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We're thrilled to announce a fully funded residency opportunity for FUTURES artists, supported by MPB, at the FUTURES Hub in Amsterdam. Nikhil Vettukattil as the selected artist for the FUTURES X MPB Residency Program. This residency program offers an exciting opportunity for emerging and establi

FUTURES will continue to grow and evolve as a project thanks to the support of Creative Europe. The FUTURES foundation has been selected by the European Commission as a beneficiary of the Platform program for the period 2025-2028.

FUTURES is proud to announce the selected artists of the 2024 Ties That Bind Open Call. We received almost 200 applications from across Europe. The selected artists are: Ihar Hancharuk, Sasha Chaika, Angyvir Padilla, Jan Durina, Dev Dhunsi, Luna Mahoux, Sheung Yiu and Donja Nassei

We are thrilled to announce the launch of UNFOLDING FUTURES, the inaugural edition of a summer residency program designed to foster the growth and development of emerging photographic talents.

We are thrilled to announce Claudia Fuggetti as the selected artist for the FUTURES X MPB Residency Program. Born in Taranto in 1993, after graduating in Cultural Heritage, she attended the Master's in Photography and Visual Design at NABA, Milan.

We're thrilled to announce a fully funded residency opportunity for FUTURES artists, supported by MPB, at the FUTURES Hub in Amsterdam. The FUTURES Hub, once an industrial site, now serves as a space for artistic exploration and collaboration, transformed into an adaptable exhibition area and re

Each year, FUTURES platform welcomes a diverse group of emerging artists from around the world to participate in a long-term program that provides numerous opportunities for them to develop their projects and advance their careers.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The Swiss artists were nominated by Centre de la photographie Genève, they are: Laurence Rasti and Tim Rod.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The Swiss artists were nominated by Photoforum Pasquart, they are: Claude Bühler and Samira Gollin.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The Swiss artists were nominated by Photo Elysée, they are: Thaddé Comar and Olga Cafiero.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Void, they are: Ilias Lois, Katerina Tsakiri, Klavdia Balampanidou, Louiza Vradi, and Tony Docekal.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Triennial of Photography Hamburg, they are: Donja Nasseri, Malte Uchtmann, Verdiana Albano, Agata Szymanska-Medina, and Lea Greub.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, they are: Zsuzsa Darab, Róbert Nunkovics, Noémi Napsugár Melegh, Boglárka Éva Zellei, and Balázs Fromm.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by PhotoIreland, they are: Sarah Navan, Leon Nevill Gallagher, Debbie Castro, Chris Finnegan and Berta Mars.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Photo Romania Festival, they are: Georgiana Feidi, Elena Corbu, Ana-Cristina Irian, Cosmin Gârleșteanu and Anca Punct.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by ISSP , they are: Agate Tūna, Gedvile Tamošiūnaitė, Ruudu Ulas, Klaus Leo Richter and Katya Lesiv.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Organ Vida, they are: Petra Slobodnjak, Eva Bevec, David Bakarić Mihaljević, Lucija Rosc and Pavle Banović.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Fotograf Magazine, they are: Oskar Helcel, Ines Karčáková, Karina Golisová, Barbora Bačová and Nadia Markiewicz.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Fotogalleriet, they are: Yujie Zhou, Joel Karppanen, Sheung Yiu, Nayara Leite, Weronika Bela and Ivar Hagren.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Fotofestiwal, they are: Mykhaylo Palinchak, Michalina Kacperak, Maria Guțu, Karolina Gembara, and Grzegorz Wełnicki.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by FOTODOK, they are: Suzette Bousema, Prins de Vos, Gilleam Trapenberg, Karolina Gembara, Hanane El Ouardani and Farren van Wyk.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by FOMU, they are: Nathan Mbouebe, Romain Cavallin, Marens van Leunen, Marcel Top, Ksenia Kuleshova, Elise Dervichian & Lina Wielant, Angyvir Padilla, Romane Iskaria and Catherine Lemblé.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Copenhagen Photo Festival, they are: Barbara Marstrand, Emma Sarpaniemi, Frederik Danielsen, Jenni Toivonen and Mathias Eis.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie, they are: Rebecca Topakian, Léonie Pondevie, Rebekka Deubner, and Hélène Bellenger.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, they are: Lucrezia Zanardi, Ivo Sekulovski, Giulia Vanelli, Giorgio Di Noto and Anna Adamo.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The artists were nominated by Bienal Fotografia do Porto, they are: Teresa Freitas , Rui Paulo Lourenço Costa, Maria Beatriz de Vilhena, Katya Bogachevskaia and João Ramilo Gomes Barros de Figueiredo.

