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FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH

with Tobias Laukemper, independent photo editor and co-iniciator of the event series Fototreff Berlin, and Kai Löffelbein, photographer.

Wednesday, 6. June 2018, 7 pm

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f3 – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Kai Löffelbein has been  successfully working as a freelance photographer for many years. He works with the help of prizes and scholarships on his own photographic projects. His new book “CTRL-X” will soon be published by Editorial Steidl. Löffelbein photographs for NGOs, accepts editorial assignments and collaborates frequently with journalists and authors. His work reflects his interest in the ways political and economic structures shape modern society.

Tobias Laukemper talks with Kai Löffelbein about the various and diverse aspects of his work as well as his strategies to be successful as a photographer. In addition to practical questions of cooperation with photo editors and clients, the possibilities of surviving financially today as a photographer in the long run are to be discussed.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

Photograph: © Kai Löffelbein.
Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

In the framework of the exhibition The Heavens – Annual Report photographer Paolo Woods gives a personal insight into the development of the project.

Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti travelled for several years through the world’s tax havens. From the British Virgin Islands to the City of London, from the Cayman Islands to Luxembourg and the Netherlands: The Heavens – Annual Report takes us on a journey into a rarely seen, mysterious world of the rich and super-rich.

Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti have both been working for many years on documentary long-term projects that innovatively combine photography and journalism. Her work has been exhibited internationaly, including at: Images in Vevey (Switzerland), Le Rencontres de la Photographie (Arles, France) and the renowned Victoria & Albert Museum in London. They are regularly published in magazines worldwide, including: National Geographic, The Sunday Times, Stern, Geo, Le Monde, La Repubblica and Marie Claire.

The talk will be given in english.

The Spider´s Web – An investigation into the world of Britain´s secrecy jurisdictions and the City of London (GB 2018, 90min, Engl. with german subtitles).

The documentary The Spider’s Web shows how Britain transformed from a colonial power into a global financial power. At the demise of empire, “City of London” financial interests created a web of offshore secrecy jurisdictions that captured wealth from across the globe and hid it behind obscure financial structures in a web of offshore islands. Today, up to half of global offshore wealth may be hidden in British offshore jurisdictions and Britain and its offshore jurisdictions are the largest global players in the world of international finance.

The Spider’s Web reveals how in the world of international finance, corruption and secrecy have prevailed over regulation and transparency, and the UK is right at the heart of this.

Admission 5 Euro | reduced 3 Euro

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition The Heavens – Annual Report by Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti on 11. April 2018, at 7 pm.

Introduction: Nicolas Shaxson (Journalist and author, Specialist for tax havens and Researcher for the Tax Justice Network)

Admission 5 € | Reduced 3 €

Do tax havens really look like this? The large number of articles and reports on this topic are usually illustrated with pictures of tropical beaches. They conceal the fact that today more than half of world trade is conducted through these places. Paolo Woods and Gabriele Galimberti travelled for several years through the world’s tax havens. From the British Virgin Islands to the City of London, from the Cayman Islands to Luxembourg and the Netherlands: The Heavens – Annual Report takes us on a journey into a rarely seen, mysterious world of the rich and super-rich.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

Im Rahmen der Ausstellung KRIEGSKINDER spricht die rennomierte Autorin und Publizistin Alexandra Senfft mit der Fotografin der Ausstellung Frederike Helwig.

Alexandra Senfft wurde vor allem durch ihre Publikationen zur NS- Zeit bekannt, in denen sie sich mit der nationalsozialistischen Täterschaft und ihren generationsübergreifenden Folgen für die Gesellschaft und die Familie auseinandersetzt.

Anwesende Portraitierte des Projekts KRIEGSKINDER erzählen davon, wie sie als Kinder die Jahre des zweiten Weltkriegs erlebt haben und sprechen über ihrem Umgang mit der Erinnerung.

Zur Veranstaltung sind alle Generationen herzlich eingeladen.

Eintritt: 5 Euro | ermäßigt 3 Euro

Die Ausstellung ist bis zum 8. April 2018 geöffnet.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH

with Gisela Kayser, Artistic Director Freundeskreis Willy-Brandt-Haus and Amélie Losier, photographer.

Tuesday, 20. February 2017, 7 pm

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f3 – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Amélie Losier has been successfully working as a freelance photographer for many years. She works with the help of prizes and scholarships on her own long-term photographic projects. Her new book “Sayeda – Women in Egypt” has recently been published. She accepts editorial jobs, photographs for companies and institutions, and teaches workshops for young people and adults, at Martin-Gropus-Bau and C/O Berlin, among others.

