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Exhibitions / 2026

IN THE SHADOW OF SILENCE

The DFA (German Photographic Academy) is happy to present the exhibition IN THE SHADOW OF SILENCE at Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles 2026. Through the lens of family, the artists explore the tensions between intimacy and distance, belonging and individual freedom. Family does not appear as a harmonious refuge, but as a place of transmission, conditioning, power, and caring – as a micro-cosm of social relationships. Ancestry, affinities, and historical interrelations become visible in fractures, overlays, and subtle nuances.

06.07-04.10.2026 — Arles

Exhibitions / 2026

Erscheinung

How do you capture the elusive? On May 23, the Atelier für Alle invites to a group exhibition by the German Photographic Academy (DFA). Under the title Erscheinung (Appearance), twenty artists present works that approach the fleeting yet visible.

23.05-18.07.2026 — Goslar

Guest Curators

The DFA regularly invites international guest curators to select from the entire pool of members’ works. This selection is evaluated by the guest curator and publicly made available on the Academy's website. For contemporary photographers, new avenues of public interest can be opened up in this way, including opportunities for their work to become the subject of current public debates.

Verena Kaspar-Eisert

curator

Verena Kaspar-EIsert has been chief curator of the MuseumsQuartier Wien since October 2022. Previously, she was curator at KUNST HAUS WIEN from 2014-2022 and curator of the FOTO WIEN photo festival from 2019-2022. She specialises in contemporary photography and art that deals with ecological issues.

25.12.2022

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