 Euros.
Number of reviews: 3
Price / Review Ratio: 3,33 Euros
Email: cobharts@iol.ie
Presentation Text:
Sirius Arts Centre announces a weekend portfolio review session taking place in Cobh, Ireland on 5 &6 February 2011. The purpose of this review is to provide both photographers and artists working with photography the opportunity to meet one-on-one with professionals from Europe and Ireland. Through these reviews participants can expect to gain vital feedback on their artistic development, expand their professional networks and exchange ideas. The invited reviewers are looking for new, emerging talent and works by established artists utilizing photography. Sessions will last 25 minutes.
Name: The POWERHOUSE PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Organizer: powerHouse Books
Date: February 6 from 10:30am–5:30pm.
Application Deadline: January 7, 2011
Number of Participants: 100
Profiles of Reviewers: publishers, photo editors, commercial photography agents, gallery directors, photography critics, art book packagers, and designers. Mostly from the US, especially from New York.
Registration Fee: 400 USD, before Jan 7, 2011 // 450 USD, after Jan 7, 2011 // 300 USD, Student Rate
Number of reviews: 5
Price / Review Ratio: 45 – 60 Euros per Review.
Email: info@powerhouseportfolioreview.com
Web: www.powerhouseportfolioreview.com/
Presentation Text:
The POWERHOUSE PORTFOLIO REVIEW is a platform for all levels of aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of work to be reviewed and critiqued by leading experts in the fields of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance and mentoring for future artistic and commercial career development. The portfolio review accepts about 100 photographers, who will meet with a panel of experts that includes a range of publishers, photo editors, commercial photography agents, gallery directors, photography critics, art book packagers, and designers. Each attendee will be assigned five one-on-one reviews with members of our panel of esteemed photography professionals.
Name: Format Portfolio Review
Organizer: Format International Photography Festival
Date & Place: March 5, 2011. Derby, UK
Application Deadline: 28 Feb, 2011
Number of Participants: until full
Profiles of Reviewers: publishers, photo editors, gallery directors, critics, festival and museum people from the UK, USA, India, Middle East and Europe.
Registration Fee: to be announced (January 14, 2011)
Number of reviews: to be announced (January 14, 2011)
Price / Review Ratio: n.a.
Email: info@formatfestival.com
Presentation Text:
FORMAT was established in 2004 and is now one of the UK’s leading non-profit international contemporary festivals of photography and related media. The biennale programme celebrates the wealth of contemporary practice in international photography. The Reviews are aimed at photographers and artists with a developed and serious approach to their practice. All reviewed photographers will automatically be considered the Format Blurb Awards, winners will be selected by the attending reviewers and announced the same evening.
Name: Palm Springs Portfolio Review
Organizer: Palm Springs Photo Festival
Date & Place: March 27-April 1, 2011. Palm Springs, California, USA
Application Deadline: March 2011
Number of Participants: until full
Profiles of Reviewers: 75-90 publishers, photo editors, photography agents, gallery directors, photography critics, advertising agency creatives, magazine editors and museum directors from the US.
Registration Fee: 250 USD
Number of reviews: 5
Price / Review Ratio: 37 Euros. Discounts are offered for 10 or more reviews.
Web: www.palmspringsphotofestival.com
Email: information@palmspringsphotofestival.com
Presentation Text:
The first 75 attendees to sign up for Portfolio Reviews are invited to participate in our OPEN PORTFOLIO REVIEW on Sunday, March 27th, at no charge. This is a great opportunity to maximize your ability to present your work to a large group of people including decision makers at magazines, ad agencies, museums, galleries and others. A great many of our Faculty will be present to walk through the event and see you and your work.
Name: Photolucida Portfolio Reviews
Organizer: Photolucida
Date & Place: April 14-17, 2011. Portland OR, USA
Application Deadline: CLOSED (but there is a waiting list)
Number of Participants: until full
Profiles of Reviewers: Gallery owners, curators, critics, collectors and publishers representing small, mid-sized, and major venues from all over the US and abroad.
Registration Fee: 825 USD
Number of reviews: 4-5 per day, for 4 days
Price / Review Ratio: 34,5 Euros per review
Web: www.photolucida.org
Email: info@photolucida.org
Presentation Text:
The In-Person Portfolio Reviews are the heart of the Photolucida 2011 festival. Photographers at the mid-career level register for one-on-one meetings with the reviewers of their choice. Each review session lasts for 20 minutes and we limit the number of participants to assure that everyone receives 4 or 5 reviews per day for four days. It’s a great way to network. Numerous photographers have walked away with opportunities to exhibit, publish and sell their work after attending the Portfolio Reviews.
Name: CONTACT Portfolio Review
Organizer: Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
Date & Place: May 2-3, 2011. Toronto, Canada
Application Deadline: April, 2011
Number of Participants: until full
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, art dealers, publishers, photo editors and art directors from Canada, the US and other countries.
Registration Fee: to be announced (January, 2011)
Number of reviews: 3 or 6
Price / Review Ratio: n.a.