Gisela Kayser talks with Amélie Losier about the diverse aspects of her work as well as her strategies to be successful as a photographer. In addition to practical questions of cooperation with photo editors and clients, the possibilities of surviving financially today as a photographer  on the long run are to be discussed.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

Photograph: © Amélie Losier.
Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

On Sunday, 18 February at 2 pm, we cordially invite you to a guided tour through our current exhibition Kriegskinder. The curator Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director of the Society for Humanistic Photography (GfHF) and the freiraum für fotografie, will guide you through the exhibition.

In addition to background information on the photographer Frederike Helwig and the author Anne Waak and their series, she will present personal insights into the curation process and the structure of the exhibition.

Cost: Entrance fee + 5 Euro.

Foto: © Heike Overberg / GfHF.

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition Kriegskinder by Frederike Helwig and Anne Waak on Thursday, 1. February 2018, at 7 pm.

Introduction: Nadine Barth (Consulting Editor for Photography Art Books at Hatje Cantz Verlag) in discussion with Frederike Helwig (photographer) and Anne Waak (author).

“What did my parents experience when they were as old as my children are today? What made them what they are today?” Kriegskinder shows portrait photos of a generation whose memories will soon vanish. Those who grew up during World War II look back and talk – some of them for the first time ever – about what marked them: bombs, flight, fear, hunger, illness and death, as well as the speachlessness of the post-war era.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

In cooperation with Hatje Cantz Verlag.

“For me, beauty is diversity. It is much more than what we often see today in mass media“

Photographer Mihaela Noroc gives a personal insight into her project „The Atlas of Beauty“ and signs her recently published book:

Mihaela Noroc
The Atlas of Beauty | Frauen der Welt
Riva, 352 pages; 24,99 Euro

Available in the exhibition!

The talk will be given in english.

Admission: 5 € / reduced 3 €

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH

with Barbara Stauss, picture editor magazin mare and Johanna-Maria Fritz, photographer.

Wednesday, 29. November 2017, 7 pm

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f3 – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Especially at the beginning of a career in the field of photography / photographic art, it is a particular challenge to build professional networks and find the right partners for projects, publications and exhibitions. To make the right decisions here, which emphasize the character of one’s own work and lead to the visibility of one’s own photographic oevre, requires special tact.

Barbara Stauss, picture editor of the magazine mare, talks with photographer Johanna-Maria Fritz about the development of her work and its publication platforms over the past two years. Looking back on this time span, they reveal the opportunities and opportunities of professional development after graduation or training.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

Photograph: © Johanna-Maria Fritz.
Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

A warm invitation to the opening of the exhibition The Atlas of Beauty by Mihaela Noroc on Wednesday, 15. November 2017, at 7 pm.

Introduction: Mihaela Noroc (photographer)  in conversation with Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director f3-freiraum für fotografie.

In 2013, Mihaela Noroc decided to quit her job and to dedicate herself exclusively to photography and travel. She called The Atlas of Beauty into life. At first only a personal photo project The Atlas of Beauty quickly became a global undertaking. Traveling only with her backpack and her camera equipment, the photographer since then has been portraying more than 2,000 women from over 50 countries: from Germany to North Korea, from Myanmar to Iceland.

The result is a kaleidoscope of women’s portraits, which could not be more different. „For me, beauty is diversity. It is much more than what we often see today in mass media”, says the photographer about her project.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

With kind support by:
HALBE Rahmen
d’mage 

Isn’t it Love? is the sensual encounters with queer people and the queer scene in Istanbul. Ceren Saner (* 1991), a photographer and video artist from Turkey, first started photographing a private queer themed party organized by a group of friends and then continued her work in public parties of LGBTIQ+ in Istanbul. In order to preserve the privacy of those photographed and yet to comprehend the events, Ceren Saner concentrated on the expressions of love instead of the faces behind.

In her lecture, Ceren Saner talks about her medium of photography, about her life in the Turkish metropolis and about the everyday life and activism of the LGBT scene in Istanbul.

The lecture will take place in English.

Admission: 5 € / reduced 3 €

An event in cooperation with Heinrich Böll Foundation. With kind support of Rudolf Augstein Foundation.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH

mit Miriam Zlobinski, Visual Historian and Hannes Jung, photographer.

Wednesday, 10 October 2017, 7 pm

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH is the new event format of f3 – freiraum für fotografie. Regularly, every two months, a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

In between personal projects and commissioned work – photography and its applications are changing in the social, cultural and political context. The photographer Hannes Jung explores the limits of documentary photography with works such as “How is life?”. Through numerous publications and awards – among them the n-ost Reportage Prize and the VG Bildkunst Grant – his work leads to a greater visibility and attention to marginal subjects of documentary practice. Hannes Jung and Miriam Zlobinski are talking about the situation of freelance photographers in the market today, young photographic positions as well as about the challenges in the professional field “Photography”.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

Photograph: © Hannes Jung from “How is life?”.
Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

On Sunday, 5 November at 2 pm, we cordially invite you to a guided tour through our current exhibition Türkiyeli – Contemporary Photography from Turkey. The curator Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director of the Society for Humanistic Photography (GfHF) and the freiraum für fotografie, will guide you through the exhibition.

