Producing outstanding photographic works alone is not enough. From conception and production to presentation and distribution, a photographic project must meet numerous requirements in order to be shown. Municipal galleries, renowned museums or public spaces: every exhibition venue places different content-related and technical demands on photographers.
In addition to a coherent exhibition concept, an aesthetically outstanding visual language and professional implementation, the projects must convey relevant themes in a catchy way and appeal to a large, diverse audience in terms of both form and content. Additional components, such as publications, multimedia presentations and concepts for educational and outreach work, increase the chances of attracting the attention of curators and museum directors for their own work.
The necessary know-how as well as the various aspects of the conception and realization of an exhibition in cooperation with a national or international exhibition institution are the subject of the workshop.
Instructor
Ingo Taubhorn is a photographer, exhibition organizer and publicist. He is one of the most influential exhibition organizers in Germany. After studying Visual Communication at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, he began working as a freelance curator for Galerie F.C. Gundlach, Hamburg, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York and Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin in 1988. In 2001 and 2022 he was a member of the competence team for the founding of the House of Photography in Hamburg. From 2003 to 2023 he was chief curator of the house in the Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Ingo Taubhorn has been President of the German Photographic Academy since 2010 and Deputy Spokesman of the German Photo Council in the German Cultural Council since 2022.
Scope: 12 teaching days of 8 hours each, always Friday/Saturday
Duration: April 2025 – March 2026 Start: April 11/12, 2025
Dates: June 27/28, September 5/6, 2025, the other dates will be coordinated with the participants.
Participants: max. 12
Location: 10179 Berlin
Costs: € 1,400; VAT will not be charged due to § 4 No. 22 UStG [Payment: € 900 upon enrollment; € 500 before the second date]
Application deadline: March 7, 2025, 11:59 pm
Please send the following documents to masterclass@fhochdrei.org:
· Curriculum vitae including documentation of previous projects, exhibitions, books, publications (max. 2 A4 pages)
· Portfolio of approx. 20 photographs
· 5 photos on a possible topic to be worked on as part of the master class. The intention of the planned work (project) should be made clear in a uniform aesthetic realization.
Participants will be selected by March 17, 2025.
Image: © Ingo Taubhorn