As an accompanying event to the exhibition European Kinship – Eastern European Perspective, the Capa Center will organise once again the international Budapest Portfolio Review consultation on Friday and Saturday, 28-29 March 2025!
The Budapest Portfolio Review aims to give participants the opportunity to consult with renowned foreign experts about their images and get professional feedback on their work. Polish and Hungarian artists exhibiting at the European Kinship exhibition will also take part in the event.
The invited consultants are recognized representatives of the international photography profession: gallerists, art historians, heads and staff of prestigious institutions, agencies, festivals and organisations.
In addition to personal consultations, the artists will give 5 minutes long public presentations of their series, so that all professionals can get to know the work of all photographers. The presentations will also be open to the general public and will include a short introduction byeach of the professionals as well. During private consultations, an artist can meet one-to-one with six experts.
Budapest Portfolio Review consultants:
- Agata BAR, Publisher and Co-Founde, Growing Pains, The Netherlands / Poland
- BÁSTHY Ágnes, PhD candidate in the Doctoral School of Sociology at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Hungary
- Gilles CARGUERAY, Edissions Odysee, France
- Jim CASPER, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, Publisher at LensCulture, the Netherlands
- Marit Lena HERRMAN, Curator Foto Arsenal Wien & Foto Wien & Media Art Festival, Austria
- Amy KELLNER, Senior Photo Editor, The New York Times Magazine, The United States
- KUDÁSZ Gábor Arion, DLA, photographer, associate professor, Head of Photography Knowledge Center, MOME, Hungary
- Dominik KURYŁEK, Curator, Museum of Photography, Poland
- Wiktoria MICHAŁKIEWICZ, Cultural Strategist, Curator and Founder, REZO Agency, Portugal / Poland
- MUCSI Emese, Curator, Capa Center, Hungary
- Marina PAULENKA, Director of Exhibitions, Fotografiska Berlin, Germany / Croatia
- Diane SMYTH, Editor of British Journal of Photography and Photoworks Annual, United Kingdom
- Catherine TROIANO, Curator of Photography at Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
- VIRÁGVÖLGYI István, Artistic Director, Capa Center, Hungary
Apply by uploading the following material:
–professional CV in English (max. 1 page)
-a selection of up to 20 images of the artist’s previous work, uploaded as 1 PDF file (max. 5 Mb)
The application for the BPR 2025 is open to all professional, actively working photographerswith established knowledge. The language of the public presentation and personalconsultation is English, no interpreter will be provided.
Application via this link: https://capacenter.hu/budapest-portfolio-review-2025-application/
Application deadline: Sunday March 16 , 2025, 23:59 (CET)
Depending on the number of applicants, the final list of participants will be determinedafter a pre-selection process, executed by experts appointed by the Capa Center. Oncethe application is closed, selected photographers will be informed within one week.
For further information, please contact:
SZAKÁCS Emese Bíborka, [email protected]
