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Photography Festivals around the World.

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Photography festivals have grown immensely. Over the last decades have become important players in the cultural life, having also a significant impact on social and educational development.

The Pioneers

Back in the summer of 1970, on the initiative of Lucien Clergue, a small group of photography lovers gathered together in Arles of Southern France to exchange knowledge, ideas and images, resulting the first “Rencontres d’ Arles” or better say the first and longest running festival of photography in the world.

The 80’s Booming

In 1980, an event, both for the wider audience and for the experts, was held for the first time in Paris. It was Jean Luc Monteroso delegate General of Paris Audiovisuel that created Le Mois de la Photo a Paris. That was the spark, that gave to photography festivals their current form, and a number of other pioneer events followed immediately after. These were Primavera Fotografica in Barcelona (1982), Amsterdam Photo and Internationale Photoszene Köln (1984), Houston PhotoFest International and



Israeli Photography Biennalle in Ein-Harod (1986), Athens Photo Festival, Braga Encontros Imagen, Tampere Backlight Photo Festival and Torino Fotografia (1987), Fotografie Biënnale Rotterdam, Photosynkyria in Thessaloniki (1988), Encuentros abiertos festival de la luz in Buenos Aires, Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal and Visa pour l’ Image in Perpignan (1989) et. al.

Today’s Picture

Underlining the important role that Photography has in today’s visual world, photography festivals offer a unique channel to develop cultural exchange, dialogue and collaboration, raising people’s awareness and critical thinking around photography and related media through exhibitions, portfolio reviews, talks, discussions, workshops, awards and other parallel events. Today, over one hundred active photography festivals exist in about thirty European Countries, with an additional number of more than fifty active festivals beyond Europe.

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Photography festivals are multiplying. Today more than 150 Festivals all over the world are dedicated to photography. Here you can find a list of the upcoming events during 2013.

13. Fotopub, Festival of Documentary Photography (July 22 – 27, 2013), Novo Mesto, Slovenia
Higashikawa Photo Festival (August 10 – September 4, 2013), Higashikawa, Japan
7. FotoSommer Stuttgart (August 15 – 17, 2013), Stuttgart, Germany
4. Rencontres de la Photographie en Gaspecie (August 15 – 21, 2013), Gaspencie, Canada
5. Ballarat Foto Biennale (August 18 – September 15, 2013), Ballarat, Australia
25. Visa pour l’ Image (August 31 – September 15, 2013), Perpignan, France
7. Getxo Photo (September 2013), Getxo, Spain
20. Norderlicht Photofestival (September 1 – October 13, 2013), Groningen, The Netherlands
13. Le Mois de la Phoyo a Montreal (September 5 – October 5, 2013), Montreal, Canada
8. Wiesbandener Fototage (September 7 – 22, 2013), Wiesbaden, Germany
11. Manifetso Festival d’ Images (September 7 – 28, 2013), Toulouse, France
Encontros da Imagen ( September 13 – October 27, 2013), Braga, Portugal
5. Fotofestival Mannheim – Ludwigshafen – Heidelberg (September, 14 – November 10, 2013), Mannheim et al., Germany
Photography Festival Organ Vidas (September 16 – 21, 2013), Zagreb, Croatia
9. Paraty EmFoto (September 18 – 22, 2013), Paraty, RJ, Brazil
7. Biennale Fotografii (September 23 – October 30, 2013), Poznan, Poland
Filter Photo Festival (September 25 – 29, 2013), Chicago, IL, USA
2. Delhi Photo Festival (September 27 – October 11, 2013), Delhi, India
15. Atalanta Celebrates Photography (October 2013), Atalanta, GA, USA
Photo Visa (October, 2013), Krasnodar, Russia
5. Foto Art Festival (October 11 - 27, 2013), Bielsko-Biala, Poland
International Meetings of Photography (October 11 – October 31, 2013), Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2. Photo Reporter (October 19 – November 11, 2013), Baie de Saint-Brieuc, France
6. Foto Book Festival (October 24 – 27, 2013), Kassel, Germany
21. Athens Photo Festival (November 1 – 31, 2013), Athens, Greece
12. FotoNoviembre, Bienal de Fotografia (November 1, 2013 – January 31, 2014), Tenerife, Spain
Lens Culture FotoFestParis (November 11 – 13, 2013), Paris, France
Paris Photo (November 14 – 17, 2013), Paris, France
Photo Lux, Festival di Fotografia (November 23 – December 15, 2013), Lucca, Italy

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Kolga Tbilisi Photo (May 1 – 7, 2013), Tbilisi, Georgia
Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival (May 1 – 31, 2013), Toronto, Canada
Diffusion Photography Festival (May 1 – 31, 2013), Cardiff, United Kingdom
7. Fotografia Europea (May 3 – June 16, 2013,), Reggio Emilia, Italy
11. Krakow Photomonth Festival (May 16 – June 16, 2013) Krakow, Poland
2. Look/13 Photography Festival (May 17 – June 15, 2013) Liverpool, England
Head On Photo Festival (May 17 – June 23, 2013), Sydney, Australia
Photo Romania (May 17 – 26, 2013), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Foto Naarden Festival (May 18 – June 23, 2013), Naarden, The Netherlands
Foto Festival Naarden-OFF (May 18 – June 23, 2013), Naarden, The Netherlans
3. Photo Med (May 23 – June 16, 2013), Sanary-Sur-Mer, France
Stockholm Photography Week (May 27 – June 2, 2013), Stockholm, Sweden
Tbilisi Photography Festival (May 28 – June 4, 2013), Tbilisi, Georgia
Auckland Festival of Photography (May 30 – June 21, 2013), Auckland, New Zealand
10. Festival Photo La Gacilly (May 31 – September 30, 2013), La Gacilly, France
6. Urbi & Orbi (June 2 – 30, 2013), Sedan, France
Photo Rio (June 4 – 21, 2013), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photo ESpana (June 5 – July 28, 2013), Madrid, Spain
50 JPG (June 5 – July 28, 2013), Geneve, Switzerland
4. Copenhagen Photo Festival (June 6 – 16, 2013), Copenhagen, Sweeden
11. Foto Festiwal (June 6 – 16, 2013), Lodz, Poland
Belfast Photo Festival (June 6 – 30, 2013), Belfast, Ireland
Vienna Photobook Festival (June 8 – 9, 2013), Vienna, Austria
Look Festival of the Photograph (June 13 – 15, 2013), Charotteville, VA, USA
2. Promenade Photographique (June 21 – September 15, 2013), Vendome, France
18. Voies Off, Arles (July 1 – 6, 2013), Arles, France
4. PhotoIreland Festival (July 1 – 31, 2013), Dublin, Ireland
Les Recontres Photographie Arles (July 1 – September 22, 2013), Arles, France
3. Alt. +1000 Festival de Photographie (July 13 – September 23, 2013), Rossinière, Switzerland
3. Cortona on the Move, Fotografia in Viaggio (July 18 – September 29, 2013), Cortona, Italy
12. Dong Gang Photo Festival (July 19 – September 22, 2013), Dong Gang, South Korea
L’ Ete Photographique de Lectoure (July 20 – August 25, 2013), Lectoure, France