DFA Conference | Mannheim | May 2-3 2026

On 2 and 3 May 2026, the DFA will be hosting an event at the Marchivum in Mannheim. Spread over two days, the conference will offer opportunities for talks, discussions, networking, feedback and inspiration, all focusing on artistic photography. This public event is free of charge.

Conference venue

Marchivum, Archivplatz 1, Mannheim

Programme

Saturday, 2 May 2026

09:30 - 10:00 Arrival
10:00 - 10:30 Welcome
10:30 - 11:00  Bärbel Möllmann (member): Zum Begriff der „Erweiterten Fotografie“ – Ein Diskurs zwischen Materialität und Bildtheorie.
11:00 - 12:00 Rüdiger Glatz (guest lecture): 75 Jahre DGPh
12:00 - 12:30 Wolfgang Gscheidle (member): Haupt-Sache – Selbstinszenierung und tiefere Ironie

12:30 - 14:00 Lunchbreak | Book table

14:00 - 15:00 Jana Dillo (guest lecture): Fotoleere
15:00 - 16:00 Thomas Kellner (guest lecture): Pandemische Trilogie. Von Bernd und Hilla Becher über die Kapellenschulen zu August Sander
16:00 - 16:15 Welcome address by Thorsten Riehle, Councillor for Culture
16:15–17:00 Handover of members’ works to the DFA archive, coffee break
17:00- 17:30 Prof. Elke Seeger (member): Jüdische Friedhöfe - eine erste künstlerische Annäherung

19 Uhr Dinner Adria Pizzeria, Lange Rötterstr. 1

Sunday, 3.5. 2026

09:30 - 10:00 Welcome
10:00-11:00 Miriam Stanke, Arthur Bauer (guest lecture): OFF//FOTO – a platform for photography in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region
11:00 - 11:30 Prof. Dr Claude W. Sui (Member): Helmut Gernsheim, the rediscovery of the world’s first photograph (heliography) by Nicéphore Niépce
11:30–12:30 Discussion session

12:30–14:00 Lunch break | Book table

14:00–15:00 Michael Mucha (guest lecture): Relikte einer vergangenen Zeit: Das donauschwäbische Erbe der Ortsgemeinde Kernei aus den Jahren 1765-1944
15:00 - 15:15 Coffee break | Book table
15:15 - 16:00 “Erscheinung” and “In the shadow of silence” – Presentation of the planned DFA exhibitions at the Mönchehaus Goslar and the Fondation MRO in Arles

16:00 - 16:30 Closing