Artists for Backlight’23 Photo Festival announced
Cruel Radiance, the 13th edition of the Backlight Photo Festival, will take place June 3 – October 15 in Tampere, Finland. The festival is produced …
The theme for the 2023 festival is Cruel Radiance
Cruel Radiance | Backlight 2023 What kind of evidentiary power can we associate with images in a world where man-made crises and conflicts have long …
Backlight touring exhibition continues to Akaa
Akaa Central Library hosts an international Backlight2021 touring exhibition, which will be on display from first until the end of September 2021. The exhibition, which …
Backlight Touring Exhibition continues to Orivesi
Galleria Akvaario of Orivesi campus hosts an international Backlight2021 touring exhibition, which will be on display from 29 April to 30 May 2021. The exhibition, …
Backlight 2021 Touring Exhibition
The Sámi Cultural Centre Sajos hosts an international Backlight2021 touring exhibition, which will be on display in Inari from 25 February to 25 March 2021. …
All the books of Backlight2020 Photo Festival trilogy have been published!
All the books of the Backlight2020 Photo Festival trilogy have now been published. Exhibition publications are available at the Gallery Himmelblau, Tampere Art Museum and …
Sjoerd Knibbeler wins the First Prize by the Majaoja Foundation at Backlight2020
Dutch artist Sjoerd Knibbeler wins the First Prize by the Majaoja Foundation. The Second Prize is awarded jointly to artist/researcher Chirag Jindal (Aotearoa-New Zealand) and artist …
Majaoja prizes of the Backlight2020 will be nominated in the festival opening
The Majaoja Prize is awarded by the Majaoja Foundation , who invited the open call jury of Backlight2020 to nominate the three winners. The jury, Ariane Koek (UK), …
Artists for Visual Catalysts Exhibition announced
Visual Catalysts is the special exhibition of the Backlight Photo Festival 2020. The exhibition will take place September 26 – October 18th, 2020 at the Tampere Culture …
Artists for Space Works exhibition announced
Space Works is one of the main exhibitions of the Backlight2020 Photo Festival. The exhibition will take place September 12–November 8, 2020 at the Tampere Art Museum …
Artists for Related Realities exhibition announced
The Backlight Photo Festival is one of the oldest and largest international photography festivals in Northern Europe. The 16th edition of the Backlight triennial is the most extensive ever …
Listening to the Sound of the Shell
Hampus Andersson (SE), Frederik Danielsen (DK), Hrafnhildur Hannesdóttir (IS), Nayab Noor Ikram (FI), Hertta Kiiski (FI), Sonja Margrét Ólafsdóttir (IS), Inanna Riccardi (DK), Haakon Sand …
Backlight Master Class II -Master Class with Elina Brotherus in Nida, Lithuania
Backlight organizes its first international Master Class in collaboration with Lithuanian Photographers Association during NIDA International Photography Symposium in Lithuania. This Master Class provides three …
Siauliai Museum of Photography – Independence Through the Lenses
The last exhibition of the Independence Through the Lenses opened just after our 100th birthday. Warm welcome to the exhibition at Siauliai Photography Museum in …
Juha Suonpää and Juuso Westerlund at Photoport, Bratislava
Tonight at Photoport, Bratislava Juuso Westerlund, Jackpot and Juha Suonpää, Holy Melancholy (video installation). Photoport is already the sixth stop of the tour Independence Through …
Boundaries of Independence at Tampere Art Museum
-Last weekend! No matter whether individual, common or national–independence is a value. It is a desirable recognition, a sign of capability, coping, survival …
Latvian Museum of Photography hosting the next Independence Through the Lenses -exhibition
Our tour is slowly heading back towards the home region… Latvian Museum of Photography in Riga will be hosting Independence Through the Lenses until December …
2nd volume of Independence Through the Lenses -Opening tonight in Kaunas
The fifth exhibition of Independence Through the Lenses -tour opens toning at M. Žilinskas Art Gallery in Kaunas, Lithuania. We are happy to present completely new works …
Zuzana Halánová, Childless at Koppelo
Zuzana Halánová, Childless Every year, I see more and more of my friends marrying and starting families. I myself remain childless and as the years …
Riina Rinne and Delphine Schacher at Nykyaika until October 2.
Riina Rinne, Alone Together (video) “When you’re an alcoholic you don’t think about anything else than alcohol: where to get it from, how much you can get …