http://www.sedf.sk/default.aspx?c=116&s=117

MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2008
The 18th International Festival of Photography, November 2008 Bratislava, Slovakia presents:

THE INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO REVIEW 2008

The 10th International Meeting of Photographers
Academy of Music and Performing Art – VŠMU, Svoradova 2
November 7-8, 2008

Portfolio Review is one of the festival’s most important and popular program for fledgling and professional photographers. The two days of Portfolio Review presents an unforgettable opportunity for artists using photography to have their work seen by some of the most important personalities in the field of photography. The Bratislava Month of Photography brings photography professionals, magazine editors, museum curators, gallery owners, representatives of photography agencies, collectors and publishers from all around the world to meet with photographers, review their work and find new names for their networks.

This year we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Portfolio Review. We have changed the place of event to make a better possibility of communication amongst the participants. The final projection of the 15 best portfolios (chosen by SEDF) is also a new element of this event.

THE LIST OF REVIEWERS (not completed yet)

1. Eva Hodek (CZ)
Solaris Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic

2. Olivier Spillebout (F)
Transphotographiques Festival, Lille, France

3. Nikos Evangelopoulos (GR)
visual artist, researcher and teacher in creative photography

4. Walter Bergmoser (DE)
photographer and professor for photography, Chung-ang University , Seoul, South Korea

5. Petra Cepková (SK)
Academy of Fine Art and Design, Bratislava, Slovakia

6. Max Kandhola (UK)
Nottingham Trent University – School of Art & Design, Nottingham, United Kingdom

7. Zdeněk Primus (CZ)
art critic, free-lance curator and writer, Prague, Czech Republic

8. Judita Csáderová (SK)
The Union of Professional Photographers, Bratislava, Slovakia

9. Krzysztof Candrowicz (PL)
International Festival of Photography, Łódź, Poland

10. Bojan Radovič (SI)
House of Photography, Novo mesto, Slovenia

11. Zuzana Lapitková (SK)
Central European House of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia

12. Jim Casper (F)
Lens Culture Magazine, Paris, France

13. Rainer Iglar (AT)
Fotohof Gallery, Salzburg, Austria

14. Alessandra Capodacqua (I)
Fondazione Studio Marangoni, New York University, Florence, Italy

15. Joanna Vasdeki (GR)
free-lance photography journalist & exhibition organizer, Athens, Greece

16. Gigliola Foschi (I)
free-lance curator, teacher, Istituto Europeo del Design, Istituto Italiano di Fotografia, Milan, Italy

17. Nina Kassianou (GR)
Photographic Centre Skopelos, Museum of Photography , Thessaloniki, Greece

18. Sandor Szilagyi (HU)
writer, independent curator, Budapest, Hungary

19. Phillippe Sanguinetti (FR)
Researcher for IDEAT Laboratory, Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne – CNRS, France

20. Annelies Kuiper (NL)
photo-editor NRC.NEXT, Hague, Netherlands

21. Krzysztof Jurecki (PL)
free-lance curator, Łódź, Poland

22. Ron Sluik (NL)
audio visual contemporary artist-photographer and independent curator-initiator, Bergen, Norway

23. Irina Tchmyreva (RU)
National Institute of Art History, Russian Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

24. Yevgenyi Berezner (RU)
ROSIZO State Center for Museums and Exhibitions, Ministry of Culture of Russia, Moscow, Russia

25. Natascha Tarasova (RU)
Russian Academy of Fine Arts, Moscow, Russia

The final list of 30 reviewers will be available on http://www.sedf.sk/default.aspx?c=116&s=117 soon.

IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE:
- you will be able to discuss your portfolio with chosen critics at the workshop
- you will make new contacts with people working in galleries, academies and magazines
- you will have the chance to be awarded as a best participant and to exhibit your works at the next Bratislava Month of photography 2008
- your work will have the chance to become a part of closing projection

REGISTRATION: Please be aware that reservations for the Portfolio Review 2008 are limited to 90 spaces only! If you have a serious interest in participating, please confirm your registration and send your name, mail address, e-mail address and phone number to: portforeview@gmail.com. We will send you further information regarding the event together with a registration form. Registration fees for the two days event are 49 EURO. The amount will be paid on the spot.

A part of the Month of Photography 2008 festival will be the exhibition of the 9th Portfolio Review winner – Sylva Francová

Lucia L. Fišerová
Portfolio Review Coordinator
SEDF, CENTRAL EUROPEAN HOUSE OF PHOTOGRAPHY, Prepoštská 4 P.O. Box 290, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Portfolio Review 2003

Portoflio Review 2006