Web: www.contactphoto.com
Email: portfolioreviews@contactphoto.com
Presentation Text:
CONTACT’s Portfolio Reviews provide an unparalleled opportunity for artists and photographers to meet with some of the most important professionals in the field of photography. The event is a platform for those with developed projects that are seeking opportunities for publishing and exhibiting nationally or internationally, as well as guidance on conceptual approaches or career development.
Name: Portfolio Review Lodz
Organizer: Fotofestiwal (run by Lodz Art Center)
Date & Place: May 6 & 8, 2011. Lodz, Poland
Application Deadline: April 15, 2011
Number of Participants: ca. 45
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, exhibition and festival people from Europe.
Registration Fee: 25 (students: 20)
Number of reviews: 5
Price / Review Ratio: 5 Euros (4 for students).
Web: www.fotofestiwal.com
Email: portfolio@fotofestiwal.com
Presentation Text:
Portfolio review during Fotofestiwal aims in gainig students and graduates of photography, professional photographers or those who already have at least one exhibitnion or publishement done. We invite to take part in the review artist chosen by jury of Fotofestiwal among all of the applications. A jury will also award special gift prices.
Name: Portfolio Review Stockholm
Organizer: Lens Culture and Fotografiska
Date & Place: May 27 & 28, 2011. The Swedish Museum of Photography, Stockholm, Sweden
Application Deadline: until full
Number of Participants: The event is limited to 100 photographers
Profiles of Reviewers: 35 international experts from within the field of photography including international curators, gallery owners, magazine editors, representatives of photography agencies, collectors, and publishers from around the world.
Registration Fee: 3450 SEK (386 Euros)
Number of reviews: Each photographer is guaranteed a minimum of 8 reviews.
Price / Review Ratio: 48,25 Euros .
Web: spwk.eu/Portfolio-Reviews
Email: jim@lensculture.com
Presentation Text:
Over the course of two days, 100 photographers will engage in one-on-one meetings and portfolio reviews with 35 international photography experts, including museum curators, gallery owners, festival directors, magazine editors, photobook publishers and representatives from photo agencies. These meetings offer photographers tremendous opportunities for career development, including potential editorial assignments, book publication contracts, art gallery representation, participation in international exhibitions, feature articles in magazines, as well as extensive business networking.
Name: Descubrimientos PHE
Organizer: PHotoEspaña Festival, Spain
Date & Place: June 2 – 4, 2011. Madrid, Spain
Application Deadline: February 13, 2011
Number of Participants: 70
Profiles of Reviewers: International photography and art curators, museum and festival people, publishers.
Registration Fee: 20 Euros to apply, 230 Euros to participate
Number of reviews: 8
Price / Review Ratio: 31,25 Euros per Review.
Email: info@phe.es
Web: www.phe.es/
Presentation Text:
Descubrimientos PHE is PHotoEspaña´s portfolio review, offering photographers the opportunity to present their work to curators and editors specialized in the field with the objective of generating professional outlets for their work.
From June 2 to 4, 2011 to participants will present their portfolios to eight professionals in individual 20-minute appointments.
All of the participants will opt for the Descubrimientos PHE Award, consisting in an individual exhibition in PHotoEspaña 2012.
Name: Review Santa Fe
Organizer: Center, a nonprofit organization founded in 1994
Date & Place: June 2 – 5, 2011. Santa Fe, New Mexico
Application Deadline: January 27, 2011
Number of Participants: 100
Profiles of Reviewers: Directors of commercial and non-profit photography galleries, museum people, publishers of books and magazines, consultants, nearly all from the US.
Registration Fee: 695 USD for members, 745 USD non-members
Number of reviews: 9
Price / Review Ratio: 58 Euros per review for members, 62 USD for non-members of Center.
Presentation Text:
Set in scenic Northern New Mexico, Review Santa Fe is the premier juried portfolio review event in the world. Designed to facilitate relationships between photographers and industry professionals interested in new work. Up to 100 photographers are selected to meet with some of today’s most relevant and esteemed curators, editors, publishers, gallerists and others eager to discuss photography and the creative impulse. The three-day event offers participants 9 guaranteed portfolio reviews, a public evening of Portfolio Viewing, inclusion in the Review Santa Fe 100 Photographer’s Listing, private receptions and more.
Name: Leitura de Portfólio
Organizer: FotoRio
Date & Place: End of June 2011. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Application Deadline: May 2011
Number of Participants: until filled
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, museum and festival people, publishers and picture editors, mostly from Brasil, Latin America, and other countries.
Registration Fee: to be announced.
Number of reviews: to be announced.
Price / Review Ratio: n.a.
Web: www.fotorio.fot.br
Email: leitura@fotorio.fot.br
Presentation Text:
A Leitura de Portfólio tem como objetivo dar mais visibilidade aos trabalhos dos fotógrafos, que terão a oportunidade de apresentar seus portfólios a renomados profissionais da área. Diretores de galerias, festivais, museus e centros culturais, assim como curadores, colecionadores, marchands, estudiosos, pesquisadores, artistas e editores avaliam portfólios em uma das principais atividades do FotoRio.
