Meet the Open Call Finalists at Helsinki Photo Festival 2023

The 40 international winners for the theme Courage at Helsinki Photo Festival 2023 are now selected and can be found listed below. All finalists will be showcased in exhibitions around Greater Helsinki from August 4-October 30, 2023. Some exhibition sites will start at the beginning of the festival while a few will start later. We will give more information about locations and program schedule in the upcoming weeks.

The Nordic Village, a talent platform dedicated to artists from the Nordic countries is proud to announce 10 Nordic winners. The Nordic Village photo exhibition will take place for the third time in 2023 at Hanaholmen, Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo.

Congratulations to all winners!

Open call winner / International / Helsinki Photo Festival 2023

Rebecca Bowring / CH
Chantal Pinzi / IT
JJ Lorenzo / ES
Lys Arango / ES
Sitara Thalia Ambrosio / DE
Uschi Groos / DE
Alon Skuy / ZA
Annamaria Belloni / IT
Byron Smith / US
Verena Andrea Prenner / AT
Hendra Eka / ID
Emanuele Occhipinti / IT
Rolf-Göran Åström / SE
Julia Wimmerlin / UA
Filippo Venturi / IT
Robin Hinsch / DE
Giles Clarke / GB
Pierpaolo Mittica / IT
Alisa Martynova / RU
Yannis Zindrilis / GR
Seok-Woo Song / KR
Ernst Coppejans / NL
Ingeborg Everaerd / NL
Beniamino Pisati / IT
Alice Mann / ZA
Karianne Bueno / NL
Cindy Blažević / CA
Alan Gignoux / US
Magda Gibelli / VE
Elisa Mariotti / IT
Alain Schroeder / BE
Catherine Lemblé / BE
Sarah Mei Herman / NL
Fernanda Soto Mastrantonio / CL
Antonio Pérez / ES
Florence Goupil / PE
Patrick Junker & Jonathan Terlinden / DE-FI
Laara Dashti / FR
Thomas Victor / DE
Natalya Saprunova / RU

Open call winner / Nordic Village / Helsinki Photo Festival 2023

Björn Nilsson / SE
Haakon Sand / NO
Rolf-Göran Åström / SE (Winner, both internationally and Nordic)
Sofi Lundin / SE
Mikkel Hørlyck / DK
Aija Svensson / FI
Maija Bondar / FI
Emmi Roosling / SE
Darina Rodionova / FI
Maja Nydal Eriksen / DK

Believe photography can change the world!

Helsinki Photo Festival’s fifth open call invites visual artists from the world over to explore the theme “Believe”.

We encourage photographers and artists to share their work in response to; “Believe“, as a concept of imaginative, creative and expressive interpretation. Artists are required to write a description along with their image submission of how their work relates to the theme.

What does it mean to believe in somebody or something? What does it mean to believe in diversity, inclusion, belonging or well-being? Societies the world over now face ideological conflicts, some leading to violent exchange. We now struggle with social, political, religious and even environmental divisions within countries and neighborhoods. Do you believe in yourself? Can you accept the opinion and beliefs of another person? Do you believe that reasoning and technological innovations can save humans from civil and natural destruction? Do you believe that humanity can live in harmony?

How do photographers and artists respond to the notion of “Believe” is the challenge?

In the summer of 2022, Helsinki Photo Festival will showcase imagery that addresses this vital topic.

The open call starts today December 23, 2021, and ends March 31, 2022.
Sign up on picter: https://bit.ly/3qcTJTC

The application fee for the Helsinki Photo Festival is
* Early Bird €23 (until 31th January 2022)
* Standard €28 (after 1st February 2022)

Cover image by Ruben Martin de Lucas: Iceberg Nation No 6
www.martindelucas.com

The Helsinki Photo Festival (#HelPhoto) is an annual event showcasing Nordic and international photography in the Greater Helsinki Area.
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Nordic Village Finalists announced at Helsinki Photo Festival 2021
We are pleased to announce the winners of Nordic Village of the theme Fearless at Helsinki Photo Festival 2021. All selected artists will be exhibited from Jul 7-Sep 30 at the Art Park at Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo.

The international jury of experts congratulates the winners.

Nordic Village is a talent platform fostered by Helsinki Photo Festival to support emerging Nordic photographers. The platform exhibits visual artists from the countries of the north to a broad audience in Finland and internationally. The program includes educational activities with experts and artists from the Nordics.

