Making Helsinki the photo capital of the North!

Helsinki Photo Festival July 5 – September 9, 2019 brings photography to the streets by exhibiting the work of 50 Nordic and international photographers in various easily accessible outdoor and indoor exhibitions throughout Helsinki. The theme all photographers are working with this year is Anarchy. Outdoor exhibitions can already be visited while indoor exhibitions open in August.

This is the second edition of the Helsinki Photo Festival. The festival enables more than 200 000 people to experience the creativity and innovation of photography during the 9 weeks of indoor and outdoor exhibitions, artist talks, workshops, and photowalks.

Photographers were chosen by a team of experienced jurors (Stefan Bremer, Curt Richter, Karoliina Korpilahti) including Helsinki Photo Festival curatorial team (Alexandra Stroganova and Rafael Rybczynski) out of 170 open call submissions from more than 40 countries. The team shortlisted 72 photographers out of which 50 were selected as winners. The team also selected 25 images as winners of the Best Image competition.

Outdoor exhibitions are in visible and easily accessible locations: the Cultural Centre Stoa in Itäkeskus, Pyhän Birgitan Puisto at the Hernesaaren Ranta in Munkkisaari and Hesperian Esplanadi in Etu-Töölö. The festival is also exhibiting the work of Indonesian photographer Dilla Djalil-Daniel at the Tropical House in the Helsinki Zoo in Korkeasaari. Djalil-Daniel was one of the finalists from last year’s festival and works with issues of orangutan preservation.

From August 7th until September 9th the festival will add indoor exhibitions, seminars, workshops, artist talks and photo walks to the programme. A seminar with Nordic photographers will be organised at Nordisk Kulturkontakt with Sebastian Sardi (SE), Stig Marlon Weston (NO) and more guests. Indoor exhibitions will be set up in Nordic Culture Point, Pasila Urban Art Center and Café Rupla. The main exhibition will be held at Katajanokka’s Old Customs House, Kanavakatu 6.

Visit our website for news, programme and detailed information about the events: helsinkiphotofestival.com

We’re also happy to announce that the festival was selected by World Photo Organisation as one of the best 15 photo festivals to visit this summer! https://bit.ly/30LbxqO 

About Helsinki Photo Festival #helphoto19
Helsinki Photo Festival is a non-profit association created to present cutting-edge work from Nordic and international photographers to attract interest in photography and visual media in Finland and abroad. We want to present and promote these art forms in an accessible way to help artists connect with new audiences, critics and curators – and vice versa.

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Helsinki Photo Festival call is open now for 2019 

Helsinki Photo Festival invites all artists and photographers from all over the world to submit their work(s) for this year’s festival theme Anarchy. We aim to select +30 artists works to exhibit in solo- and group exhibitions during the festival period, July 5th-September 9th 2019. The exhibitions will take place in historic warehouses, libraries, parks and waterfront areas in Helsinki. It will also include pop-up galleries at numerous cultural events around the city. All selected photographers have the great opportunity for being promoted to a broad, dedicated audience, critics and curators at the newest photo festival in Northern Europe. Apply here: https://contests.picter.com/helsinki-photo-festival-anarchy-2019

Helsinki Photo Festival connects through spatial design various forms of photographic art and other visual media. The photo festival showcases in a period of nine weeks the innovative image of today in the metropolitan surroundings of Helsinki. The program includes artist-talks, workshops, seminars, photo walks, outdoor photo installations inviting residents, tourists and all photo enthusiasts of any age. All outdoor exhibitions can be enjoyed at any time of the day, free of charge!

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.