The Deutscher Fotorat invites you to a symposium:
Photography - The Eye of Our Society
Wednesday, 1 June 2022, 2 to 7 p.m.
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Auditorium in the House of Contemporary Art
With the kind support of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius
Founded last year, the German Fotorat illuminates the creative medium of photography from a variety of perspectives. The young umbrella organisation gives a common voice to the different fields of photography: art, photojournalism, documentation, design and advertising as well as science, mediation and education.
The broad orientation of the four founding associations of the Fotorat - Deutsche Fotografische Akademie (DFA), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh), Berufsverband Freier Fotografen und Filmgestalter (BFF) and FREELENS Berufsverband der Fotograf:innen - is reflected in the first public event to kick off the Festival Week of the Hamburg Phototriennale:
- > How is the professional image of photographers changing?
- With the photographer Simon Puschmann and the art buyer Susanne Kastner.
- > What will become of the photographic heritage?
- With the photographer Rudi Meisel and Sebastian Lux, managing director of the F.C. Gundlach Foundation.
- > What role does photography play in art?
- With Barbara Hofmann-Johnson, director of Museum für Photographie in Braunschweig, Thomas Seelig, director of Fotografische Sammlung Museum Folkwang in Essen and Ingo Taubhorn, chief-curator Haus der Photographie Deichtorhallen Hamburg and president of Deutschen Fotografischen Akademie.
- > How does image competence make us capable of democracy?
- With Miriam Zlobinski, DEJAVU Society for Photography and Perception, and Malin Schulz, Art Director and Member of the Editorial Board, DIE ZEIT
The event will conclude with a panel discussion on the role of photography in politics and society.
Free entry. The number of participants is limited, registration is required: post@deutscher-fotorat.de.
The recordings of the facebook live streams are now available in a Facebook and YouTube-Playlist:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/1256804681060339/771247307211482
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlistlist=PLkTv07J0VF3W9Mwdxy80caVoxHOUZ7SVW