FORUM FÜR ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOGRAFIE DRESDEN

Our forum is proud, that one of our members organises this annual photo competition in the capital of Saxony. Until today, the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award has featured nude and portrait photography from over 30 countries. The 2020 motto is »DIGNITY«, with prizes of € 10,000.

Dresden, famous pioneer city of photography. And nearby: Hellerau, Germany’s first garden city. The Festspielhaus Hellerau has been perched on Dresden’s “Green Hill” for over 100 years. Since 2015, it has been hosting the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award.

Here, photographers from all over the world apply, translating the themes of our time into portraits. Their works are shown in the Festspielhaus and, since 2017, at other extraordinary locations across the Saxon capital: in small galleries, abandoned industrial buildings, in studios and museums. Nude photography from different continents has been in the special focus of the competition for years now, leading up to the 2019 motto, »Uncovered«.

The new competition has started on 25 September 2019. Until 25 November 2019, photographers will be able to submit their series of works via the Picter platform (https://contests.picter.com/portraits-hellerau-photography-award-2020). The jury, which will include Dutch photographer Carla van de Puttelaar this year, will meet in early December and select the finalists whose works will be exhibited in February 2020 in the Grand Annual Exhibition. Numerous solo exhibitions by other participants, a large show by the current residence artist Mary Gelman (RUS) and numerous other events complete the competition program. A generous sponsorship allows us to offer finalists the production of their works for free – the prints are produced in a Dresden specialist laboratory. Of course, you can also exhibit works you have produced and finalised yourself.

The prize winners will be announced at the vernissage on February 20, 2020. For the annual exhibition, a catalogue with the works of all finalists will be published. As an inspiration, you can order the catalogues with free international shipping here: https://www.portraits-hellerau.com/en/catalogue/