From Sept. 22 to Oct. 22, 2023, an exhibition marked the second episode of the opening month inside the FUTURES hub with an immersive journey into the world of Swiss talent Nicolas Polli. Titled "Dear Moment, I Keep U for Later," the exhibition invited visitors to witness the evolution of Polli's

FUTURES Annual Event 2023 at Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. Building a European community around contemporary photography. One show, three talks, four workshops, twenty-three curators, and one hundred artists hosted in Budapest.

ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption is the new FUTURES exhibition opening at Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in Budapest from October 15 to November 26, 2023.

We are thrilled to introduce the newest talents to the FUTURES platform for the year 2023, as nominated by our esteemed Swiss partners: Photoforum Pasquart, Photo Elysée, and Centre de la photographie Genève.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The 2 Swiss artists were nominated by Photoforum Pasquart. They are Thi My Lien Nguyen and Thalles Piaget.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. Two Swiss artists were nominated by Photo Elysée, they are: Tamara Janes and Florian Amoser.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. Two Swiss artists were nominated by Centre de la photographie Genève, they are: Mathilda Olmi and eden levi am.

FUTURES is proud to announce the selected artists of 2023 travel exhibition ENERGY: Redistributing Power and Taming Consumption. The selected artists are Antonio Guerra (ES), David Biro (HU), Hien Hoang (VE/DE), Marta Pinto Machado.

FUTURES, the leading European photography platform, is pleased to announce its two-year collaboration with Unveil, a curated platform for photography NFT's.

Every year, FUTURES members nominate a group of artists to join the platform. Coming from different parts of the world and with a diverse background, these talents will be part of a programme with many opportunities to develop their projects and career.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. They are Andrea Camiolo, Nicola Di Giorgio, Eleonora Roara, Sara Scanderebech and Alex Zoboli.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated by Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie. They are Arno Brignon, Damien Caccia, Marc-Antoine Garnier, and Nina Medioni.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by our new member, Copenhagen Photo Festival. They are Giulia Mangione, Jonas Yang Tislevoll, Mikkel Hørlyck, Sofie Flinth and Susanne Fagerlund.⁠

