REVIEW 2002–2019
»When there are no role models, you have to have a vision and the courage to experiment.«
Reinhard Berg, Founder and until 2019 Main Responsible of the Wiesbaden Photo Days
Die Wiesbadener Fototage wurden im Jahr 2002 ins Leben gerufen und sind damit eines der ältesten kontinuerlich stattfindenden Fotofestivals in Deutschland. Sie stehen jeweils unter einem bestimmten Thema und finden zukünftig alle drei Jahre statt. Auf diesen Triennale-Turnus verständigten sich die Wiesbadener Fototage, die Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie und RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain auf Anregung des Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
Was 2002 als Mischung aus Stadtteilfest und Gemeinschaftsausstellung junger Galerien begonnen hat, ist durch Engagement, Kennerschaft und Überzeugungskraft ein Festival mit internationaler Ausrichtung und überregionaler Bedeutung geworden. Aus dem Kulturkalender der Landeshauptstadt Wiesbaden sind die Fototage ebenso wenig mehr wegzudenken wie aus der nationalen Fotoszene.
11th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2019
Festival theme Border Crossing
Host country Finland
Participating photographers
Hans U. Alder Joschua Arnaut Anita Back Anna-Kristina Bauer Uwe Böhm Marcus Bohl Laura Böök Christoph Brandl Sabine Bungert Stefan Dolfen Michael Dörr Tamara Eckhardt Susanne Emmermann Jutta Engelage Brigitta Fiesel Waltraud Frese Heike Günther Bettina Gorn Mikko Haiko Anni Hanèn Katja Hammerle Mary Hartwig Jasmin Hermes Melanie Hübner Piotr Iwicki Katrin Jaquet Markus Kaesler Barbara Kammerer Ella Kiviniemi Veera Konsti KOSCHIES Silja Korn Hilla Kurki Lasse Lecklin Ellen Markgraf Mark MacGuinness Oliver Mezger Daniel Müller Jansen Jessen Oestergaard Klaus Philipp Gerald Pirner Anna Reivilä Noora Sandgren Nora Sayyad Otto-Stefan Schindler Martin Sigmund René Sikkes Aki-Pekka Sinikoski Peggy Stahnke Jürgen Strasser Benita Suchodrev Charlotte Thömmes Joanna Vortmann York Wegerhoff Sung Ho Woo Thomas Zika
Audience award
Benita Suchodrev für her series »48 Hours Blackpool«
Jury award
»Photo studio for blind photographers« with Susanne Emmermann, Mary Hartwig, Silja Korn und Gerald Pirner
10th WIESBADENER PHOTO DAYS 2017
Festival theme Insight
Participating photographers
Kevin Biele Eva Gjaltema Vera Reschke Judith Weber Georgia Krawiec Jerzy Lewczynski Marina Rosa Weigl Eckart Bartnik Sabine Bungert Stefan Dolfen Tarek Shayne Tabet Anna Logue Maria Sturm Angela Brandt Soudabeh Hassanz-Adehpashang Bettina Gorn Evelyn Hellenschmidt Jana Ritchie Johanna Wunderlich Jule Kühn Julia Murakami Kristine Tusiashvili Meise&Meise Michael Dörr Piotr Iwicki Tim Dechent Anna Kirsch Bernd Donabauer Daniela Junghans Gabi Rottes Hannes Jung Hendrik Faure Jakob Ganslmeier Katja Gehrung Katja Maria Nyman Ulrich Heemann Vladimir Pekov Wolfgang Raith
Audience award
Gabi Rottes for here series »LandScape«
Jury award
Evelyn Hellenschmidt for her series »The cupboard«
9th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2015
Festival theme Homeland X
Participating photographers
Katja Hammerle Teresa Bauer Loredana Nemes Jakob Weth Katharina Fitz Robert Funke Manuel Armenis Stanislaw Sasak Anita Back Eckart Bartnik Nora Bibel Brice Bourdet Melanie Huebner Horst Reichard Tabhita Genoveva Harter Anna Katharina Zeitler Katerina Belkina Katrin Bruder Melanka Helms Iris Kaczmarczyk Timo Klein Martin Sigmund Yana Wernicke Mika Sperling Heiko Tiemann Johanna Vortmann Björn Wiedenroth Horst Reichard Rouven Faust Ingrid Lacher Oliver Mezger Wolfgang Raith Alexandra Polina Carl Brunn Michael Busse Roger Frei Claudia Hettwer Anna Homburg Monika Keller Georgia Krawiec Madlen Michler Andrzej Klamt