Name: Photo Folio Review
Organizer: The Rencontres d’Arles
Date & Place: Beginning of July, 2011. Arles, France
Application Deadline: Mid-April, 2011
Number of Participants: 240 in 2010
Profiles of Reviewers: over 100 publishers, exhibition curators, museum directors, chief editors,agency directors,gallerists, collectors, critics, artistic directors of the press and famous photographers coming from France and all around the world
Registration Fee: 290 Euros for a voucher for 10 session. Subscription to Photo Folio Review also gives access to a reduced rate for a one-day ticket (21€ instead of 26€) or for an all-exhibitions ticket (26€ instead of 35€).
Number of reviews: 10 or more
Price / Review Ratio: 29 Euros.
Email: photofolio@rencontres-arles.com
Presentation Text:
The Rencontres d’Arles Photo Folio Review enable participating photographers to present their work to reknown international photography experts. They thus benefit from experts’ advice, and for some, obtain real exhibition and/or publication projects. The Rencontres d’Arles Photo Folio Review is open upon registration to all photographers whatever their photographic practice or image treatment technique.
Name: PhotoIreland Portfolio Review
Organizer: PhotoIreland Festival
Date & Place: Beginning of July 2011. Dublin, Ireland
Application Deadline: Beginning of June, 2011
Number of Participants: Until full
Profiles of Reviewers: Photographic Curators, Festival Directors and other Arts Professionals, both from Ireland and from other countries.
Registration Fee: 15 Euros
Number of reviews: minimum of 2
Price / Review Ratio: 7,5 Euros or less
Email: info@photoireland.org
Presentation Text:
PhotoIreland Portfolio Reviews are the best way to engage on a critical discussion about a body of work. They are designed for any and all photographers who wish to develop a practice in a specific field and are looking for advice on a critical and technical approach. It is also a great opportunity to raise questions over particular issues regarding your statement as an artist. These reviews also serve to develop contacts that would help your career.
Name: Rhubarb Rhubarb International Review
Organizer: Rhubarb-Rhubarb.Net Ltd
According to a notice from the organizers, there will be no PF in Rhubarb this year, because they are redefining the Review.
In their own words: “Following 11 highly successful years of the Rhubarb International Review, Rhubarb is now working on a new model which recognises the economic challenges facing artists regarding
market facing opportunities. Our new website, coming soon will also feature a range of offers. Virtual training and development for creative practitioners at different levels.
Please follow www.facebook.com/Rhubarb101 and www.twitter.com/Rhubarb10 for all the up to date information”
Email: info@rhubarb-rhubarb.net
Name: Foro de Portfolios
Organizer: Encuentros Abiertos
Date & Place: August 2011. Buenos Aires, Argentina
Application Deadline: July 2011
Number of Participants: until filled
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, museum and festival people, publishers and picture editors, mostly from Argentina, Latin America, and other countries.
Registration Fee: 130 USD for 5 reviews, or 200 USD for 10.
Number of reviews: 5 or 10
Price / Review Ratio: 15-20 Euros per review
Web: www.encuentrosabiertos.com.ar
Email: portfoliosfestival@hotmail.com
Presentation Text:
El Foro de Portfolios es una actividad dirigida a los fotógrafos que deseen aumentar las posibilidades de difusión y venta de sus obras. Los autores que participan de este evento, tendrán la oportunidad de mostrar sus trabajos a un calificado grupo de personalidades de la fotografía nacional e internacional. Los revisores invitados y la Comisión de Selección del Festival seleccionarán los 3 mejores portfolios y otorgarán los 3 premios.
Name: BIFB’11 Portfolio
Organizer: Ballarat International Foto Biennale
Date & Place: August 21-22, 2011. Ballarat, Australia
Application Deadline: to be announced
Number of Participants: until filled
Profiles of Reviewers: Gallerists, publishers, academics, festival directors, curators, photographers reps and eminent photographers.
Registration Fee: to be announced
Number of reviews: to be announced
Price / Review Ratio: n.a.
Web: www.ballaratfoto.org
Email: kristin@ballaratfoto.org
Presentation Text:
The BIFB’11 Portfolio Reviews are designed for photographers serious about advancing their careers, who have already established a strong body of work, or students in the final stages of their education looking to kick-start their careers in photography. In the normal course of events, making appointments to show your work to the range of reviewers available at BIFB’11 could take months to organise.
On the recommendation of the reviewers, one lucky participant will be offered the opportunity to submit a proposal to be included in the Core Program at BIFB’13.
