Photo City focuses on young, international photography

 

The centre of this year’s festival will be both an indoor and outdoor exhibition experience focusing on young, contemporary photography. Gasværksgrunden and Understationen have not been used for exhibitions before, nevertheless these two areas in Østerbro will be the centre of this year’s festival. The festival centre is called Photo City, and through the years, Photo City has been located on several unusual areas in Copenhagen.
“We wish to give the audience a different exhibition experience combining exciting visual content and a surprising context. This year Copenhagen Photo Festival is pleased about creating an even bigger exhibition located around the beautiful and old transformer station “Understationen” “
- Managing Director of Copenhagen Photo Festival, Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen, says.

 

Inside Understationen:
Christian Vium | Ida Arentoft & Simon McAuley (GB) | Ingi Joensen (FO) | Jana Romanova (RUS) | Kiên Hoàng Lê (VN/DE) | Mario Wezel (DE) and The Censored Exhibition |

 

Outside at Gasværksgrunden:
Filippo Menichetti (IT) & Martin Errichiello (IT) | Hannes Jung (DE) | Sanne Vils Axelsen & Josee Schryer (CA)

 

The 11 exhibitions give an insight into what young photographers across countries are interested in – from art photography to landscape pictures and portraits to documentary and photojournalism and hybrid forms containing video and interactivity as a part of the experience. The themes of the exhibitions give an impression of our time – from USA road trips to anthropological studies in the Amazon – personal stories from Vietnam and The Faroe Islands as well as political photographs.