P O R T F O L I O R E V I E WS Date: August 28-29th, 2020 Time: 11.15am-6pm Place: Ateljee at The National Museum of Finland Language: English Portfolio Reviews are open to photographers of all levels to showcase their work and to get back professional feedback as well as networking with people who may be able to help you with your career development or lead to exhibitions, publications and much more. Opportunities for critique, guidance, and professional connection are available within a wide range of photographic markets, such as portrait, product, fine art, travel or fashion photography, among many others. For the first Portfolio Reviews of Helsinki Photo Festival, we have brought together some leading experts in the field of photography including curators, cultural institution leaders, magazine editors, festival directors as well as photo-book publishers. Altogether, we have received 43 impressive portfolios from artists around the world. The first prize winner of this year's Portfolio Review will be exhibited solo at Helsinki Photo Festival 2021. The winner and up
to five runners up will be also featured in the festival's online gallery at our homepage and on the festival’s social media channels. The highest voted portfolios will also be offered the opportunity to participate in the Helsinki Photo Festival limited edition print program in 2021. The jury of reviewers considered the following criteria: Impact / The lighting / The story it tells / Consistency of the portfolio's theme / Its technical quality / Creativity / Composition & style / Use of colour / Presentation / Innovative or unique approach to the subject matter The event with experts took place August, 28-29th 2020, at Ateljee in The National Museum of Finland or digitally, in case COVID-19 travel restrictions would prevent some of the jurors or participants from attending in person. Each project proposed portfolio could include a maximum of 15 pictures. The face-to-face or digital meetings lasted a minimum of 20 minutes.
THE JURY JUDGING ALL PORTFOLIOS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING EXPERTS: Elina Anttila Director of the National Museum of Finland
Karin Aringer Head of Contemporary Art & Design Bukowskis,
Maria Faarinen Chief Curator at The Finnish Museum of Photography
Sweden
Emanuela Mirabelli Photo Editor, Marie Claire Italy
Alexa Becker Acquisitions Editor for photography and art books
Rafael Rybczynski Artistic Director of Helsinki Photo Festival
for Kehrer Verlag
Stig Marlon Weston Photographer and Director of the CYAN
Nela Eggenberger Chief Editor at EIKON – International Magazine
studio collective
for Photography & Media Art
Nita Vera Photographer & PhD student of Photography at Aalto
Moritz Neumüller Barcelona based Curator, Educator and Writer
University
in the field of Photography and New Media
Marianne Ager Curator of Photography & Film, Brandts Museum
Naoya Yoshikawa Artists of Photography and Professor at
of Art and Visual Culture, Denmark
Osaka University of Arts
Lotta Lemetti (FI) “Kekta”
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Laura Pannack (UK) “Baruch”
Sandro Livio Straube (CH) “Berge bleichen”
