Summer Academy Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
From April through October 2010 the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt will host a series of lectures and workshops with prominent and emerging talents in the field of photographic arts.

Events will be held at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, FRANKFURTER KUNSTVEREIN, INSTITUTO CERVANTES FRANKFURT, HOCHSCHULE DARMSTADT and ART FOYER "DZ BANK [KUNSTSAMMLUNG]".
Reservations: contact@fffrankfurt.org


Wednesday, April 14th, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: “805 times DU: Sketches on the contemporary history of photography”
Lars Willumeit, picture editor, "DU" magazine.
Using photo projects and layouts from DU magazine Lars Willumeit offers an insight into current trends in the international and Swiss worlds of photography.
www.du-magazin.com

The lecture will be held in German.


Saturday and Sunday, April 17th and 18th, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - Reportage: " 'Gusingo' - Say what you see."
Anja Niedringhaus, Associated Press (AP) photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner.
A photo should be more than a one-dimensional depiction of reality, it should express a meaning in the composition that is determined by the point in time, the subject, the perspective and the cropping. The image should have a critical stance, otherwise it becomes arbitrarily lost in the moment. People provide countless scenes that tell stories - it is just a matter of seeing them. From a certain perspective these images become reportage. The workshop is meant to offer an introduction to the basic tenets of classical photojournalism.

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, April 21st, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: "infoEXchange"
The Science-City Darmstadt and Engineering Region Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar Stipend for Scientific Photography, Scientists and their vision of life.
Anja Behrens, freelance photographer and winner of the Darmstadt Science Prize 2009
Kai Krippner, graphic designer and board member Werkbundakademie Darmstadt
The lecture combines an introduction to the stipend program and the photography competition "infoEXchange" with a presentation of the work of last year's prize-winner, Anja Behrens. Werkbundakademie Darmstadt uses the photography stipend to support young photographers after graduation in completing an independent project in the field of science over a longer period of time.
www.behrens-photography.com
www.atelier-krippner.de

The lectures will be held in German.


Wednesday, April 21st, 8 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: " 'Gusingo' - Say what you see."
Anja Niedringhaus, Associated Press (AP) photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner
Anja Niedringhaus will report on her many years' work as a photo-journalist. She will talk about her countless photo-trips, the photo coverage she made, and how one works in her profession.

The lecture will be held in German.


Saturday, April 24th, 2 p.m.
at the UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, Design Department, Olbrichweg 10, 64287 Darmstadt

Lecture in cooperation with the Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie:
"Georgian Spring: art project or propaganda?"
Chris Boot, Publisher, Chris Boot Ltd
Georgian Spring: A Magnum Journal is the title of a new book published by Chris Boot, and a major exhibition shown in Berlin and Madrid, featuring the work of 10 commissioned Magnum photographers, including Thomas Dworzak, Martin Parr, Antoine D'Agata, produced for the Ministry of Culture of Georgia (formerly part of the Soviet Union, until 1991). Conceived, photographed and published in under 6 months, with enormous freedom allowed the photographers, Chris will tell the story of its production and discuss the questions it raises about the role of photography produced for national interests.
www.chrisboot.com
www.georgianspring.com

The lecture will be held in English.


Wednesday, April 28th, 7 p.m.
at the FRANKFURTER KUNSTVEREIN, Markt 44, 60311 Frankfurt

Lecture: "Conspirative Photography"
Joan Fontcuberta, artist
Joan Fontcuberta's work explores the conditions of truth in visual information. His projects subvert the canonic function of photographs as documents in history, science and mass communication. Sophisticated narrative constructions provide the pretext to debate issues such as credibility, veracity or authenticity from epistemological and political perspectives. A special focus is done on "mockumentary" as criticism, parody and deconstruction of traditional documentary in both film and still photography. As a common strategy images deal with irony and humour and are pushed to conspire to fill the no man's land between reality and falsehood.
www.fontcuberta.com

The lecture will be held in English.