Name: Kaunas Photo Star
Organizer: Kaunas Photo Festival
Date & Place: August 25-26, 2011 in Kaunas, Lithuania
Application Deadline: June 10, 2011
Number of Participants: 60
Profiles of Reviewers: 20 Curators and publishers of photography from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and other European countries
Registration Fee: 10 Euros for participating in the contest, 50 Euros for the Review
Number of reviews: ca. 10
Price / Review Ratio: 6 Euros
Web: www.kaunasphoto.info
Email: festival@kaunasphoto.info
Presentation Text:
KAUNAS PHOTO STAR is back again in 2011, calling photographers regardless of their age, nationality, themes and styles of photography. KAUNAS PHOTO STAR starts with entries of works by email, followed by preselection and portfolio reviews of works of 60 finalists who will meet 20 leading curators, publishers, dealers of photography from Lithuania, Baltic, Nordic and other European countries on August 25-26, 2011 in Kaunas. The winner of portfolio reviews will be invited to hold an exclusive solo exhibition at the incredible KAUNAS PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY during KAUNAS PHOTO 2012.
Name: ACP Portfolio Review
Organizer: Atlanta Celebrates Photography
Date & Place: mid-October, 2011. Atlanta, USA
Application Deadline: July 2011
Number of Participants: ca. 50
Profiles of Reviewers: curators, dealers, editors, collectors and agency representatives from the United States
Registration Fee: 250 USD
Number of reviews: 4
Price / Review Ratio: 47 Euros
Web: www.acpinfo.org
Email: info@acpinfo.org
Presentation Text:
Added in 2005 at the request of photographers, the ACP Portfolio Review and Walk offers artists the opportunity to meet with highly respected curators, dealers, editors, and agency representatives from across the United States. A lecture by one of the reviewers is also included. The Portfolio Walk (following the review sessions) gives participating photographers the opportunity to present their work to the general public at an evening reception, open to all.
Name: PhotoPort/Fotóporta
Organizer: Association of Hungarian Photographers collaboration with Studio of Young Photographers and Hungarian House of Photography – Mai Manó House
Date & Place: 14 & 15 of November, 2011. Budapest, Hungary
Application Deadline: October 7th, 2011
Number of Participants: ca. 60
Profile of Reviewers: international and Hungarian Photographic Curators, Festival Directors and other Art Professionals. In 2011, the reviewers will be: Zsazsi Chaillet independent curator, Zürich (CH), András Földes cultural journalist, blogger – index.hu, kepgyar.blog.hu, Budapest (H), Barna Illés photographer and teacher, Budapest (H), Bill Kouwenhoven editor of HotShoe international edition, London (UK), Katarzyna Mayak editor, crator, visual artist, Warshaw (PL), Monika Mikusova art historian, Bratislava (SK), Moritz Neumüller teacher, curator of PhotoIreland, Barcelona (E), Dejan Sluga director of Photon Gallery, Ljubljana (SLO), Sándor Szilágyi publicist on photography, Budapest (H).
Registration Fee: 21 Euros
Number of reviews: To be announced
Web: www.fotoporta.hu
Email: info@fotoporta.hu
Presentation Text:
Following upon the tradition started in the spring of 2008., this October welcomes the seventh event of the FotóPorta portfolio–‐review series. The photographers who bring their works to the consulting tables will have the opportunity to get feedback and reflections from some of the most important actors of the domestic and international photographic scene. Participants are provided twenty minutes timeslots to consult upon their portfolios with experts of their choice. Photographers of all genres and levels of experience are welcome to the event.
Name: El Pati de la Llotja
Organizer: Emergents Festival
Date & Place: 26-28 October, 2011. Lleida, Spain
Application Deadline: Summer 2011
Number of Participants: ca. 40
Profiles of Reviewers: Gallery owners, collectors, festival directors, cultural agents from Catalonia and the rest of Spain
Registration Fee: n.a.
Number of reviews: n.a., as it is a Portfolio Walk
Price / Review Ratio: n.a.
Email: coordinacio@emergent-lleida.org
Presentation Text:
El Pati de la Llotja is not a conventional portfolio viewing, it is not a trade fair either. The artists will have the possibility to put their portfolio within reach of the different art and cultural agents that have made themselves available to visit El Pati de la Llotja. Apart from the possibility to show their work to the art agents, the artists enjoy an extra spreading of their work and the chance of seeing it reproduced thanks to some of the prizes of El Pati de la Llotja.
Name: Photomonth East London Portfolio Review
Organizer: Photomonth East London
Date & Place: 29 & 30 October 2011 V&A Museum of Childhood, London.
Application Deadline: From 1 October
Number of Participants: 60
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, critics, publishers, photo-editors, gallerists, agents, dealers, directors and established artists.
Number of reviews: 2 or 4
Price/Review Ratio: £35/£30 concessions for 2 reviews; £70/£60 concessions for 4 reviews.
Web: www.photomonth.org
Email: info@alternativearts.co.uk
Presentation Text:
Name: International Portfolio Review Bratislava
Organizer: Central European House of Photography
Date & Place: Beginning of November, 2011. Bratislava, Slovakia
Application Deadline: October, 2011
Number of Participants: ca. 90
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, museum and festival people, publishers of books and magazines, mostly from neighbouring CEE countries, Germany, and other parts of the world.