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The five artists were nominated by Triennial of Photography Hamburg in 2023. They are Altay Tuz, Anna Aicher, Julia Gaes, Maximilian Glas and Simon Grunet.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the Der Greif. They are Monika Orpik, Peter Pflügler, Raisan Hameed, Bärbel Reinhard Marie Hervé.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The nine artists were nominated through by FOMU: Brahim Tall, Emilio Azevedo, Eva Maria Bouillon, Kristof Thomas, Kwabena Sekyi Appiah-Nti, Luna Mahoux, Oxiea Villamonte, Sarah Stone and Yao Yuan.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated through by FOTODOK: Yana Kononova, Tanja Engelberts, Sheng-Wen Lo, Sebastian Koudijzer and Michelle Piergoelam.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Fotofestiwal Lodz. They are Marysia Myanovska, Marcin Kruk, Lisa Bukreyeva, Kinga Wrona and Ihar Hancharuk.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Fotogalleriet. They are Yu Shuk Pui Bobby, Paulina Tamara, Naina Helén Jåma, Ilavenil Vasuky Jayapalan and Dev Dhunsi.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated through by Fotografska Udruga Organ Vida: Dea Botica, Filip Bojović, Fred Mungo, Pavo Marinović and Sanja Bistričić Srića.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by ISSP: Cloe Jancis, Ieva Baltaduonyte, Peters Jurgis, Reinis Hofmanis and Zane Priede.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by PhotoEspaña. They are Irene Zottola, Laura San Segundo, Mónica Egido, Rita Puig-Serra Costa and Umberto Diecinove.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The five artists were nominated by PhotoIreland in 2023. They are Aindreas Scholz, Emilia Rigaud, Phelim Hoey, Ryan Allen and Niamh Barry.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The five artists were nominated by Photo Romania Festival in 2023. They are Claudiu Guraliuc, Cristina Gârleșteanu, Hajdu Tamas, Luiza Marinaș and Luciana Vulea.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Bienal Fotografia do Porto in 2022. They are Carolina Tardin, Gonçalo C. Silva, Joana Dionisio, Maria Leonarda Cabrita and Marta Machado.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The five artists were nominated by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center in 2023. They are Richard Kiss , Mari Ornella, Simon Zsuzsi, Szigligeti Balazs and Balazs Turòs.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join FUTURES this year. The five artists were nominated by Void in 2023. They are Ania Vouloudi, Elena Helfrecht, Eva Vei, Maria Siorba and Vic Bakin.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated through by Fotograf Magazine: Michaela Nagyidaiová, Hiep Duong Chi, Veronika Čechmánková, Michał Patycki and Noémi Szécsi.

Building a European community about contemporary photography. One show, three talks, five workshops, twenty curators and one hundred artists hosted in Turin.

FUTURES and international photo agency Magnum Photos will be partnering for the next three years for the online course FUTURES: Learn with Magnum Photos. Through guest lectures by experts and well-known photographers, the study coaches, supports, and inspires emerging photographers.

The European Commission has selected FUTURES as a beneficiary of the new Creative Europe Programme to receive a grant of 2.1 million euros. With this support, the European contemporary photography platform is able to scale its possibilities to boost the careers of emerging artists in contemporary

FUTURES has grown from 13 to 19 members, covering the full scope of the European contemporary photography landscape. The platform currently draws from and collaborates with a consortium of the following art institutions across Europe to amplify emerging talents in photography

Last week our Hybrids exhibition opened in Madrid. Curated by Marina Paulenka the show investigates how contemporary photography deals with various issues such as how technology, the internet and knowledge production impact humankind and nature.

Every year, 18 Futures members nominate a group of artists to join the platform. Coming from different parts of the world and with a diverse background, these talents will be part of a programme with many opportunities to develop their projects and career.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. They are Karim El Maktafi, Martina Dendi, Palena Mara, Riccardo Svelto and Jacopo Valentini.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated by Centre Photographique Rouen Normandie. They are Anaïs Boileau, Coline Jourdan, Nolwenn Brod, and Pauline Hisbacq.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by our new member, Copenhagen Photo Festival. They are Tine Bek, Oscar Scott Carl, Iben Gad, Inuuteq Storch and Luna Scales.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg. They are Daniel Chatard, Natalia Kepesz, Josh Kern, Angelina Vernetti and Tamara Eckhardt.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the Der Greif. They are Ana Nuñez Rodriguez, Tina Farifteh, Thana Faroq and Mafalda Rakoš.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The eight artists were nominated through by FOMU: Arian Christiaens, Gulsah Bayrak, Barbara Debeuckelaere, Lars Duchateau, Rami Hara, Alice Pallot, Ligia Poplawska and Seppe Vancraywinkel.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated through by FOTODOK: Walter Costa, Thana Faroq, Pablo Lerma, Giya Makondo-Wills and Peggy van Mosselaar

