Press

Welcome to the press area of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie. You will find our current press events and press releases here, along with print-ready press photos of the exhibition.
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You can find all information and documents of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2017 in our archive.

Hendrik von Boxberg
Press Spokesman
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie
+49 177 7379207
presse@biennalefotografie.de

Press Releases

You can find the Press Releases of the past edition in the archive.

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Press Images

Please use the following form in order to get clearance to download images of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie. Following input and confirmation of the Ts and Cs you will be e-mailed an activation code for downloading high-resolution image data. The image range comprises general visual material concerning the Biennale and visual material concerning all exhibitions in 2020.

Ts and Cs
It is a matter of importance to us to comprehensively guarantee the rights of all our collaborating artists and to grant journalists easy access to press material at the same time. With your request for accreditation for the press area of the Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie you therefore confirm that you have acquainted yourself with and accepted the following conditions of use:
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All illustrations offered for download are protected under copyright law. The following conditions of use apply:

  1. Every image must be provided with a copyright notice. Unless indicated otherwise,
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  2. All images are available free of charge and exclusively limited in time and purpose for current reporting on the 2020 Biennale in online and print media.

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If possible, please send a cost-free specimen copy of your print publication to:

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    All Art is Photography (Kunstverein Ludwigshafen)

  • img_Antonio Pérez Río, Oath of the Horatii, 2017, from the series Masterpieces, 2014–18

    Antonio Pérez Río, Oath of the Horatii, 2017, from the series Masterpieces, 2014–18

    Between Art and Commerce (Port25 - Raum für Gegenwartskunst, Mannheim)

  • img_Daniel Stier, ways of knowing, 2015

    Daniel Stier, ways of knowing, 2015

    Reconsidering Icons (Museum Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim)

  • img_Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger, Making of “Death of a Loyalist Militiaman“, Córdoba Front, Spain (by Robert Capa, 1936), 2016, from the series Icons, 2012-present / Courtesy Sammlung Freunde der Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur

    Jojakim Cortis & Adrian Sonderegger, Making of “Death of a Loyalist Militiaman“, Córdoba Front, Spain (by Robert Capa, 1936), 2016, from the series Icons, 2012-present / Courtesy Sammlung Freunde der Fotostiftung Schweiz, Winterthur

    Walker Evans Revisited (Kunsthalle Mannheim)

  • img_George Georgiou, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY PARADE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 18/01/2016, from the series Americans Parade, 2016

    George Georgiou, MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY PARADE, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, 18/01/2016, from the series Americans Parade, 2016

    When Images Collide (Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen)

  • img_Anastasia Samoylova, Six Real Matterhorns, 2019, from the series Landscape Sublime, 2013–present / Courtesy Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam

    Anastasia Samoylova, Six Real Matterhorns, 2019, from the series Landscape Sublime, 2013–present / Courtesy Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam

    Yesterday's News Today (Heidelberger Kunstverein)

  • img_Clare Strand, from the series Snake, 2017 / Courtesy Parrotta Contemporary Art, Köln/Bonn

    Clare Strand, from the series Snake, 2017 / Courtesy Parrotta Contemporary Art, Köln/Bonn

    The curator 2020: David Campany

  • img_David Campany © Sam Contis

    David Campany © Sam Contis

    Dialogue series Photography & Science

  • img_Simon Starling, Black Drop, 2012, film still, 35 mm B&W film with sound transferred to HD, 27' 42'' | VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019

    Simon Starling, Black Drop, 2012, film still, 35 mm B&W film with sound transferred to HD, 27' 42'' | VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2019