Saturday and Sunday, May 8th and 9th, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - New Media / Digital:
”Digital from A to Z - Obstacles and opportunities - basics workshop“
Daniel Henschel, photographer and media designer
Everything relating to digital photography: camera settings, the specifics of making a photo and the basics of digital image processing.
A workshop to offer a better understanding of the digital workflow from start to finish. Colour management, developing RAW data, image processing and corrections, composing, HDR, image output, advising customers.
At the end of the day: a better image.
www.feinkorn.de

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Tuesday, May 11th, 7 p.m.
at the INSTITUTO CERVANTES FRANKFURT, Staufenstraße 1, 60323 Frankfurt

Lecture: "PHotoEspaña" and "Encontros da Imagem"
Oliva Maria Rubio, Director of Exhibitions, La Fabrica and curator PHotoEspaña PHE
PHotoEspaña is an international festival of photography and visual arts that started in Madrid in 1998. Every year during June and July the City of Madrid is filled with photography. Rubio will talk about how a private company in collaboration with many public and private institutions give this festival a unique structure. Different activities and projects and the photographers' ways of participation, such as in the portfolio review, workshops and the night of photography will be highlighted.
www.phedigital.com

Rui Prata, Artistic Director, Encontros da Imagem and Director of the Museu da Imagem in Braga, Portugal
The figure of the exhibition curator is something recent in the art world. Its role has been building progressively from the exhibition "When Attitudes Become Form"; by Harald Szeemann in 1969. Since then, the work of curating exhibitions has evolved into an exercise of imagination, creativity and effectiveness, but consequently has no precise rules. Currently exhibitions, one-person or collective ones, tend mostly to be thematic. The curator sets a theme, a question, a reflection and simultaneously seeks to combine it with the work of artists building a narrative. Rui Prata will reflect on the role of the curator through his past and future projects in Encontros da Imagem.
www.encontrosdaimagem.com

The lecture will be held in Spanish with simultaneous translation in German.


Friday, May 28th, 7 p.m.
at the ART FOYER of the DZ BANK [KUNSTSAMMLUNG],
Platz der Republik, 60265 Frankfurt, Entrance: Cityhaus 1, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

Lecture: "Fondazione Studio Marangoni"
Martino Marangoni, Photographer and Director of Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence
Since 1991 the Fondazione Studio Marangoni has provided a curricula of long term and tutorial courses in commercial and fine art photography plus houses an exhibition space and an extensive photography library. Martino Marangoni will show work produced by the school's three year program students from the past 19 years as well as work that both students and faculty have done in local commissioned assignments.
www.studiomarangoni.it

The lecture will be held in English.


Saturday and Sunday, May 29th and 30th, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
at the FFF Office, Weißfrauenstr. 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - Documentary photography: "Mapping the City“
Martino Marangoni, Photographer and Director of Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence
The workshop is intended to give participants the chance to document different areas of town and street scenes.
An introduction to street photography will be given, starting with the works of Martino Marangoni and other photographers from the 1970s to the present. Then the participants will go on a metropolitan voyage of artistic discovery and then discuss and assess the results together.
www.studiomarangoni.it

The workshop will be held in English.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, June 2nd, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Exposition opening: Chema Madoz „The Objects´ Dream“


Friday, June 11th, 7 p.m.
at the ART FOYER of the DZ BANK [KUNSTSAMMLUNG],
Platz der Republik, 60265 Frankfurt, Entrance: Cityhaus 1, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

Lecture: "Style sucks"
Boris Eldagsen, photo media artist & Natascha Stellmach, photo media artist
Taking their own work as an example, Boris Eldagsen (Germany) and Natascha Stellmach (Australia) show that using few materials but with a clear idea you can create strong statements. Away from representation, from surfaces, decoration, style and glamour - in favor of a deeper definition of what it means to be human.
After the lecture, Natascha Stellmach will sign copies of her art books The Book of Back and It is Black in Here.
www.eldagsen.com
www.bookofback.com

The lectures will be held in English and German.


Saturday and Sunday, June 12th and 13th, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - Experimental photography: "No-budget staged photography“
Boris Eldagsen ,photo media artist
What does an artist need to stage a strong image?
Expensive equipment? Good studio lighting? Assistants? Models? Set designers? Make-up pros? None of them.
All you need is a good eye, intuition and an understanding of the theme in question. This is a workshop about content. And to depict this all you need is a camera.
What Boris Eldagsen has developed in the course of a 20-year career is something he himself calls ¥no-budget staged photography'. He offers insight into how he works, using basics that are available to create a success. In the course of the workshop the participants will learn to break the conventional rules, forget the compulsions of technology and produce images that they perhaps never thought were possible. Goodbye Studio! Farewell Photoshop!
www.eldagsen.com

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, June 16th, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: “Concert and events photography”
Ralph Larmann, concert and events photographer
Ralph Larmann will explain his approach of classical photography and 3608 panorama photographs that he took for the 3608 tour by the Irish band U2 and of the NOBEL PRIZE Banquet in 2009 in Stockholm. To achieve good concert and event photos you not only need the right equipment, but must have ideas, be creative in how you work with the artists and those involved in a production, learn to anticipate situations in advance, find the right angle, understand the business and have a good feel for the people. The photos must capture the mood for the viewer, recreating the experience for him.
www.larmann.com

The lecture will be held in German.