Audience award
Katrin Bruder for her series »The rest of us – Searching for an ideal community«
Jury award
Tabitha Genoveva Harter for her series »At home in foreign places«
8th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2013
Festival theme Over time
Participating photographers
Wolfgang Raith Ellen Markgraf Jennifer Braun Anosh Soltani Rafaela Lichtenberg Eugeniusz Józefowski Aleksandra Janik Markus Kaesler Grzegorz Gajos Christopher Cassidy David Bartholomew Rouven Faust Gesine Hennig Alexander Kilian Oliver Mezger Karen Stuke Annette Jonak Katja Hammerle Wolfgang Uhlig Tim Klausing Carmen Kirchhain Pilo Pilcher Bernhard Schmerl Alexandra Polina Jens Gerber Dominic P. Leyer Anna Charlotte Schmid Yana Wernicke David Hiepler Fritz Brunier Ulrike Schmitz Gabriele Zöllner Stephen Mooney Tamara Wahby Elfrun Kroehl Eric Schütt Grzegorz Rogala Ol Skoczylas Jana Lange Jo Albert Stephanie Steinkopf Pascal Kaiser Adrien Zarcos Bernd Arnold Hans-Jochen Koppelmeyer Jessen Oestergaard Isabela Pacini Nadine Otto Andreas Uhlig Manfred Kriegelstein Vanja Vukovic Koschies Oliver Fluck RalfKopp Christine Straszewski Kurt Laurenz Theinert Corinna Rosteck Ernst Scheidegger
Audience award
Ol Skoczylas for her series »Imperfection«
7th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2011
Festival theme »Risk photography?«
Host country France
Participating photographers
Barbara Köhler Olympia Sprenger Julia Unkel Albert Markert Anna Górecka Michael Bader Janina Amrehn Ol Skoczylas Johannes Heinke Sylvana Zybura Jakob Johannsen Wolfram Ruoff Paul Schneggenburger Maria M. Litwa Tomoya Fujimoto Nino Laisné Georgette Power Benjamin Haselberger Tessa Posthuma de Boer Maxim Kimerling Sonja Toepfer Arkadiusz Wojciechowski Wolfgang Gemmer Katja Hammerle Marc Peschke Philip Toledano Paula Winkler Johanna Nottebrock Martina Hoogland-Ivanow Hee-Seon Kim Axel Beyer Johannes Heinke Lichtaschtun Kollective Philip Eichler Stefanie Ritter Waltraud Frese Joachim Hildebrand Christine Straszewski Ralf Kopp Oliver Fluck Corinna Rosteck Ulrich Heemann Frank Hemming Lena Ditlmann André Lützen Filippo Romano Hisashi Murayama Lotrenzo Castore Michael Ackermann Morten Andersen Peer Kugler Thorsten Kirchhoff Thomas Kutschker Yoonsuk Kim Heidi Mayer Anna Lena Radlmeier Teréz Fóthy Melanie Wiener Christine Meder Katharina Bosse Claudia Hettwer Thomas Schlereth Andreas Rzadkowsky Vita Nabiha Vita Thom
Audience award
esc-space group für the project »Pictures for Freedom«
6th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2009
Festival theme »Staged photography«
Host country Italy
Participating photographers
Sinje Sabine Hasheider Thomas Kläber Ivonne Thein Frauke Bönsch Timo Wilke Anna Sasse Natalia Giza Stephan Horch Kamila Bogulewska Agata Grzych Anns Kedziora Patrick Philipp Jendrusch Jaques Sehy Krimhild Becker René Kanzler Daniel Sigloch Erdal Bundun Olympia Sprenger Sebastian Schmidt Andrea Borowski Manja Schiefer Dorit Günter Dirk Hanus Johanna Jäger Irena Petrusch Sabine Plamper Christoph Martin Schmidt Silke Schmidt André Hemstedt Nina Röder Alessandro Bevari Roma Roman Bartlomiej Zaranek Margarita Brenner-Grigorova Irena Paskali Adriano Eccel Veronica Dell’Agostino Fulvio de Pellegrin Giuseppe Zanoni Roberto Kusterle Richard Margolis Alexander Mendelevich Verena Brandt Aleksandra Janik Piero Chiussi Robert Kmetovic Alex Gertschen Michael Bertram Michael Disqué Jutta Engelage Alexander von Fäckl Stephan Horch Martin Mlecko Bernhard Pries MIchael Waldau Rogier Alleblas Miriam StrumbergJulia Kühn Radmira Schulz Lisa Rudigier Frank Deubel Reinhard Berg
Audience award
Timo Wilke for his series »Virtual Worlds and Fashion«.
