News

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 and outside Europe. We have informed the 30 selected participants. One of them will be … Read More

We are delighted for the new partnership between Backlight Photo Festival and Jelgavas Tipogrāfija, a modern printing company, rich in traditions, specializing in production of soft and hard cover books.   As the first step of this collaboration we have … Read More

From top left to right: María García Yelo, Carla Erdmann, David Drake, Enrico Stefanelli, Pirkko Siitari, Maria Faarinen & Tiina Rauhala, Sheyi Bankale, Alla Räisänen, Andrei Polikanov, Maira Dudareva, Juuso Westerlund, Martin Breindl   We are happy and honored  to … Read More

© Harri Pälviranta, Kretschmer 2013   3rd edition of Independence Through the Lenses presenting Juha Arvid Helminen, Jaakko Kahilaniemi and Harri Pälviranta at Photon Ljubljana, Slovenia   Juha Arvid Helminen (born 1977, Finland) graduated in Photography from Lahti Institute of … Read More

Corinna Kern was the winner of Backlight Photo Festivals portfolio review in 2014. Now her series Female Maskers is produced for the Portfolio Award exhibition at Backlight ´17   PORTFOLIO REVIEW AT BACKLIGHT PHOTO FESTIVAL September 9th 2017 in Tampere, … Read More

Welcome to the opening of the second exhibition of our Independence Through the Lenses -tour at FLUSS, Wolkersdorf, Austria. Opening ceremonies on April 29th with artist talk by Harri Pälviranta at 5pm, opening at 6pm.   Independence Through the Lenses is … Read More

            We are delighted to announce the artists selected for our next event taking place in Tampere, Finland in September 2017.          From over 400 applications from nearly 50 countries, the open call … Read More

© Juuso Westerlund, Jackpot, 2010-2016   The first exhibition of our tour Independence Through the Lenses at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography  Center, Budapest has been extended until March 12,  2017. Guided tour 5:30 on Monday March 6, 2017.

  The first exhibition of our jubilee tour 2017, ”Independence Through the Lenses” is open at the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest from January 24th to March 5th.     We are  honoured to present the works by … Read More

        Backlight Photo Festival 2017 presents seven Finnish photographic artists on an exhibition tour in Europe.   Backlight Photo Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary and Finland’s 100 years of independence by organizing an exhibition tour of seven … Read More

The first of Backlight´s Master Class started in October 2016. 13 students from the Finnish schools offering higher education on photography were invited to participate. The first national course gathered students from the University of Lapland, Lahti University of Applied Sciences, … Read More

The open call jury for Backlight ´17 has completed the jurying process. 22 projects from 12 countries were selected for the exhibitions. We have informed the selected artists in person and we will publish their names and the projects closer … Read More

September 2016 Nykyaika Galleria was devoted to food. The group exhibition of nine local artists questioned the independence and ability to choose and trace down the origins of our daily food. TV- cooks have become the new celebrities and new wonder … Read More

Backlight is thankful for the invitation to collaborate with the first Riga Photography Biennial taking place in Riga, Latvia. Restart exhibition at Riga Art Space from April 22 to June 12 2016, will present 18 international artists among them Karoliina Paappa from … Read More

Backlight Photo Festival has opened the call for artists worldwide to submit their proposals for the next event taking place in 2017. Backlight continues focusing on current social themes and phenomenons and for the upcoming event we have chosen the theme … Read More

Backlight Photo Festival is delighted to present the exhibition Frame Stories with three Finnish artists Markus Henttonen, Iiu Susiraja and Maija Tammi at the international photography festival Organ Vida in Zagreb, Croatia.   Frame Stories – Markus Henttonen, Iiu Susiraja … Read More

Backlight Container at the Triennial of Photography Hamburg will show Meeri Koutaniemi´s ”Taken”.     Child’s hand had a flashlight. It was the only source of light in the dark mud hut. The child showed the torch at her, Nasirian, … Read More

Backlight´14 Portfolio winners Satu Haavisto and Aino Kannisto´s exhibition “Delicate Demons” will be seen at The Belfast Photo Festival during June 2015.   “Delicate Demons” is a collaborative effort by Finnish photographers Satu Haavisto and Aino Kannisto. They are making … Read More

Backlight ´14 Photo Festival exceeded the targeted visitor amount. During four months the festival reached over 19 000 spectators in Tampere region, Finland. The festival consisted of 10 different exhibitions with 64 artists from 23 countries in total. Most of … Read More