Registration Fee: 49 Euros
Number of reviews: 8
Price / Review Ratio: 6,12 Euros.
Web: www.sedf.sk
Email: info@sedf.sk
Presentation Text:
The two days of Portfolio Review presents an unforgettable opportunity for artists using photography to have their work seen by some of the most important personalities in the field of photography. The Bratislava Month of Photography brings photography professionals from all around the world to meet with photographers, review their work and find new names for their networks. The winner of the best portfolio contest is given the unique possibility of an author’s exhibition at the next Month of Photography.
Name: Lens Culture FotoFest Paris
Organizer: In collaboration between FotoFest International and Lens Culture
Date & Place: 7-9 November, 2011. Paris, France
Application Deadline: October, 2011
Number of Participants: 165 (in 2010)
Profiles of Reviewers: 48 reviewers from 32 countries in 2010, including museum curators, gallery owners, festival directors, publishers, representatives from photo agencies.
Registration Fee: The 1-day registration fee is 325 USD, two days: 625 USD, three days: 795 USD
Number of reviews: minimum 4 per day
Price / Review Ratio: between 49 and 60 Euros.
Web: fotofest-paris.com
Email: contact@fotofest-paris.com
Presentation Text:
The Paris portfolio review is modeled on FotoFest’s internationally respected Meeting Place portfolio review that FotoFest pioneered more than 20 years ago in Houston. Over the past 20 years — in Houston, as well as in dozens of other cities worldwide — similar professional reviews have been the catalysts for exhibitions, publications, and wider acclaim for many artists. Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 will be the very first, large-scale international review of this format to take place in Paris.
Name: PhotoNOLA’s Portfolio Review
Organizer: PhotoNOLA Portfolio
Date & Place: December 4 – 5, 2011. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Application Deadline: September 1, 2011
Number of Participants: 65
Profiles of Reviewers: gallery owners, editors, publishers and museum curators from throughout the U.S.
Registration Fee: 450 USD
Number of reviews: 8
Price / Review Ratio: 42,25 Euros.
Web: photonola.org
Email: info@photonola.org
Presentation Text:
PhotoNOLA’s Portfolio Review program offers photographers the chance to present their work to influential members of the photographic community. The PhotoNOLA Review Prize honors three outstanding portfolios each year. In addition, the Saturday night PhotoWALK serves to educate the general public by offering the opportunity to view portfolios and interact directly with participating photographers.
Portfolio Reviews 2012
Name: The Meeting Place
Organizer: FotoFest
Date & Place: March/April 2012. Houston, Texas
Application Deadline: July, 2011
Number of Participants: 520 from 31 countries (In 2010)
Profiles of Reviewers: 172 reviewers from 24 countries and all sectors of photography.
Registration Fee: 820 USD
Number of reviews: 16
Price / Review Ratio: 35,8 Euros per review.
Web: www.fotofest.org
Email: meeting@fotofest.org
Presentation Text:
The Meeting Place is the largest, most international program of its kind in the world offering sixteen days of portfolio reviews. Meeting Place registrants have special access to Citywide Exhibitions, Curatorial Forums, Artist Talks, and Open Portfolio Nights – Evenings with the Artists, where reviewers, collectors, and the public are invited to meet registrants and view their portfolios. Over the course of the last 20 years, the Meeting Place has been the catalyst for exhibitions, publications, and wider acclaim for many artists.
Name: FotoFreo Portfolio Review
Organizer: The City of Fremantle Festival of Photography
Date & Place: End of March, 2012. Fremantle, Australia
Application Deadline: to be announced
Number of Participants: until filled
Profiles of Reviewers: Gallerists, publishers, academics, festival directors, curators, editors, mostly from Australia and the US.
Registration Fee: 90 AUD (75 for Mates, that is Friends of the festival)
Number of reviews: 4 or 8
Price / Review Ratio: 17 Euros per review (12,25 for Mates)
Web: www.fotofreo.com
Email: mail@fotofreo.com
Presentation Text:
The FotoFreo Portfolio reviews are a valuable opportunity for photographers to present their work for comment and critique by leading figures in the photography industry. Each photographer will be assigned four sessions with Australian & International photography experts who will offer feedback and guidance over one-on-one 20 minute sessions. You can specifiy your preference for reviewers.
Name: Thessaloniki Portfolio Review
Organizer: PhotoBiennale (run by Museum of Photography)
Date & Place: April/May 2012. Thessaloniki, Greece
Application Deadline: March, 2012
Number of Participants: 65
Profiles of Reviewers: Curators, museum and festival people, publishers and agency owners, mostly from Europe.
Registration Fee: 100 Euros (75 for students)
Number of reviews: 8
Price / Review Ratio: 12,50 Euros per review (9,37 for students).
Email: info@photobiennale.gr
Presentation Text:
The Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki organizes Portfolio Reviews, as part of the PhotoBiennale and the International Photography Meeting. In this context selected photographers and artists who use the photographic medium have the chance to meet and present their work to experts of t he photographic field from all over the world, to discuss with them and exchange ideas.