Friday, June 25th, 7 p.m.
at the FRANKFURTER KUNSTVEREIN, Markt 44, 60311 Frankfurt

Lecture: "Art is risk made visible"
Arno Rafael Minkkinen, photographer and professor
In forty minutes Arno Minkkinen will try to cover forty years of self-portraits that place the human figure in a framework of natural forces and habitats: between sea and sky, between trees and forests, but also amidst interiors and exteriors, among women, and alongside a growing son. Never manipulated, the photographs reveal both the surreal as well as the whimsical nature of human experience.

The lecture will be held in English.


Saturday and Sunday, June 26th and 27th, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop – Body and Nature: "Art is risk made visible“
Arno Rafael Minkkinen, photographer and professor
The Finnish-American photographer Arno Minkkinen primarily uses his body in combination with the photographic medium to express surrealistic visions of man and nature.
Establishing a direction in contemporary photography means more than having a good eye for the medium. It means selecting from hundreds of images those that best express your intentions as you build a body of work that not only enlightens others but also brings enlightenment and inspiration to you. In this workshop, we will seek to grow and expand your photographic talents not only as an imagemaker but also as an artist with a contemporary vision of the world.

The workshop will be held in English.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, August 18th, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture:
"The amorous adventures of Mr. Cheese" - fashion and staged photography
Monica Menez, photographer
"No repetition." .Monica Menez's work leaves no place for the illness called repetition. It is hard to classify her staged shots. The focus is not just on fashion, and her portraits are not just about faces, and the models are not simply beautiful. With her photographs, Monica Menez creates artistic havens in the midst of reality. Often she plays with optical illusion or reflection in a finely ironic manner. Her style always includes a special element of surprise. She stages precise shots, following the unwritten rules of spontaneity. Her work for young fashion labels such as Blutsgeschwister offers her the artistic scope she seeks. And Monica Menez needs it, as she is constantly re-inventing herself.
www.monicamenez.de

The lecture will be held in German.


Saturday and Sunday, August 21st and 22nd, 10a.m.-6p.m.
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop: "Fashion photography and staged shots"
Monica Menez, photographer
Fashion photography does not just require technical precision in the lighting and camera work. Menez compares preparing a fashion shoot to making a great cake: the recipe forms the basis and all the ingredients have to be carefully measured. It's the same with fashion. Only the perfect interaction of model, styling, make-up, lighting and above all a well-thought-out concept culminate in a successful production. This workshop is intended to offer participants insight into the planning of a fashion spread and putting this into practice.
www.monicamenez.de

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Saturday and Sunday, September 4th and 5th, 10 am - 6pm
Frankfurter Trade Fair Complex

Workshop - Architecture / Digital:
"Architectural photography on at the Frankfurt Trade Fair Complex"
Daniel Henschel, photographer and media designer
This workshop will offer a practical photography session on the grounds of the Frankfurt Trade Fair Complex. The focus will be on the special access available to an otherwise inaccessible area. Image processing, HDR and creating exhibition prints wil also be discussed. Architectural and digital photography converge and complement each other, creating a novel learning synergies in the areas of photography and image processing.
www.feinkorn.de

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, September 8th, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST,, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: "The invisible cities"
Gabrielle Strijewski, photographer
This lecture will focus on the "Palermo Project" and photographs of "dreamt architecture". The "Palermo Project" is a photographic portrait of the capital of Sicily that elegantly sidesteps all cliches of southern Italy. The abstracted photographs highlight the city's identity without traditional depict of people, streets and houses , at no time previously. The series of 24 images won the Premio Unesco Trapani per l'Arte.
www.gabriellestrijewski.de

The lecture will be held in German.


Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, 10am - 6pm
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - Documentary / experimental photography:
"Choreography of the Urban"
Wolfgang Zurborn, Photographer
Never before was the human body more strongly in the focus of interest than in the modern media. In the sea of images, in a world full of simulation, the feeling for one's own body, for individual experience can swiftly get lost.
In this workshop we shall use photographic means to create vibrant testimony to urban life that consciously includes the body in the picture concept. The city is no empty stage with no actors, but a highly complex place where different architectural givens and social occasions interact. It affords people a forum to consciously or unintentionally stage themselves.
The choreography of bodies on the street, of movements, gestures, mimicry, detached from all functionality, creates a theatre of real life. Photographers who develop a sensitive eye for these "stagings" of everyday life can exploit the tension between body and space to emphasize our subjective experience of our surroundings.
www.wolfgangzurborn.de

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, September 22nd, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: "From Dada to Surrealism: Photography's Primary Role in Modern Art"
Steve Yates, art historian and curator
Modern photography is a universal language that emerged beyond cultures at the beginning of the 20th century. It advanced as a major art form, unlimited by the syntax of spoken language or traditional art mediums. The first generation of modernists and avant-garde invented unparalleled forms of photographic expression.
The pioneers of early modern photography developed a wide variety of styles from the mainstream of modern art. Photographs were charged with new meaning and content. The Dadaists and Surrealists expanded content from non-art subjects and dreams. The Dadaists invented photomontage and phonetic forms of sound poetry. The Surrealists advanced these lessons by incorporating the subconscious.
Personal vision added more dimensions than what was seen or experienced by the camera. Modernists constructed an expanding visual vocabulary of symbols with the photographic process and related technologies. Modern photography was filled with personal vision, unconscious desires and fleeting impressions. Dadaists and Surrealists evoked ideas and emotions that were influenced by the profound world of shifting realities after World War I.
www.museumofnewmexico.org

The lecture will be held in English.


Saturday and Sunday, September 25th and 26th, 10am - 6pm
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - Portrait: "The journalistic portrait"
Frank Röth, staff photographer, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ)
Portrait photographs in newspapers have to capture a person within a short time, using ambient light conditions and presenting the subject in a local setting. The workshop's goal is to experiment with different approaches that best enable the personality to be revealed also with reference to the setting.

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Saturday and Sunday, October 16th and 17th, 10am - 6pm
at the FFF office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop: "More or less photography"
Celina Lunsford, Artistic Director Fotografie Forum Frankfurt
The goal of this seminar is to help you access the stage, which you are now in your photographic journey. Determining what is working for you, what needs to change drastically, what needs intensification. Lunsford will lead the group in analysing your images and discussing your own intentions. Different edits of each participants work will be discussed and reviewed. Lunsford will present other artists work, books and projects and consider what makes them appealing. Steps crucial to activate or improve your professional status in the arts such as presentation, selling, public relations and documenting your work will also be introduced.
This workshop is geared to engaged amateurs, professional photographers or anyone seriously considering a career in photography as an expressive form of communication.
www.fffrankfurt.org

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.


Wednesday, October 27th, 7 p.m.
at the MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST, Schaumainkai 17, 60594 Frankfurt

Lecture: "Slow Media"
Iris Sikking, photo-historian and curator, Paradox, NL
More frequently the term "slow journalism" is used to describe an increasing number of documentary photographers, who are developing new strategies to present their projects to the public. The Rotterdam based multi-media and photography organisation, Paradox has supported and produced such exhibition concepts. Iris Sikking will discuss the use of multimedia in photographic arts based projects, in particular interaction between different disciplines (photography, film and audio) as well as platforms (exhibitions, websites, books, DVDs and educational programs). Some past projects include: Play, Carel van Hees, 2001, Rotterdam/Ludwigshafen, Go No Go, Ad van Denderen, 2003 Amsterdam/Vienna/Rennes/Paris/Sofia, Why Mister, Why?, Geert van Kesteren, 2005, Rotterdam/Arles/Krakow/Mannheim.
www.paradox.nl
www.iconfoundation.nl

The lecture will be held in English.


Saturday and Sunday, October 30th & 31st, 10 am - 6 pm
at the FFF Office, Weißfrauenstrasse 1, 60311 Frankfurt

Workshop - New Media: "Multimedia-Photo-Essay as form of presentation"
Adrian Kelterborn, Lead Producer Magnum In Motion
In his work with Magnum Photos, Adrian Kelterborn produces multimedia online essays together with some of the world's most successful photographers. He works closely with the photographers at the conceptual level - inserting sound and interviews, photographs and sometimes videos in order to give justice to the photographer's vision within this new medium. The goal of the workshop with Adrian Kelterborn is on conceptualizing and preparing a short multimedia essay.
www.inmotion.magnumphotos.com

The workshop will be held in German.
Here you can download the "Workshop registration" PDF file.




For all photographer’s presentations and lectures the participation fee is 5 Euros, reduced 3 Euros.
Members have free admission.