More information about the program schedule to be released in the coming weeks. Helsinki Photo Festival takes place from July 7-September 30, 2021.

Open Call winners 2021 – Nordic Village I Fearless I #helphoto21

Ingerid Jordal / NO
Maria Konstanse Bruun / NO
Angelika Kollin / EE
Lisa Pram / DK
Marie Bentzon / DK
Anne Lass / DK
Sari Soininen / FI
Jussi Puikkonen / FI
Kicki Lundgren / SE

Open Call winners 2021 – Nordic Village & Intl. I Fearless I #helphoto21

Siri Ekker Svendsen / NO
Linda Bournane Engelberth / DZ-NO
Rebecca Simons / FI
Anna Kuokkanen / FI
Cletus Nwadike / NG-SE
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The most voted artists were:

Cletus Nwadike (NG-SE) “Girls struggle in Nigeria”

Anna Kuokkanen (FI) “From the shadows of human trafficking to an activist – Itohan Okundaye’s story”

Rebecca Simons (FI) “Letters from the past”

Linda Bournane Engelberth (DZ-NO) “Outside the Binary”

Jussi Puikkonen (FI) “Arctic Drifting”

See you at the exhibition at the Art Park at Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre in Espoo. 
 

Shortlisted at Helsinki Photo Festival 2021
Helsinki Photo Festival has received a record number of 428 applications from 55 countries for the open call with the theme Fearless. The association is proud to announce 96 shortlisted candidates who will move further into the second round of voting to decide this year’s finalists. The talent platform Nordic Village announces 20 shortlisted authors. Our jury has been selecting only a handful of winning images out of a total of 5307 submitted photographs. The next step for the jury will be to select the best 50 authors, and 10 Nordic artists, whose photos will be curated and exhibited at the festival from July 7-September 30, 2021.

Shortlisted – international I Fearless I #helphoto21
Felix Schöppner / DE
Irina Kovalchuk / RU
Matjaz Tancic / SI
Jake Eshelman / US
Maggie Shannon / US
Alex McBride / UK
Kristen Joy Emack / US
He Bo / CN
Ashkan Shabani / IR
Younes Mohammad / IQ
Noelle Mason / US
Javier Corso / ES
Stephen Yang / US
Natalia Kepesz / PL
Frank Schultze / DE
Ingeborg Everaerd / NL
Maria de la Paz Gutierrez / AR
Ed Kashi / US
Paola Jimenez / PE
Filippo Venturi / IT
David Verberckt / BE
Liam Bailey / UK
John Angerson / UK
Maria Gruzdeva / RU
Gabriele Cecconi / IT
Moritz Küstner / DE
Ryan Carter / CA
William Lakin / UK
Sergei Stroitelev / RU
Simon Murphy / UK
R.J. Kern / US
Nikita Teryoshin / RU
Stef Steffany / IT
Repko / NL
Bertha Wang / HK
Jasper Kettner / DE
Alain Schroeder / BE
Ilir Tsouko / AL
Charlotte Lakits / FR
Laura Pannack / UK
Sebastian Steveniers / BE
Carla Kogelman / NL
Merlini Francesco / IT
Christian Bobst / CH
Cletus Nwadike / NG-SE
Sabine Findeisen / DE
Ciro Battiloro / IT
Imane Djamil / MA
Cop Shiva / IN
Rafael Heygster / DE
Kicki Lundgren / SE
Carlo Bevilacqua / IT
Nelson Morales / MX
Maciej Czepiel / PL
Natan Dvir / IL
Olivier Lovey / CH
Tom Price / UK
Mihai Barabancea / RO
Antonina Baygusheva / RU
Jannike Stelling / DE
Katia Repina / RU
Katerina Tsakiri / GR
Joanna Borowiec / PL
Carlotta Guerra / IT
Laura J. Bennett / US
Susana Girón / ES
Rebecca Simons / FI
Elena Helfrecht / DE
Rosy Martin & Verity Welstead / UK
Alessio Maximilian Schroder / AT
Zmicer Waynowski / BY
Melissa Ianniello / IT
Wouter le Duc / NL
Andrei Liankevich / BY
Peter Pflügler / AT
Maria Konstanse Bruun / NO
Cristiano Volk / IT
Faiham Ebna Sharif / BD
Siri Ekker Svendsen / NO
Róbert László Bácsi / HU
Rachel Brown / UK
Arnaud Montagard / FR
Oğulcan Arslan / TR
Anna Grevenitis / US
Thomas Victor & Felix Adler / DE
Tatiana Ostrovskaya / RU
Alexander Robertson / UK
Jooeun Bae / KR
Alex Fitch / US
Linda Bournane Engelberth / DZ-NO
James Emmerman / US
Charlotte Mano / FR
Kai Yokoyama / JP
Charlotte Mariën / BE
Sina Niemeyer / DE
Anna Kuokkanen / FI