Name: Daegu Portfolio Review
Organizer: Daegu Photo Biennale
Date & Place: September, 2012. Seoul, South Corea
Application Deadline: July 2011
Number of Participants: 60
Profiles of Reviewers: About a dozen curators and professionals from South Corea, and the same number of international reviewers.
Registration Fee: ca. 135 Euros
Number of reviews: 9
Price / Review Ratio: 15 Euros
Web: www.daeguphoto.com
Email: dgphotob@gmail.com
Presentation Text:
The Daegu Photo Biennale made a plan for portfolio review program to let people recognize a current address of Korean photographic circle. Photographers participating in this program will experience an international review event participated with authoritative domestic and foreign reviewers.
High-ranked 5 photographers among excellent photographers selected from the Daegu Photo Biennale Portfolio Review will have an opportunity to participate in ‘Best Portfolio Exhibition’ of the next Daegu Photo Biennale.
Useful Hints:
Why do double work? There are some quite good documents online giving useful hints on how to prepare yourself and your work for the reviews, what to do and what to avoid. The best and most extensive one I found is the Photolucida Review Festival How-to Guidebook (116KB PDF) filled with great information on how to make the most of portfolio reviews.
Others, that were sent to me by Lenscratch blogger Aline Smithson are: Jen Beckman_Portfolio_tips, Mary Virginia Swanson Reviews Tips, and Aline-Smithson Learning.
The Columbia College Chicago has a whole set of Quick Guides, one of them on Portfolio Reviews, where they even tell you how to dress and how to greet. Maybe a bit over-explicit, but usefull for newbies, I guess.
Better and more extensive: Jasmine DeFoore‘s Portfolio Review Dos and Don’ts.
Many of the above listed Reviews also give more special tips for their specific venue, on the correspondent web page…
About the author:
Moritz Neumüller has directed the Portfolio Review Descubrimientos PHotoEspaña during the years 2004-07 and attends photography reviews all over the globe.
He has worked for the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Video Festival LOOP Barcelona, and regularly teaches courses on Photography and New Media at Universities in Austria and Spain. At the moment, he is working on establishing a museum accessibility program for the blind called ArteConTacto (artecontacto.org), as well as writing a how-to book for young photographers, called “Nach den Regeln der Kunst“, (Pearson, Munich forthcoming in 2011).
Moritz Neumüller is the Curator of the PhotoIreland Festival and Director of the European Master of Fine Art Photography in Madrid (Confirmed docents include Martin Parr, Javier Vallhonrat, Beat Streuli, Joan Fontcuberta, Elger Esser, Andreas Müller-Pohle, Mireia Sallarès, Gergely Laszlo, Harald Hund, Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum, Katja Stuke, Sean Hillen, Comenius Roethlisberger, Francesco Jodice, Horacio Fernández, Alejandro Castellote, Pirkko Siitari, Dinu Li, Irina Tchmyreva, Alexander Streitberger and Timothy Prus), stipend program available). Whenever he finds some spare time, he feeds this blog.
Susan May Tell
January 5, 2011
You might be interested in including the FREE ASMP/NY Review in your list.
ASMP/NY has, for the last 6 years, offered a FREE annual Fine Art Portfolio Review for members of ASMP. We had 40 prestigious reviewers in 2010.
Here is a link -http://tinyurl.com/asmpny-PortfolioReviewers
We are in the process of organizing the 2011 review – which we expect to be in February.
We also have an annual Commercial Portfolio Review. Here is a link to 2010 – http://tinyurl.com/commercial-2010
Dues range from about $60 – $335/year and can be paid in installments. The dues cost less than the fees for most other portfolio reviews and entitles members to many additional benefits, as well.
Susan May Tell
Fine Art Chair – ASMP/NY
Moritz Neumüller
January 6, 2011
Will do. Please tell me when you have the exact dates and I will insert the information. Moritz
Susan May Tell
January 6, 2011
Thanks Moritz! I will. It’s great that you’ve pulled all this information together. Susan
Susan May Tell
January 24, 2011
Moritz, the date for ASMPNY’s 7th annual Fine Art Portfolio is February 23rd, 7-9:30, Calumet Photo, NYC.
Here is Elizabeth Avedon’s blog about last year:
http://elizabethavedon.blogspot.com/2010/05/review-2010-asmp-ny-portfolio-review.html
And info about the 2010 review – http://tinyurl.com/asmpny-PortfolioReviewers
Thanks,
Susan
Susan May Tell
Fine Art Chair – ASMP/NY
fernanda prado
January 6, 2011
Wow, Moritz! Great post! Very useful.
Fernanda / Brasil!
Moritz Neumüller
January 6, 2011
P.S.: The next Photomonth Portfolio Review will take place in East London on 29 &
30 October 2011. As soon as I get more data from the organizers, I will add this information to the listing. meanwhile, please consult their website http://www.photomonth.org
Amanda
January 10, 2011
Powerhouse? They have to drag people in off the street.
