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Photoszene-Festival

Welcome!

From May 16th to June 15th, 2025, the Photoszene festival will take place throughout Cologne and celebrates the photographic medium in all its versatility. The opening weekend begins with a celebratory opening at the Museum Ludwig on Friday, May 16th at 7 p.m. together with all exhibiting artists, curators and collectives. Everyone is welcome! Save the date!

The main curatorial program includes the Artist Meets Archive program, for which the five international artists Jimmi Wing Ka Ho, Elena Efeoglou, Marta Bogdańska, Andrés Galeano and Pauline Hafsia M'barek worked with five Cologne archives and collections and, based on their research, exhibitions related to the festival in the Cologne City Museum, the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, the Museum Ludwig, the Cologne Cathedral and the Photographic Collection/SK Stiftung Kultur develop, as well as a group exhibition from an open call with the topic Feelings & Photography. In addition, numerous participating exhibitions show the great diversity of photography. There is also an extensive supporting program of artist talks, guided tours, workshops and a symposium on feelings in photography in cooperation with the Academy of Media Arts. The principle of participation and participation is still an essential feature of the Cologne International Photo Scene. We look forward to diverse photography exhibitions in museums, galleries, studios and art spaces!

Where I left you / My sister and I, 2023 © Cihan Çakmak

Feelings & Photography

A group exhibition for the Photoszene-Festival from an international open call. On show in the Temporary House for Photography on Hahnenstr. 8 (formerly Stoff…

The 5 Artist Meets Artist artists stand smiling on a cobbled street under green trees. Elena Efeoglou has a dachshund on a leash. © Silviu Guiman

Artist Meets Archive #4

For the fourth time, the International Photoszene Köln is organizing the Artist Meets Archive program in cooperation with the photographic collections and archives of the…

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Symposium // Fully Booked!

Symposium of the International Photoscene Cologne in cooperation with the Academy of Media Arts Cologne

Graphic of the building in which the Photo Pavilion will be located.

Photo Pavillon

Photoszene is conjuring up a temporary home for photography right in the city center!

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NEXT!

NEXT! ist eine Plattform für fotografiebegeisterte Kinder, Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene, die vernetzt, informiert und den Austausch über Fotografie mit etablierten…

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Portfolio Review

As part of the Photoszene Festival, we are once again offering a portfolio review where you can show your work to renowned photography experts. They will give you…

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Thousandfold Photobook Fair

We are delighted that the Thousandfold Photobook Fair will be returning to our Photoszene Festival on May 17 and 18, 2025!

Graphic: Two overlapping circles, purple and red. The intersection has the shape of a plant leaf and is colored green.

We Love Circularity

The Internationale Photoszene Köln is continuing on its path towards a sustainable photo festival. The Stiftung Umwelt und Entwicklung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen is…

4 people are sitting in a museum. There are photo books on the table in front of them and they are speaking into a microphone. Fotobuch-Quartett zu Gast bei C/O Berlin, 2023

Fotobuch-Quartett

The next Fotobuch-Quartett will take place on May 23, 2025 at 8 pm at Photo Pavillon. Temporary House of Photography as part of the Photoszene Festival 2025!

Discover previous Photoszene-Festivals

Heide Häusler is standing at a lectern. Behind her, a sticker reads “Internationale Photoszene Köln Festival” © Silviu Guiman

Photoszene-Festival

12. - 21. Mai 2023

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Photoszene-Festival 2021

21. Mai - 1. Juni 2021

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Photoszene-Festival 2020

22. bis 31. Mai 2020

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Photoszene-Festival 2019

3. - 12. Mai 2019

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Photoszene-Festival 2018

21.- 30. September 2018

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PHOTOSZENE-FESTIVAL 2016

16. - 25. September 2016

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Photoszene-Festival 2014

16. - 21. September 2014

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