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Fotofestiwal Lodz. They are Andrey Anro, Tomasz Kawecki, Julia Klewaniec, Mateusz Kowalik and Olena Morozova.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Fotogalleriet. They are Chai Saeidi, Lesia Vasylchenko, Marin Håskjold, Nicole Rafiki and Nikhil Vettukattil.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated through by Fotograf Magazine: Polina Davydenko, DUNA group, Julie Hrncirova, Jan Durina, Kvet Nguyen

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated through by Fotografska Udruga Organ Vida: Lucija Bogunovic, Ivan Buvinic, Matej Jurcevic and Lara Varat.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated by ISSP: Kristine Krauze Slucka, Kristina Ollek, Sergey Melnitchenko, Konstantin Zhukov and Vika Eksta.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by PhotoEspaña. They are Laura C. Vela, Cristina Galan, Lorena Morin, Ignacio Navas and Felipe Romero-Beltran

We are happy to announce the group of five artists nominated by PhotoIreland to join Futures this year. They are Cian Burke, Ronan McCall, Emma O'Brien, Patrick O'Byrne and Pauline Rowan.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Photo Romania Festival through their Portfolio Review programme. They are Martyna Benedyka, Sakis Dazanis, Andreea Harabagiu, Patricia Morosan and Spiros Zervoudakis.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Bienal Fotografia do Porto in 2022. They are Maria João Salgado, Nuno Serrao, Sviatlana Stankevich, Carlos Trancoso and Xenia Petrovska.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. They are Andi Galdi Vinko, Benedek Bognár, Hanna Rédling, Sari Zagyvai and János R. Szabó.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Void. They are Josef Janosik, Dafni Melidou, Stefania Orfanidou, Ioanna Sakellaraki and Þórsteinn Svanhildarson.

This war affects them more than we will ever understand, and therefore affects us as a community. We must stand together to acknowledge the severity of the situation and are reaching out to provide aid to those in need.

On 16 and 17 September, within the programme of HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter-Narrative, we’ve invited a artists, curators and other professionals for a series of panels and artist talks. Now you can watch them online.

“I use photography to build narratives in which I also question the medium itself and the position of the photographer. I try to maintain a certain vagueness as to the border between notions of the real and the imaginary.” In this interview, meet Clémence Elman, nominated for Futures in 2020.

Every year, the 13 Futures members nominate a group of artists to join the platform. Coming from different parts of the world and with a diverse background, these talents will be part of a year-long programme with many opportunities to develop their projects and career.

HYBRIDS: Forging New Realities as Counter-Narrative will take place both offline and online from 10 September to 17 October 2021. The physical programme is organised at Melkweg Expo, in Amsterdam (NL), and combines exhibitions, talks, meetings, workshops and curatorial tours.

“The global climate crisis is one of the biggest problems of my generation and photography can be a powerful way to draw attention to it.” In this interview, meet Maximilian Mann, nominated for Futures by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg in 2020.

In the past three months, they have been working in these new projects for the award, coached by the artist Alec Soth. And you can see their work, together with the other finalists', in an exhibition at Kunsthal Rotterdam until September 19.⁠

The submissions for Photo-Match 2021 are now open! After the successful debut of our portfolio review online last year, we are bringing it back to life in the beautiful surroundings of the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź. Submit your work by the 26th of May.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the British Journal of Photography. They are Billy Barraclough, Silvana Trevale, Matthieu Croizier, Tayo Adekunle and Sophie Gladstone.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg. They are Hien Hoang, Johanna Terhechte, Laura Van Severen, Marco Kesseler and Euridice Kala.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by our new member, Copenhagen Photo Festival. They are Essi Maaria Orpana, Io Sivertsen, Lars Dyrendom, Nanna Navntoft and Krummi.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The four artists were nominated by our new member, Tbilisi Photo Festival. They are Julie Glassberg, Romain Bagnard, Celine Croze and Eleni Onasoglou.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The ten artists were nominated through by FOMU: Aurélie Bayad, Erien Withouck, Josephina van de Water, Joud Toamah, Lucas Leffler, Michiel De Cleene, Sébastien Cuvelier, Ugo Woatzi, and Youqine Lefèvre.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. They are Kincsõ Bede, Enikő Hodosy, Márton Mónus, Zsófia Sivák and András Zoltai.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by PhotoEspaña. They are Antonio Guerra, Carlos Alba, Marius Ionut Scarlat, Suwon Lee and Arguiñe Escandón.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by The Calvert Journal. They are Ada Zielińska, Bogdan Shirokov, Bede Kincsõ, Marat Dilman and Marina Istomina.

