KYOTOGRAPHIE International Portfolio Review
Supported by FUJIFILM
In 2017, we welcome you to the third edition of our International Portfolio Review.
KYOTOGRAPHIE Portfolio Review is a place where professionals and photographers meet. Every spring during KYOTOGRAPHIE, leading figures in the field of photography including curators, gallerists, festival directors, publishers gather.
During the second edition of the review KYOTOGRAPHIE welcomed 19 reviewers from 8 countries, and 63 participating photographers from 7 countries gathered to meet for the review. Some of the photographers have received excellent opportunities from the event, in the form of exhibitions in Europe, Korea, and China. The sale of photobooks in France, and winning a world-class photo award.
Reviews are 20 minutes long with a 10-minute break in between. Every effort will be made during the allocation process to meet your review preferences.
Attending the Portfolio Review grants you access to the “CROSSING – Portfolio Review; KG+ Party”. To the party which is also KG+ opening various and many photographic people gather including photographers, reviewers, KYOTOGRAPHIE artists, KG+ artists, KYOTOGRAPHIE organizers and so on. This is another unprecedented opportunity to meet and connect with people in the field of photography. In addition, we will held “Portfolio Walk” where you could show and present your photos to them directly.
In addition, we started a “FUJIFILM AWARD” where the winner is selected from finalists selected by reviewers. The winner will receive a prize from FUJIFILM.
Our portfolio review is all-inclusive, open to all ages, nationalities and career level. We will look forward to your submission!
FUJIFILM AWARD Prize
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Reviewers:
Maria García Yelo – Director of PHotoEspaña, Spain.
Pascal Beausse – Art critic & curator – Head of Photographic Collections, Centre national des arts plastiques.
François Cheval – Former Director of Musée Nicéphore Niépce (France) / Curator.
William A. Ewing – Curator, Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography / Director of Curatorial Projects, Thames & Hudson Publsihers, London / Curator, Carène Foundation, Switzerland.
Éric Karsenty – Editor-in-chief at Fisheye Magazine, France.
Wei-I Lee – Editor-in-chief of Voices of Photography Magazine, Taiwan.
Eric Pillault – Creative Director at M le magazine du Monde.
Sujong Song – Co-founder and Co-director of Seoul Lunar Photo.
Stefano Stoll – Images Vevey Director.
Esther Woerdehoff – Gallery owner.
Duan Yuting – Founder and director of Lianzhou Foto, China.
Tomoka Aya – Director of The Third Gallery Aya, Director of Fine-Art Photography Association, Director of Takarazuka Media Library.
Yumi Goto – Independent Curator.
Kotaro Iizawa – Photographic Critic.
Takayuki Ishii – Gallerist.
Taka Kawachi – Benrido, Overseas Division Director.
Mika Kobayashi – Guest Researcher at National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo / Photo Critic.
Yusuke Nakajima – Director of The Tokyo Art Book Fair / Director of bookshop.
Mutsuko Ota – IMA Editorial Director.
Mariko Takeuchi – Photography critic, an independent curator and associate professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto.
Lucille Reyboz, Yusuke Nakanishi – Co-founders and Directors of KYOTOGRAPHIE, Kyoto.