Janet
January 13, 2011
Can you tell me more? Have you had experience with Powerhouse? I’m thinking of going, but for the investment of money and travel time, I’m trying to find someone who’s gone and has some insight to share.
Deon Reynolds
January 10, 2011
Moritz,
Thank you! your posts are wonderful, intelligent, and most of all highly useful.
Deon Reynolds
http://www.deonreynolds.com
e-photoreview.com
January 11, 2011
You might be interested in including the e-photoreview PORTFOLIO Review online in your list.
e-photoreview.com offers portfolio reviews entirely online using 2.0 web tools
Here is a link :http://www.e-photoreview.com/blog/portfolio-review
we are collecting submissions to start with the reviews.
It’s cheaper than other, especially because you don’t have to move from home, flexible and effective.
Reviews are done by Enrico Bossan (www.enricobossan.com) through e-photoreview.com, a blog about interviews with photographers.
Enrico Bossan
e-photoreview.com founder
400
January 12, 2011
Very interesting and thorugh post. Thanks!
Anthony Luvera
February 10, 2011
a great list Moritz – thank you!
i hope all is well and thriving with you.
Anthony
Moritz Neumüller
March 18, 2011
Photographers, art collectors, and photo enthusiasts–
We’re very pleased to announce that Lens Culture has teamed up with Fotografiska,
(The Swedish Museum of Photography), to host the first large-scale professional
Portfolio Reviews in Stockholm on May 27-28, 2011.
Over the course of two days, 100 photographers will engage in one-on-one meetings and portfolio reviews with 35 international photography experts, including museum curators, gallery owners, festival directors, magazine editors, photobook publishers and representatives from photo agencies. These meetings offer photographers tremendous opportunities for career development, including potential editorial assignments, book publication contracts, art gallery representation, participation in international exhibitions, feature articles in magazines, as well as extensive business networking.
The event is limited to 100 photographers, so we urge serious, mid-career photographers to register now.
We believe that formal portfolio reviews like this are among the most proactive and efficient ways for serious, career-oriented photographers to meet many international photography experts and colleagues in a professional atmosphere. Photographers connect directly with people who can help them with artistic and business goals. It’s great for the reviewers too – they discover new talent, as well as the latest work of photographers who are already established.
More details can be found at the website: spwk.eu
The Portfolio Reviews are just part of the very exciting first annual Stockholm Photography Week, which takes place May 23-29, 2011.
Stockholm Photography Week is a week-long celebration of international contemporary photography.
Jan Broman, co-founder and co-director of Fotografiska, says, “Stockholm Photography Week is all about developing as a photographer: through one-to-one meetings with international photography experts, workshops with fantastic photographers, and through inspiring seminars and artist lectures.”
Workshops, seminars and exhibitions include:
• Workshops with two internationally renowned photographers: Mary Ellen Mark and Anders Petersen.
• Exhibitions by world-renowned photographic artists Edward Burtynsky and Albert Watson.
• Artist lectures and seminars, including a free workshop on making photo books.
• A special, 2-hour Open Portfolio Night (open to the public), where art collectors and photography lovers can meet with all of the artists participating in the portfolio reviews — and perhaps purchase some art directly from these great talents.
• Our 2-day photography portfolio review with 35 photography experts from three continents, and 100+ international photographers.
Hope to see you there!
Cheers,
Jim Casper, founder and director, Lens Culture
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Moritz Neumüller
May 12, 2011
A short term notice that just reached me:
TRI POSTAL
Avenue Willy Brandt – Lille
Vendredi 27 & samedi 28 mai 2011
de 10h à 13h et de 14h30 à 18h
LECTURES DE PORTFOLIOS
Lecteurs
Vladimir Birgus
Pauline Martin Conservateur Musée de l’Elysée de Lausanne
Gabriel Bauret Commissaire d’exposition
Françoise Paviot Galeriste et Commissaire d’exposition
Brigitte Huard Co-fondatrice Prix AFJ & Commissaire d’exposition
Laetitia Guillemain relations artistiques Fetart
Frédérique Founès CoFondatrice de Signature
Anne Biroleau Conservatrice de la collection de la BnF
Georges Vercheval Musée de la Photographie de Charleroi
Philippe Debauwe Directeur Artistique PictureTank
Giuletta Speranza Directrice de Madrid Photo
Inscription obligatoire, participation 50€
Clôture des Inscriptions : 16 mai 2011
Tél. 03 20 05 29 29
lectures@transphoto.net
http://www.transphotographiques.com/2011/lectures_portfolios.php3
Moritz Neumüller
June 2, 2011
Portfolio Review 2011
Meeting Place for Artists and Experts of the national and International Photography Scene
Within the scope of the 4th Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg, the Portfolio Review on September 9/10, 2011, constitutes a highlight of our festival program!
The Portfolio Review provides the opportunity for an effective exchange between photographers and selected photography experts and is directed at upper-division students, art school graduates, as well as freelance artists and photographers.
