The Triennial of Photography Hamburg has taken place every three years since 1999 in collaboration with Hamburg’s major museums, exhibition houses, cultural institutions, galleries and other organisers. In this time, the Triennial has become an important photography event in Germany and internationally. With a large number of exhibitions organised under a common theme, it highlights current topics in photography.

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The 8th edition of the Triennial of Photography Hamburg will open on 19 May 2022. Based on the theme of Currency, artistic director Koyo Kouoh and her team of international curators, that includes Rasha Salti, Gabriella Beckhurst Feijoo, Oluremi C. Onabanjo and Cale Garrido, will explore how our “retinal era” leads us to perceive the world through image capture. Currency not only refers to money and its significance as an economic indicator, it is borrowed in this context to instigate a critical examination of photography. The 8th Triennial is accompanied by an international, interdisciplinary symposium in the run-up to the event and a festival lasting several days in the summer of 2022.