Shortlisted – Nordic Village I Fearless I #helphoto21

Ingerid Jordal / NO
Angelika Kollin / EE
GHs / IS
Lisa Pram / DK
Sari Soininen / FI
Cletus Nwadike / NG-SE
Kicki Lundgren / SE
Rebecca Simons / FI
Lotta Lemetti / FI
Vilhelm Björndahl / SE
Maria Konstanse Bruun / NO
Siri Ekker Svendsen / NO
Marie Bentzon / DK
Jussi Puikkonen / FI
Anne Lass / DK
Outi Neuvonen / FI
Katrine Noer / DK
Linda Bournane Engelberth / DZ-NO
Armand Tamboly / EG-SE
Anna Kuokkanen / FI

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The most voted artists were:

Nikita Teryoshin (RU) “Nothing Personal – the back office of war”

Alex McBride (UK) “Artsakh Strong”

Linda Bournane Engelberth (DZ-NO) “Outside the Binary”

Gabriele Cecconi (IT) “TiàWùK”

Natalia Kepesz (PL) “Niewybuch”

Cletus Nwadike (NG-SE) “Girls struggle in Nigeria”

Carlo Bevilacqua (IT) “Queer Divine”

Sabine Findeisen (DE) “What We Want”

Javier Corso (ES)
“Matagi”

Winners will be announced 28.4.2021. Stay tuned!

The theme for the upcoming festival 2021:

FEARLESS

ORÄDD

PELOTON 

Helsinki Photo Festival is pleased to announce their fourth open call! Everyone from all over the world is invited to submit their work(s) in the festival theme Fearless. 

We challenge photographers and artists of all ages to share with us the connections you see with our theme, in imaginative, creative expressive interpretation. Artists will need to write as part of their submission an explanation of how their work fits with the theme.

What does it take to lose your fear? Can we live without fear or will it make us numb? Are the words courageous and fearless synonyms? Is the one full of fear and still moving forward being fearless? Does being fearless make you more heroic and adventurous? What role plays fearless in society and human history? In these times when all our life is changing in expected ways what does fearless mean? Can being fearless improve your life or will it ruin it? In fact, there are many ways to interpret and what to associate with Fearless. What is yours?

We aim to select 50 artists’ works to exhibit in solo- and group exhibitions during the festival period, July 7-September 30, 2021. Entries are handled by a judging experts panel.

The deadline for the call for artists is, 23 March 2021! As a selected artist of the Fearless theme, your work will be exhibited at Helsinki Photo Festival 2021. The exhibitions will take place in art centres/institutions, warehouses, libraries, pop-ups, galleries, parks and waterfront areas in Greater Helsinki. Moreover, the festival’s developed Nordic Village fosters emerging Nordic photographers. Since 2018, the talent platform Nordic Village has showcased to a broad audience over 20 artists from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Selected artists have been chosen for solo- and group exhibitions in Finland and abroad. All selected photographers have the great opportunity for being promoted to a broad, dedicated audience, critics, photo editors, curators, gallerists, art buyers and publishers: Apply through Picter: https://contests.picter.com/helsinki-photo-festival-fearless-2021

You can experience more exploring Helsinki Photo News on issuu https://issuu.com/helphoto/docs/helsinkiphotonews2020   

Helsinki Photo Festival ry, is a non-profit association, created to disseminate information about photography and visual media and to attract and maintain interest in them in Finland and internationally by presenting, developing and promoting these forms of art. We help artists to associate with audiences and experts in the field of photography. We give artists access to an international network to enable them to find new ways to work, get published and exhibit abroad and in Finland.