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Fotofestiwal Lodz. They are Karolina Ćwik, Yulia Krivich, Maxim Sarychau, Bartłomiej Talaga and Milena Soporowska.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. They are Eleonora Agostini, Matteo de Mayda, Leonardo Magrelli, Giulia Parlato and Silvia Rosi.⁠

We are happy to announce another group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by our new member, Void. They are Bebe Blanco Agterberg, Emily Graham, Joselito Verschaeve, Rocco Venezia and Tereza Kozinc.

We are happy to announce the group of artists to join Futures this year. The five artists were nominated by Photo Romania Festival through their Portfolio Review programme. They are Dirk Hardy, Sara Meinz, Younes Mohammad, John Robokos and Pascual Rosales.

We are happy to announce the group of five artists nominated by PhotoIreland to join Futures this year. They are Aoife Herrity, Audrey Gillespie, Clare Lyons, Jialin Long, and Mark Duffy.

“An image could mean a thousand words, a film shot consists of infinite meanings.” In this interview, meet George Stamenov, nominated for Futures in 2020 by The Calvert Journal.

Photobooks have always been a convenient way for artists to show their work and to reach a broader audience. Here, we selected a collection of works recently published by our talents of 2019.

“I use photography to build narratives in which I also question the medium itself and the position of the photographer. I try to maintain a certain vagueness as to the border between notions of the real and the imaginary.” In this interview, meet Clémence Elman, nominated for Futures in 2020.

“The global climate crisis is one of the biggest problems of my generation and photography can be a powerful way to draw attention to it.” In this interview, meet Maximilian Mann, nominated for Futures by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg in 2020.

“An image could mean a thousand words, a film shot consists of infinite meanings.” In this interview, meet George Stamenov, nominated for Futures in 2020 by The Calvert Journal.

“I really enjoy discovering new realities and telling stories through photography.” In this interview, meet Mar Sáez, nominated for Futures by PhotoEspaña in 2020.

“In my photography I document people, places and objects on the margins of everyday life and subjects relegated from the dominant public memory or hidden from consciousness.” In this interview, meet Ela Polkowska who joined Futures in 2020, nominated by the Fotofestiwal Lodz.

“I’ve never seen myself as a great photographer but rather as an artist who is using the medium of photography to create stories and convey emotions in order to build empathy for certain issues.” In this interview, meet Sina Niemeyer nominated in 2020 by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg

“I am interested in the preconceived idea of happiness and love and how insatiably we look for it.” In this interview, meet Bernardita Morello, nominated for Futures by PhotoEspaña in 2020.

A conversation on the defiant use of beauty in the African context, between the artist Léonard Pongo and historian of African art & photography Sandrine Colard. This article was originally edited for the publication RESET: Questioning the Image, the Market, and the Role of Representation.

“When I photograph, it helps me to cope with situations I deeply disagree about.” Carrying one with a series of interviews with the artists who joined our platform last year, meet today Hanna Jarzabek, nominated by Photo Romania Festival.

“One of the things we learn when we study photography is that we portray what is close to us. I do just that, I look for what is close to me and I project it into an idea and that idea in an essay.” In this interview, meet David Arribas, nominated by the Photo Romania Festival.

