Our conference will took place on November 30th and December 1st, 2024 in cooperation with the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen. This weekend, DFA members and invited guests presented their photographic work for discussion. Some lectures were streamed live on Facebook.
The 20th DFA Live Portfolio Walk took place on Saturday, November 30th from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
10 photography students from the Folkwang UdK presented their work there.

Conference program

Friday, November 29th
14:00 Extraordinary General Meeting

Saturday, 30. November
10–10:15 Welcome: Prof. Elke Seeger,
Folkwang Universität der Künste und Ingo Taubhorn
11–12 Elke Seeger (recording on facebook)
12–13:30 Mittagspause
13:30–14:30 Simone Demandt (recording on facebook)
14:30–15:30 Ute Behrend (recording on facebook)
15:30–16 Kaffeepause
16–17 Knut Wolfgang Maron (recording on facebook)
17–18 Tania Reinicke
18–20 Portfoliowalk with Tabea Borchard, Nico Kleemann, Katharina Ley, Viola Maiwald, Liam Samuel Curtis Mbella Ngom, David Müller, Laura Pecoroni, Martin Ruckert, Robin Thomas and Moritz Wondrak
20:30 Get Together in the studio of Knut Wolfgang Maron


Sunday, 1. Dezember
10–10:15 Welcome: Ute Behrend, acting managing director DFA
10:15–11:15 Wolfgang Bellwinkel (recording on facebook)
11:15–12:15 Sam Evans
12:15–13:45 Mittagspause
13:45–14:45 Jürgen Scriba (recordig on facebook)
14:45–15:45 Antonia Gruber (recording on facebook)
15:45 End of the conference

Location: SANAA Building
Gelsenkirchener Straße 209
45309 Essen