Wiesbaden Photo Days
The Wiesbaden Photo Days are a cultural institution that has been organized by Wiesbaden galleries with the support of the state capital Wiesbaden since 2002 .
The founder of the Photo Days was the gallery owner Reinhard Berg, who runs a gallery for photography in Wiesbaden . His aim was 'to make sophisticated artistic photography accessible to a broader and larger audience beyond the flood of images and the mainstream'.
places
The photo days take place in various galleries in Wiesbaden, and savings banks, the Wiesbaden Free Art School and the Wiesbaden Women's Museum also participate .
Rotation
The Photo Days have so far taken place annually or every two years from 2005, but will change between the cities of Wiesbaden, Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main in an annual rhythm from 2019 .
subjects
2002 - Experimental Photography
2003 - Polish Photography
2004 - Africa
2005 - Germany
Pictures 2007 - EGO - Photographic Positions on the Self
2009 - Staged Photography
2011 - Venture Photography
2013 - Passing Time
2015 - Heimat X
2017 - 'Insight'
The English title of the 2017 events stands for the attempt to 'give insights into the worlds and subjects (of the photographers) using their own visual language'.
Well-known artists
The following well-known artists have taken part in the Wiesbaden Photo Days :
Dirk Brömmel
Georgia Krawiec
Prices
In 2017, two prizes, each endowed with 1,500 €, an audience award and a jury award were awarded.
Sponsor
The sponsors of the Wiesbaden Fototage next to the Cultural Office of the City of Wiesbaden include the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art , the SV Sparkasse insurance and other Wiesbaden companies.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website of the state capital Wiesbaden
- ↑ Flyer of the Wiesbaden Photo Days, 2017
- ↑ Flyer of the Wiesbaden Photo Days, 2017