“I find great interest in trying to make work about themes that aren’t naturally visual.” In this interview, meet Michael Swann, who joined our platform last year nominated by the British Journal of Photography.

“Most of my work somehow derives from wanting to be more than your body, especially if the one you find yourself in doesn’t really match how you feel.” In this interview, meet Shia Conlon, nominated for Futures by the PhotoIreland Festival.⁠

“Recently, the questions concerning the medium itself have begun to play a bigger role in my work, not so much in the sense of pushing its borders, but in a more ontological sense.” In this interview, meet Ana Zibelnik, nominated for Futures last year by the British Journal of Photography.

"I draw ideas from everything I see around me. Many times the trigger is emotional and instinctive.” In this interview, meet Vassilis Triantis, nominated for Futures by Photo Romania Festival in 2020.

Masha Svyatogor (b. 1989) is a Belarusian visual artist based in Minsk, nominated for Futures by Fotofestiwal Lodz in 2020. In this interview, she told us more about her practice and inspirations.

Futures is expanding in 2021. In the beginning of this year, we welcomed three new members to our platform. In this interview, we are delighted to present the Copenhagen Photo Festival.

“I’m looking for inspiration in browsing through archives and in stories people tell me.” In this interview, meet Andrii Dostliev, nominated for Futures by The Calvert Journal in 2020.

“For me, photography acts primarily as a support for memory. Images are symbols of past experiences. That’s why I think of myself as not so much a photographer but a memory maker.” In this interview, meet Alin Barbir, nominated for Futures in 2020 by the Photo Romania Festival.

“I want to visualise my experiences and provide an opportunity for deeper exploration.” In this interview, meet Arne Piepke, who joined our platform last year nominated by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg.

“As audiovisual creators, we are inspired by stories taken from the world. We feed on other people's memories, cultural messages, and family archives.” In this interview, meet Brave Boy Studio, nominated for Futures in 2020 by Fotofestiwal Lodz.⁠

In this interview, meet the polish artist nominated for Futures in 2020 by Fotofestiwal Lodz. With additional background in gender studies & activism Marta’s artistic work focuses on geopolitical and social issues, gossip & fiction, as well as personal experiences.

“The way photographs are produced, shared and read are in the core of every project I do.” In this interview, meet Jon Gorospe, nominated for Futures in 2020 by PhotoEspaña.

Meet Marco Schiavone, who joined the platform this year nominated by CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. He was born and raised in Torino, Italy. In this interview, he talks about his inspirations and his current research.

Autonomy over our body and community practices occupy my thoughts and artistic practice.” In this interview, meet the artist Dorottya Vékony, nominated for Futures this year by Capa Center.

“I use photography to create a closer link with people and myself.” In this interview, meet András Ladocsi, nominated for Futures in 2020 by both Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center and Hyères Festival.

In this interview, meet the talent Ire Lenes, nominated for Futures in 2020 by PhotoEspaña. We talked to her about her career, current projects and inspirations.

In this interview, meet the Italian artist nominated by CAMERA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. Camillo is interested in long-term projects adopting photography as a tool of knowledge contaminated by the self-reflective approach of anthropology.

In this interview, meet the talent nominated for Futures by PhotoIreland this year. Vera is a lens-based media artist who lives and works in Dublin. She employs her own body and her own experience to intimate women’s reality to the public eye, which makes her the subject of her own work.

In this interview, meet the artist nominated for Futures in 2020 by PhotoEspaña. Her projects investigate the human relationship with natural territory, and its derived conflicts of domination and animal, social and environmental oppression.⁠

Nominated for Futures in 2020 by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center, Balázs Máté is a Budapest-based photographer. In this interview, he talks about his inspirations and career.

Meet the talent Camilla Ferrari, nominated for Futures this year by Camera – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. In this interview, she talks about her inspirations and career.

Meet the Italian artist nominated for Futures by Camera. Her work combines personal photographs with found imagery and hand-made collages with 3D printing processes. In this interview, she talks about her projects and inspirations.

