Are you an emerging photographer and do you want to engage in a unique program that offers you support, inspiration, and valuable connections in your work field? Sign up for Lighthouse! We help you to develop your cultural entrepeneurship skills and work on a convincing projectplan. We are looking for 8 photographers who graduated from a Dutch academy in 2023, and 2 self-taught photographers who have been working professionally for no more than 5 years. All 10 with a large dosis of motivation and an affinity with urgent socially-engaged themes.
FOTODOK’s talent program Lighthouse offers 10 talented, emerging photographers the chance to develop a new project plan. To make that happen, they receive content-based, practical and financial support from a large group of experts from the field, the FOTODOK team, and each other for a period of six months. All participants receive feedback on their visual and text-based project proposals and get the unique possibility to pitch their projects to experts, funders and new collaborators.
What to expect?
- A safe space at FOTODOK with room for questions, feedback, suggestions and a listening ear.
- AÂ professional networkof emerging makers to share your experience and knowledge. Experts from the field you can rely on when making your work.
- An inspiring environment with interesting guest-speakers, lectures, and the possibility to attend parts of FOTODOK’s program.
- Support in making a project plan. With the goal to submit your project plan to funds or other interested parties.
- Support in making a budget.
- Support in making a presentation for a new audience.
- A financial contribution to travel and material costs of maximum 500 euros per person.
For this talent program we look for photographers who:
- Are motivated to make new work;
- Have affinity with socially-engaged and urgent themes;
- Graduated as a visual maker in 2023 from a photography department (8 spots available);
- Or work as self-taught photographer with a professional practice of no more than 5 years (2 spots available)
- Live in the Netherlands for the duration of the program.
- Apart from the 2 days a month meetings we ask you to invest a minimum of 3 days per month for preparation, presentations and evaluations.
It is conditional that you are physically available on location at FOTODOK in Utrecht on the following dates:
– 10 september 2023
Get together and reĂĽnion with previous Lighthouse participants in Utrecht (afternoon and evening program)
– 10 & 11 ktober 2023 10.00 – 17.00Â
Meeting 1
– 14 & 15 november 2023 10.00 – 17.00Â
Meeting 2
– 5 & 7 december 2023 10.00 – 17.00Â
Meeting 3 with on December 7 in the evening visit to the FOTODOK Book Talks
– 30 & 31 januari 2023 10.00 – 17.00Â
Meeting 4
– 20 & 21 februari 2023 10.00 – 17.00
Meeting 5
– 19 & 20 maart 2023 10.00 – 17.00
final meeting
– Public presentation; date, location and duration to be decided during the program with the Lighthouse group.
Interested?
Send your motivation (max. 1 A4 or a video of max 7 minutes), portfolio and CV latest 31 July 2023 at 23:59 to lisanne@fotodok.org. The motivation, portfolio and CV should be sent in that order, combined in 1 PDF file, titled with your name. We will announce the selection in the beginning of September 2023.
In your motivation it is nice (but not mandatory) if you pay attention to the following elements:
- Who are you as a person and a maker?
- What are recurring themes, subjects, techniques, media or working methods that are important to you?
- What do you want to get out of Lighthouse?
- What do you have to offer to the group?
Questions?
Contact Lisanne van Happen via Lisanne@fotodok.org.
Look here to learn more about Lighthouse and its previous participants.
This program is made possible with the support of Gemeente Utrecht, Mondriaan Fonds and Amarte Fonds.