In three twenty-minute one-on-one conversations, participants enter into a fascinating dialogue with curators, publishers, gallery owners, and art critics. They receive feedback and encouragement and furthermore have the opportunity to establish important contacts for their further development.
After the portfolios have been reviewed, the reviewers determine their favorites. Within the scope of the 4th Fotofestival, the first three favorites will be presented in their own exhibition at the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg. The Fotofestival supports the organization of this exhibition with a production grant of €500 for each of the three artists. In addition, myphotobook.de provides the first favorite with a €1,000 gift certificate toward the production of photo books!
Ten additional positions from the selection of favorites will be presented in the virtual gallery of our festival website (Virtual gallery of the 3rd Fotofestival).
Each of the participants in the Portfolio Review receives a €20 gift certificate from myphotobook.de.
The venue is the Print Media Academy in Heidelberg.
Moritz Neumüller
June 2, 2011
Kassel Photobook Festival – Dummy Book Award
Filed under: Photo Book NEWS — Doug Stockdale @ 9:12 pm
The 4th annual Kassel Photobook Festival is again sponsoring their 2011 Dummy Book Award.
From the Festival: Enter your unpublished photobook for our Dummy Award 2011 now and win a complete book production.
The inaugural Dummy Award 2010 was one of the highlights of the last festival. From a total of 489 registrations and 431 submitted dummies, 56 books were chosen for the exhibition and competition.
Win a complete photobook production
Unpublished photobooks of any kind are admissible. This includes handmade artist books as well as digitally created editions. A jury made up of internationally renowned members will select the 3 best books. The winning book will once again be produced and published by our publishing and printing partner seltmann+söhne. This work will also be portrayed in the magazine European Photography. The 2nd and 3rd prizes will be sponsored by our partner blurb: The 2nd prize is books produced by blurb to the value of 500 Euros, the 3rd prize books to the value of 300 Euros. Both prizes include publication on blurbs »bluberati blog« (http://blog.blurb.com), »staff picks« (book presentations on the blurb bookstore website) and free entry to the blurb »Photo Book Now« 2011 competition. 3 works which catch the attention of our jury due to their outstanding photographic excellence but don’t fulfil the specific book design criteria will be rewarded with photobook dummy reviews by schaden.com / White Press.
A major criterion for the prize selection is the successful merging of excellent photographic work with the special design elements of the book medium. To prepare for our annual Dummy Award we strongly recommend participation in one of the festival workshops that focus on the design and production of photobooks. One of the goals of the Dummy Award is to raise the quality of the photographic book.
So if you are interested and what more information, check it out here: http://2011.fotobookfestival.org/en/dummy_award/
Moritz Neumüller
June 2, 2011
Registration for the 2012 Meeting Place Portfolio Review is open
FotoFest’s International Meeting Place portfolio review takes place March 16 to April 3, 2012. As the world’s largest and most international portfolio review, FotoFest’s Meeting Place is an innovative leader in the field for over 24 years. FotoFest’s Meeting Place brings together over 500 artists and over 170 international curators, editors, publishers, collectors and agency representatives together for 16 days
of one-on-one meetings.
http://www.fotofest.org/2012biennial/portfolioreview/
Jennifer Shaw
September 1, 2011
Registration opens for the 2011 PhotoNOLA Portfolio Review just opened at 10am CST, and is filling fast! More info here: http://photonola.org/portfolio-review
Festivities will take place Dec 8-11, with the portfolio reviews falling on Saturday Dec 10 & Sunday Dec 11, 2011.
See this year’s group of reviewers here: http://photonola.org/portfolio-review/reviewers/
Register for the 2 day portfolio review here: http://photonola.org/portfolio-review/registration/
Questions? Check the review FAQ here: http://photonola.org/portfolio-review/faq/
Thanks! We hope to see you in New Orleans this December!
Roof Unit
October 13, 2011
Throughout October and November, Roof Unit will be hosting portfolio reviews offering professional photographers the chance for face-to-face feedback on their current and future projects.
Reviewers will include Lucy Davies, photography critic for the Telegraph, Patrick Di Nola, managing editor of Reportage by Getty Images, Anthony Holland Parkin, senior Art Director at Getty Images and Harrie Hardie, photography publisher and critic and Chris Little, Director of Photography at Flowers Galleries.
For more info visit: http://www.roofunit.com/2011/03/portfolio-reviews/
Roof Unit
119 Roman Road
London
E2 0QN
t: 0208 133 8033
e: info@roofunit.com
Marina
March 28, 2012
Hello,
do you have some information regarding portfolio reviews for visual artists that work in drawing and painting?
Thanks.
Moritz Neumüller
April 9, 2012
Dear Marina,
Portfolio Reviews are a specific modus operandi of the photography field. The correspondent activity in painting and drawing would be the classic studio visit. It fulfills the same goals as a PF review, i.e. constructive feedback on the work, discussing exhibition possibilities, networking, etc.
Depending where you are located, you could organize such meetings yourself, at best, together with other artists. Tell us more about your doings and we will try to help you with the brainstorming….
Moritz & team