Meet the Futures talent nominated for Futures this year by Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Nominated by PhotoIreland Festival, Garry is a lens-based artist whose work is research-driven, incorporating photography, writing and archival material. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Nominated by CAMERA, Marina Caneve is a photographer exploring how our knowledge is shaped trough a research-based and multidisciplinary approach. In this interview, she talks about her inspirations and career.

Salvatore coached the seven artists selected to the show throughout the months running up to the Futures Digital Festival. In this interview, he talks about the exhibition and the projects presented there.

Nominated for Futures by PhotoIreland, Becks Butler is an artist and lecturer at the Faculty of Design, at the Griffith College Dublin. In this interview, she talks about her career and inspirations.

Nominated by Capa Center, Daniel Szalai is a Hungarian artist working on large-scale, photography-based projects. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Nominated for Futures by PhotoIreland, Mark McGuinness (b. 1991) is an Irish photographer who works and lives in Dublin. In this interview, he talks about his inspirations and career.

Meet Giaime Meloni, nominated for Futures in 2019 by CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. Meloni is a visual researcher with a PhD in Architecture, currently living between two islands: Île-de-⁠France and Sardinia

Nominated for Futures by FOMU Fotomuseum of Antwerp, Ann Vincent (b. 1994) is a Belgian artist, based in Ghent. In this interview, she talks about her career and inspirations.

Meet Dorje De Burgh, nominated for Futures in 2019 by PhotoIreland Festival.⁠ Dorje is Dublin-born and based photographic artist practicing since 2012. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Meet Iacopo Pasqui (b. 1984, Florence), selected for Futures by the Fotofestiwal in Lodz.⁠ In his works, he explores the relationship between man, nature, landscape and social behaviour.

Christian Lagata (b. 1986) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Madrid, selected for Futures by PHotoESPAÑA. He is interested in the image and imbrication of this medium with other disciplines, such as sculpture and installation.

Erola Arcalís (b. 1986, Menorca) is a Spanish artist selected for Futures by PHotoESPAÑA. She uses the lyricism of the black-and-white photography to create fictional narratives that navigate between the staged and the encountered.

“The idea of a blank canvas is something that petrifies me. I am much more someone who observes and responds." Meet Tereza Červeňová, Futures talent of 2019, nominated by The Calvert Journal

Meet Katarzyna Wąsowska, nominated by Fotofestiwal Lodz. Katarzyna is a photographer and book artist based in Poznań, Poland. Her art practice juggle between subjective, unreal creation photography and documentary

Selected for Futures by the Hyères Festival, Vincent Levrat explores the boundaries between sculpture and photography. In this interview, he talks about career and his inspirations

Dàvid Birò has been selected by the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center to be part of Futures Photography. David is based in Budapest, Hungary and his main focus is the correspondence of the photographic medium and perception.

Selected for Futures by the Triennial of Photography Hamburg, Alexander Kadow is a German artist, based in Hamburg. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Adél Koleszár (b. 1986) is an artist from Hungary, selected for Futures by the Robert Capa Contemporary Photography Center. In the past years, she has been working and living in Mexico, where she works with the aim of completing her visual research on human violence.

Nominated for Futures by FOMU Fotomuseum of Antwerp, Bertrand Cavalier (b.1989, France) is an artist living and working in Brussels, Belgium. His work investigates how political upheaval becomes visible in the urban landscape and how this affects the lives of the people who live in it.

Nominated for Futures by Photo Romania Festival, Javier Corso (1989) is a photographer, founder and director at the documentary agency OAK STORIES. In this interview, he talks about his career and inspirations.

Nominated for Futures by CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Irene Fenara (b.1990) is an artist from Italy. Her research focuses on the way of seeing and practicing observation on images. In this interview, she talks about her career and inspirations.