In addition to background information on the photographers and their series, she will present personal insights into the curation process and the structure of the exhibition.

Cost: Entrance fee + 5 Euro. Groups of 10 persons or more receive a reduction on the entrance fee.

Photo: © Holger Biermann

On Sunday, 15 October at 2 pm, we cordially invite you to a guided tour through our current exhibition Türkiyeli – Contemporary Photography from Turkey. The curator Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director of the Society for Humanistic Photography (GfHF) and the firearm für fotografie, will lead you through the exhibition.

In addition to background information on the photographers and their series, she will present personal insights into the curation process and the structure of the exhibition.

Cost: Entrance fee + 5 Euro. Groups of 10 persons or more receive a reduction on the entrance fee.

Photo: © Holger Biermann

We cordially invite you to our Sneak Preview of Türkiyeli – Contemporary Photography from Turkey.

Attila Durak, artistic director of the FotoIstanbul festival and Emin Özmen, photographer MAGNUM, present the exhibition Türkiyeli and speak about their work in today’s Turkey.

Between 6 September and 12 November, the exhibition will be on display. For further information, please click here. Information on the accompanying events to the exhibition can be found e. g. here.

A project in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

With kind support by: Rudolf-Augstein-Stiftung, HALBE-Rahmen, d´mage.net.

We cordially invite you to the Theme Night of the exhibition Türkiyeli – Contemporary Photography from Turkey.

Introduction: Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky, Head of Department EU/North America, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

Talk: Kristian Brakel, Office Director Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Istanbul, Photographer Emine Akbaba and Mehmet Kaçmaz, Photographer at NARphotos.

A project in cooperation with Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.

With kind support by: Rudolf-Augstein-Stiftung, HALBE-Rahmen, d´mage.net.

On Sunday, 6 August at 2 pm, we cordially invite you to a guided tour through our current exhibition NOOR by NOOR. The curator Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director of the Society for Humanistic Photography (GfHF), will lead you through the exhibition. In addition to background information on the photographers and their series, she will present personal insights into the design and about details of the exhibition.

Please register for this curator. Please send us an e-mail to info@gfhf.eu or call 030 60 40 77 48. Groups of 10 persons or more receive a reduction on the entrance fee. For the guided tour with the curator, we charge an additional entrance fee of € 5 for each entry.

On Sunday, 2 July at 2 pm, we cordially invite you to a guided tour through our current exhibition NOOR by NOOR. The curator Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director of the Society for Humanistic Photography (GfHF), will lead you through the exhibition. In addition to background information on the photographers and their series, she will present personal insights into the design and about details of the exhibition.

Please register for this curator. Please send us an e-mail to info@gfhf.eu or call 030 60 40 77 48. Groups of 10 persons or more receive a reduction on the entrance fee. For the guided tour with the curator, we charge an additional entrance fee of € 5 for each entry.

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH

with Carol Körting, Photo Editor at Leica Fotografie International, and
Charlotte Schmitz, photographer.

Wednesday, 21 June 2017, 7 pm

FOTO-TALK: ON THE COUCH ist the new event format of f3 – freiraum für fotografie. On a regular basis, every two month, a photography expert and a photographer are discussing important content and aesthetic questions related to photography.

Against the background of our current exhibition NOOR by NOOR – Award-winning reportages on today’s world Carol Körting and Charlotte Schmitz talk about the work as a documentary photographer today, about the possibilities to assert oneself with committed projects in the market and to support one´s livelihood, as well as about which societal influence photography still has in our days.

Admission: 5 € | reduced 3 €

Photograph: © Charlotte Schmitz from „çok güzelim, çok güzel“.
Supported by Mittel des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) and the City of Berlin.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the opening of the exhibition NOOR by NOOR – award-winning photo reportages on today‘s world on Wednesday, 14 June 2017, at 7 pm.

Introduction
Katharina Mouratidi, Artistic Director Society for Humanistic Photography

Talk
Tom Maasen, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Peter Bitzer, Director Agentur laif
Clément Saccomani, Managing Director NOOR

On the occasion of the agency’s 10th anniversary, the exhibition NOOR by NOOR focuses on this unique photography collective for the first time in Germany. The exhibition brings to mind the most important political and social developments of the past 10 years in the form of award-winning photo reportages.

NOOR, headquartered in Amsterdam, is made up of thirteen photographers: : Nina Berman, Pep Bonet, Andrea Bruce, Alixandra Fazzina, Stanley Greene, Tanya Habjouqa, Robin Hammond, Yuri Kozyrev, Bénédicte Kurzen, Sebastián Liste, Kadir van Lohuizen, Jon Lowenstein, Francesco Zizola.

Here you find more information about the exhibition.

With kind support by:
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL im Auftrag des BMZ
HALBE Rahmen
d’mage