On Wednesday, May 31st the photobook gathering “Whispers, Books & Shouts” will take place at The Utrechtse Boekenbar conducted by photographer, independent editor and photobook lover Walter Costa.
Costa will explore his two big passions – photography and books – through the storytelling strategies of five books that were part of the last exhibition at FOTODOK “Whispers and Shouts. Voices of Ukrainian Women Photographers”.
For the fourth interview for our Lighthouse series talent program intern Robin Schaap talked to photographer Rafael Roncato. Explore why Roncato turned to photography, what his fascinations in life are and dive a bit deeper in the projects he is currently working on.
On May 14, Mother’s Day, visit FOTODOK with your grandmothers, mother and daughters to learn more about the Donata Pizzi Collection and to celebrate the women’s side of your family tree in a workshop with the artist Pippilotta Yerna.
De Kliek Club is a new program in which the exchange and sharing of knowledge are key. FOTODOK researched the current photography education in relation to the professional field. What are the needs, wishes and challenges of places for photography education in the Netherlands and for self-thaught photographers? How can FOTODOK contribute to fulfilling these wishes and needs?
FOTODOK launches a new program for talent: the FOTODOK TALENT EMBASSY. We provide an intensive program for selected emerging artists. With the Talent Embassy we do internationally what we are already doing successfully in the Netherlands: making talents visible and connecting them to a relevant network.
For the third interview for our Lighthouse series talent program intern Robin Schaap talked to photographer Emilia Martin. Explore why Emilia turned to photography, what her fascinations in life are and dive a bit deeper in the projects she is currently working on. This interview is part of a larger series of interviews with all FOTODOK Lighthouse 22/23 participants.
HERE NEAR presents three projects on a series of layered and unfolding threats to the ecology of Arles and its surroundings. Since 2022, Mathieu Asselin (FR/VE), Tanja Engelberts (NL) and Sheng-Wen Lo (TW/NL) have each worked on site-specific research, addressing the effects of socioeconomic activities on local ecosystems and their inhabitants. The exhibition will run from July 3 to September 24, 2023 at Recontres d’Arles, France.
Ever since the start of FOTODOK in 2008, we have been working with photographers who are at the start of their careers. They are part of our group exhibitions, participants in our talent programs, they give workshops in our educational programs. Sometimes they are also involved as volunteers or interns or we work with them to develop our programs. We feel connected and remain interested in everyone’s development.
On February 24, exactly one year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, FOTODOK opened the new exhibition Whispers and Shouts. Voices of Ukrainian Women Photographers. With the opening we commemorated the victims of this war and talked about the personal impact of the war on the makers, who were all present.
FOTODOK’s talent program Lighthouse offers ten emerging photographers the opportunity to develop special ideas into a convincing project plan. All ten have a good portion of motivation and an affinity for socially urgent themes.For six months, they are supported in terms of content, practicality and entrepreneurship by a large group of experts from the field, the FOTODOK team and each other.
FOTODOK’s talent program Lighthouse offers ten emerging photographers the opportunity to develop special ideas into a convincing projectplan. All ten have a good portion of motivation and an affinity for socially urgent themes. For six months, they are supported in terms of content, practicality and entrepreneurship by a large group of experts from the field, the FOTODOK team and each other.
Whispers and Shouts. Voices of Ukrainian Women Photographers gathers stories of war and displacement by artists of Ukrainian origin. Their projects address complexities of emotion, pain, loss, connections between people, and the trauma of being separated from home. Most of these stories reflect the artists’ personal realities – of losing close friends and family, of reuniting with relatives under new circumstances, of investigating their roots, or of experiencing motherhood in times of war.