Nominated for Futures by CAMERA, Francesca Catastini (b. 1982) is an artist based in Tuscany, Italy. Her latest work Petrus, published by Kehrer Verlag, reflects on a certain rhetoric of masculinity in Western culture.

Nominated for Future by FOMU, Elena Aya Bundurakis is a Greek-Japanese photographer born in Crete island. She uses her camera as a tactile device, rather than a technological tool

In her works, the German artists questions the interdependencies of women on social norms. She explores the female body, ideas of beauty, taboos, and sexuality

"What photography gives me in a way is a sense of freedom." Meet Maria Babikova, nominated for Futures by The Calvert Journal. In this interview, she talks about her career and inspirations

Nominated for Futures by FOMU, Jeroen De Wandel (b. 1980) lives and works in Ghent, Belgium. De Wandel’s work has been becoming more and more a mix of photography, collage and other types of visual/installation art.

Domenico Camarda (b. 1990) was selected for Futures by CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia. He currently lives in Turin where he works as freelancer and on his own research projects.

"In cinema, the unpredictable is an important ingredient, but in photography, it’s the raw material." In this interview, meet Lionel Jusseret, nominated for Futures by FOMU

Maroussia Prignot (b. 1981) and Valerio Alvarez (b. 1976) have been working together since 2015. In this interview, they talk about their inspirations and career

In this interview, meet one of the award's finalists, Kevin Osepa. Based in the Netherlands, Osepa was born and raised on the island of Curaçao. In his works, he explores themes such as family, rituals, and pre and post-colonialism from an Afro-Caribbean perspective.

The documentary photographer and half of the artistic duo Broomberg & Chanarin mentored our five Futures Talents over the three months running up to Unseen Amsterdam 2019

In this interview, meet one of the award's finalists, Karolina Wojtas. Wojtas is an artist based in Lodź, Poland. She takes a colourful, chaotic approach to subjects like childhood, education and love.

In this interview, meet one of the award's finalists, Ulla Deventer. From Germany, Deventer questions the interdependencies of women on social norms. She explores the female body, ideas of beauty, taboos, and sexuality.

In this interview, meet one of the finalists of the ING Unseen Talent Award. In Bundurakis' research, she is constantly inspired by the anatomies of nature, either using animals, plants or her own body.

Meet one of the finalists of the ING Unseen Talent Award. The Italian artist focuses on the ways of seeing and practicing observation on images. She reflects on linguistic devices and makes use of optical and electronic instruments to her work, from Polaroid to surveillance cameras.

Vassilis Pantelidis’ images provide a glimpse of an alternative reality, which consists of a series of conceptual self-portraits. In this interview, he talks about his work and inspirations.

The Berlin-based photographer has been nominated to be part of Futures by Triennial of Photographty Hamburg in 2018. In this interview, she talks about her inspirations and career

Over the last few years, Vittorio Mortarotti realized projects with political refugees, former miners, prostitutes, tsunami survivors and war veterans. His book "The First Day of Good Weather" was shortlisted for “The First Book Award 2015” and published by Skinnerboox the same year.

Valeria Cherchi is an Italian photographer nominated by The British Journal of Photography as Futures Talent. In this interview, she talks about her inspirations and career.

Interview with the Helsinki-based artist. She was one of the finalist of the 33rd edition of the International Festival of Photography at Hyères that nominated her as a Future talent.

Futures Photography is glad to introduce Kateryna Snizhko. She is one of the talents nominated by our partner the Triennial of Photography Hamburg. In this interview, she talks about her career and inspirations.

Nominated as a talent by PHotoESPAÑA in 2018, the Italian photographer talks with Futures Photography about her career, recent projects and main inspirations

We talked to Jamin Keogh, one of the selected artists by the PhotoIreland Foundation for Futures. He shares his thoughts on his work, his inspiration and the Futures platform

We talked to Ángel Luis González, founder of PhotoIreland Foundation. He shares his thoughts on the festival, photography in Ireland and the Futures platform