5th WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2007
Festival theme »EGO – Fotografische Positionen zum ICH«
Host country Poland
Participating photographers
Anja Bohnhof Erik Schmelz Marlene Morgenstern Arne Mayntz Kerstin Hehmann Sabine Köhler Jürgen Chill Gitta Seiler R. Mond Michael Sardelic Matthias Langer Herbert Döring-Spengler Frenzy Höhne Ewa Martyniszyn Monika Tress Annette Schreyer Vanessa Heyde Barbara Hartmann Marlies Ebertshäuser Pia Regina Brechmann Bärbel Hartmann Ekkehart Bussenius Katrin Jaquet Natalie Buchholz Kerstin Westphale Olympia Sprenger Dorota Sitnik Nada Quenzel Katja Hammerle Esther-Judith Hinz Verena Lehmbrock Arnd Kriegler Waltraud Tänzler Jan Brockhaus Barbara Hasenmüller Ono Ludwig Hermann Capor Gerald Förster Maciej Osika Marta Sklodowska Jaroslaw Wieczorek Dirk Brömmel Pavel Odvody Melanie Wiora Sebastian Schmidt Roger Richter Erika Bialowons Patrycja Dolowy Justyna Kochanowska Justyna Kolodziej Piotr Komorowski Aleksandra Kwiatkowska Jacek Lalak Darek Latoucha Bartosz Maz Maciej Stawinski Agata Wieczorek Andrea Diefenbach Bernd Schäfer Ruth Kappus Taki Kiometzis Holger Krischke Sabine Braun Daniela Risch Roger Ballen Frauke Bönsch Helen Jilavu Ivonne Thein Johnny Amore Timo Volz
Audience award
Agata Wieczorek for her series »Breslau Dreams«
4. WIESBADENER FOTOTAGE 2005
Festival theme »Pictures of Germany«
Participating photographers
Ewa Andrzejewska Majid Amoli Piotr Banczerowski David Boucherie Marat Burnashev Rui Camilo Johannes J. Dittloff Francis Ducreau Jon Etter Beatrice Hänggi Jokinen Gerhard Kurtz Rii Schroer Jan Letocha Loredana Nemes Reiner Riedler Jane Rosenlind Franziska Rutz Mariana Scvortova Leonid Samoylovich Ivo Sedlacek Roger Wehrli Marek Pozniak Przemek Zajfert Yvonne Seidel Bernd Roselieb Eva-Maria Anette Koch Jost Wischnewski Uwe Engels Jacqueline Kraemer Henrike Kreck Jörg Loefffke Anja Lehmann Katrin Heyer Peter Freitag Jens Sundheim Bernhard Reuss Meino von Eitzen Kerstin Mosel Heike Marie Krause Sabine Springer Erika Gagel Thomas Kläber Petra Johanna Barfs
3rd WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2004
Festival theme »Encounters with Africa«
Participating photographers
Akinbode Akinbiyi Sylvia Niedziella James Akena Jürgen Schadeberg Helga Kohl Thami Benkirane Philip Kwame Apagya Holger Kirscht Susan Hefuna Ursula Meissner Ryszard Kapuscinski Ralf Schmerberg Reinhard Potz
2nd WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS 2002
Festival theme »Polish photography«
Participating photographers
Ewa Andrzejewska Reinhard Berg Frank Deubel Maciej Hnatiuk Eugeniusz Józefowski Iris Kaczmarczyk Piotr Komorowski Alexandra Kwiatkowska Chris Niedenthal Tadeusz Piotr Prociak Andrzej Ploch Tadeusz Rolke Heiko Wolfraum Wojciech Zawadzki
1st WIESBADEN PHOTO DAYS
Festival theme »Experimental photography«
Participating photographers
Reinhard Berg Frank Deubel Birgit Glindmeier Hanns-Christoph Eisenhard Philine Dahlström Gisa Hillesheimer Maciek Hnatiuk Pavel Kaplun Jenny Fenzel Eugeniusz Jozefowski Elena Volkova Lisa Rudigier Andrzej Ploch Inken Dietrich Thorsten Schreiber Bartosz Zurowski
Together with Ewa Hartmann and Birgit Glindmeier, Reinhard Berg and Iris Kaczmarczyk founded the association Photowork e.V. and organised the first Wiesbaden Fototage in summer 2002. The Fototage were intended to be an event in which exhibition makers from one part of the city would not be competitors, but would act together as cooperation partners. The art of photography was to be in the foreground and not the commercial exploitation of photography. The first edition of the Wiesbaden Photo Days from 17 August to 15 September 2002 was a mixture of district festival and joint exhibition of young artistically ambitious galleries. Altogether, works by 17 photo artists were presented on the festival theme.
»The focus was on the exhibited photographic works, which were not only presented in the galleries but also on movable walls in the street. This is because the organisers do not only want to promote the reception of photography, but also break new ground in presentation. The photographic works should not only be shown in the usual form of a vernissage to a small group of initiates, but should cross the threshold to public space and include it«. (Wiesbadener Kurier, 19 August 2002)