2000, Drama, Deutschland, by Christian Petzold, 35mm-Kopie

2012, Dokumentarfilm/documentry, Japan, von/by Saburo Hasegawa, Original mit englischen Untertiteln/original with English subtitles

Happy Birthday Photography + Release of the L.Fritz Photoszene magazine, the Festival Guide and launch of the Festival website.

„Fotografien von Annelise Kretschmer – Eine Wiederentdeckung“Start: Käthe Kollwitz MuseumRegistration: museumsfreunde-koeln.de

Performance: Marcus Schmickler and Julian Rohrhuber deal with the sonic depiction of number theories and their political implications. It is realized in collaboration with a Greek speaking choir.  With Myrte Theodorakis, Dimitri Miliotis, Dimitra Pandora, Sarados Ligakos, Irene SogurisWith the support of Onassis Cultural Centre-Athens

Ordre Etern band created by guitarrist Víktor Lux Crux collaborator of artists such as Jochen Arbeit†from Einstürzende Neubauten and Nurse With Wound together with drummer Yarei Molina (ex´Qa'a) embark on their 4th European Tour presenting their first LP “Revolució Soterrada”. Viktor will also be performing with his rhythmic noise solo project “Futuro de Hierro”.

After-Work city tourStart: EbertplatzAnmeldung/registration: presse@photoszene.de

with Daniel Etter, Sibylle Fendt and Nikos PilosModeration: Andreas Trampe

with photography experts from Cologne and region

all exhibitions of the Photoszene Festival 2016 are open this evening till 10 p.m.

job&kunstfreunde meets Photoszene (Part 1) „Innere Sicherheit/The State I Am In“ Registration: museumsfreunde-koeln.de

Event from the DGPhThe disqualification of Giovanni Trolios work for World Press Award 2015, and the current accusation against Steve McCurry for image manipulation, launched a worldwide discussion about ethical standards in photography. Where is the dividing line beween documentation and staged photography? And where does the processing endsand starts manipulation? Discussion with Christoph Bangert (photographer), Peter Bialobrzeski (photographer), Lars Boering (Managing Director World Press Photo Foundation - requested) Lutz Fischmann (Managing Director Freelens e.V.), Bettina Flitner (photographer)

A podium debate with Eva Leitolf, Jochem Hendricks, Astrid Proll and Max Regenberg. Moderation: Jan Wenzel

Big festival party at Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln featuring exquisite dance music by DJ Lolli  

job&kunstfreunde meets Photoszene (Part 2)Cologne city centrePhotography workshop with Martin Schoberer (Art Director Qvest)Venue: Wallraf-Richartz-MuseumRegistration + Information: museumsfreunde-koeln.de/Attendance fee: 20€ For members 10€

DGPh-Kulturpreis-Verleihung an Lothar SchirmerMit seinem frühen und beeindruckenden Engagement als Büchermacher hat Lothar Schirmer maßgeblich zur Anerkennung der Photographie als Kunstform beigetragen. Seit mehr als 40 Jahren leistet er mit seinem vor allem der deutschen, englischen, französischen und US-amerikanischen Kunst und Photographie des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts und der Gegenwart verpflichteten Verlagsprogramm einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Kunstvermittlung. Die Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie (DGPh) zeichnet mit Lothar Schirmer einen der bedeutendsten europäischen Verleger für Autorenphotographie aus.

with Renate Gruber, Markus Schaden, Wolfgang Zurborn, Frank Dürrach and Damian Zimmermann

jungekunstfreunde meets Photoszene „Innere Sicherheit/The State I Am In“ Kunsträume am Ebertplatz + Kirche Sankt GertrudStart: EbertplatzpassageRegistration + Information: museumsfreunde-koeln.de/

by and with students of FH Dortmund: Emine Ercihan, Mari Kusakari, Sabrina Peters, Sarah Ruholl, Kristin Trüb, Julia Sellmann und Alex Telieps

