The call is OPEN for Backlight 2020
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Related Realities – Photography meets science and new technologies
The 12th Backlight Photo Festival triennial stays true to its pioneering spirit in announcing the theme for the upcoming 2020 festival: Related Realities – Photography …
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 …
Home and Country by C.S. Lindberg at Museum Centre Vapriikki
Carl Sebastian Lindberg, Home and Country (Video) at Museum Centre Vapriikki until October 29. Carl Sebastian Lindberg writes about his work: “Home and Country relates …
Corinna Kern, Backlight ´14 portfolio winner -award exhibition at Backlight ´17
In 2014 Backlight Corinna Kern (DE) won the portfolio reviews award exhibition for Backlight ´17. Kerns series Female Maskers is now exhibited at Galleria Ronga …
Backlight ´17 Portfolio review and awards
We were most glad to receive applications from 15 countries for our portfolio reviews held in Tampere during Backlight´s opening weekend. 30 artists were showing …
Backlight ´17 -Openings on September 8. 2017
Thank you for joining us at the opening at Galleria Ronga, Nykyaika, Koppelo and Tampere Art Museum. We could have squeezed in just few more …
Jaakko Kahilaniemi has won the Majaoja Prize 10.000€ at Backlight ´17
Photographer and visual artist Jaakko Kahilaniemi has won the main prize 10.000 euros awarded by Majaoja Foundation. Kahilaniemis series 100 Hectares of Understanding convinced the …
Majaoja Awards at Backlight ´17
The open call jury, Tuula Alajoki (Backlight Photo Festival, FI), Miha Colner (International Centre of Graphic Arts, SI), Ângela Ferreira (Photographic Museum of Fortaleza, BR …
Backlight Photo Festival 30 years – In 2017 we are celebrating the events 30th jubilee!
“There are people who wish, that it would be Backlight all the time, like Christmas.” The City of Tampere kindly invited us with …
Open at Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb Independence Through the Lenses
The fourth exhibition of our jubilee tour Independence Through the Lenses is now open at the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb, Croatia. …
Submissions for Backlight ´17 portfolio review came from 15 countries!
We are pleased with the amount of nearly 70 submissions for our portfolio review this coming September. Submissions came from 15 countries both from Europe …