The exhibition gathers current and early shots by Cologne-based photographer Max Regenberg (*1951) from his well-known Billboards group of works, which he has continuously worked on since the end...
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The state of waiting for an existential change plays an everyday role for refugees. The group exhibition focuses on the desire for a self-determined life and shows various artistic positions. In...
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In spring 1989 hundreds of thousands of students demonstrated on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing for political reforms and more democracy. The Chinese military put an end to the protests on 3 and 4...
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Barbara Haiduck uses the long exposure times required by photogram and pinhole camera to decelerate photographic processes. The contingency-favouring visual worlds thus created are formally...
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Two photographers in a visual dialogue on the perception of two cities. Lothar Alker shows Cologne in the light of dusk, the Blue Hour. The beholder speeds through the city, which is blurred in an...
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Images of the Kurdish uprising in Syria by Mark Mühlhaus. BACK TO ROJAVA was made in partnership with the photo agency 'attenzione' with the aid organization 'medico international'. Mark Mühlhaus...
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Pacificação is the concept of the pacification of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro. This measure was called into life in 2009 in order to prepare the city for the upcoming major events, the 2014 FIFA...
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Anti-art. Anti-war. Dada. 1916 was the founding year of the artists' group  Dada, which intended to use “anti-art” as a weapon against the First World War. John Heartfield was “Monteurdada”. From...
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I. Birte Kaufmann: The TravellersThe project gives insight into the everyday life of Ireland’s largest minority group with a nomadic origin, stemming from the tradition of migrant workers. The book...
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Five artistic positions have been brought together in the exhibition spaces in the Ebertplatz passage which deal, among other things, with the question of visibility. The “Revolutionäres Archiv”...
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For “The Fleck”, Leipzig-based Günter Karl Bose found a very particular way of preserving the old GDR flag that he found in an old university storeroom and that was destined to be destroyed. He...
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The premises of the Michael Horbach Stiftung are the location of further motifs from the series “Volatile Smile” by Beate Geissler and Oliver Sann, which thus produce the link to the premises on...
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In his aerial shots, taken from a helicopter out of 1000 feet, the artist shows Californian landscapes and their alteration by man and climate change. Using a particular, “reduced” visual language,...
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Photographs of urban utilitarian architecture: Parking garage roofs.Constantin Meyer has documented numerous parking garage roofs in cities in NRW. Each roof's silhouette draws a strong boundary...
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The exhibition Page Impressions presents a selection of more than 50 international, printed photo magazines that are dedicated to artistic and documentary photography. The publications resemble...
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mülheimart called on young people to submit photos of their home district of Cologne-Mülheim, of its culture, scene and way of life. Resulting from voluntary contributions and professional...
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In March 2011, the north-east of Japan (Tôhoku region) was devastated by the threefold disaster of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident. Place names like Fukushima are on everyone's lips, but...
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Galerie Kunstbruder shows works by four artists that illustrate the theme of The State I Am In.In image details, Angelika Putzig shows states of reality as found at Cologne Carnival.DICHYK...
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With how much self-assurance or lack of assurance do women put their bodies on show during Miss competitions? How do we protect our private sphere or permit an insight into our own four walls? What...
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flowers and blossoms in collage, covering factory floors.floral ready-mades in poses, rrose sélavy dressed as marcel duchamp.the artist causes a silent orchestra to resonate,she conducts the...
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ROST + KUBUS V. Dahmen + C. Kaul at eyegenart. The traces of corrosion on show by Christine Kaul imagine, through the selection of image details, strange-looking landscapes. In contrast, the works...
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“Haymarket Check” is the name of the internationally famous checked pattern, developed by the company Burberry. It is found on clothing and other consumer products, and signals, like no other...
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At more than 11,000 works, the German Youth Photography Award for 2016 recorded twice as many entries as last year. The best images are exhibited by the Deutsches Kinder- und Jugendfilmzentrum at...
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Seven students/alumni from the Folkwang University of the Arts show photographs, video contributions and illustrations. The common feature of the presented works is the question of photography and...
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The STREAM project tells of life by the river. Meanders into photography, projection and sound. The flotsam episode shows plastic. Washed to the urban shore at river kilometre 675. In order to be...
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What connects man and tree? To photographically illustrate and recount the relationship between man and tree, through photo, film and text. The internal connection, the commonality, alienness,...
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Rapture and sensual orgy in the realm of fantasy and illusions.  
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10 Cologne-based photographers and the Kölner Wochenschau each show their look at events and themes that characterized Cologne in the 70s and 80s. The subjects were emancipation, protest culture,...
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Jessica Backhaus thematizes the significance of time. Everyday objects become visual motifs of metaphorical significance, light and colour are emotional means of expression. She steers the gaze...
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What’s behind? In the age of the mass distribution of digital photography and of the corresponding storage possibilities, both public and private image archives have endlessly grown. The photo is...
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IntimIntim is the name of the series that has been coming into being since 2013. These are partly staged photographs as well as private moments of man in his protected space. Mankind and space...
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The exhibition faraway by photographer Claudia Kroth shows b/w shots from China, Tibet, Nepal, Siberia, Mongolia and Oman. The landscapes are located far off the tourist routes. To accompany the...
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Photography is closely connected wth jazz. The images show musicians mainly after their concert, when they have given their all and are now, like everybody else, stepping onto the street. They were...
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Inner security is always a question of trust as well. Do we trust our surroundings and the people around us or do we place our trust in buildings, views, laws, time, animals, ourselves? And whom do...
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A man stands on the rooftop, naked except for a pair of women's bikini bottoms, sunglasses screen his eyes from the glare of the winter light. A woman stands before a flowery curtain wrapped in...
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The Via Appia once connected capital Rome with the Mediterranean port of Brindisi. Roman consul Appius Claudius commissioned the construction of this 540 km long ancient 'highway' in 312 B.C. The...
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