Valued photo artists and treasured practical know-how

In more than 20 workshops, lectures and other events the programme of the FFF ACADEMY 2022 again conveys current positions and issues in photography. The workshops, most of which last two days, focus on dialogue and practice. The teachers discuss the participants' work on the basis of the respective topic and develop ideas and concepts for photographic projects together with them.

Love, family, emotion – existential subjects of being human are the common thread in the work of the Israeli-American photographer Elinor Carucci. “Her series Closer” (2002), “Diary of a Dancer” (2005), both exhibited at the Fotografie Forum Frankfurt) or “Mother” (2013) and “Midlife” (2020) are considered icons of contemporary artistic photography. Elinor Carucci will deal with intimacy in our everyday lives and as a motif in a photographic project in her three-day Masterclass FINDING INTIMACY on March 25/26/27, 2022, 12–6 pm. MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

Form, light and colour characterise the work of Jessica Backhaus – and make the German-American photographer "hipper than ever", according to the January cover story of the German "art" magazine. The fine interplay between realistic photography and abstraction is also the focus of Backhaus' workshop ÜBER VISUELLE POESIE, FARBE UND INTUITION in September. More information and registration

The events with the two renowned photo artists are just two highlights in the top-class and wide-ranging programme of the FFF ACADEMY 2022.

In February, for example, the photo editor and gallerist Ute Noll (DE) will teach the optimal presentation of photographic images and artistic positions in magazines and exhibitions in her two-part workshop PREP THE UNSEEN on Februar 19 and April 2nd, 2022, 10 am–6 pm. More information and registration

Three lecturers will explore the possibilities of historical photographic techniques: Martina della Valle (IT) will focus on the alternative printing of cyanotypes. READ MORE

Alessandra Capodacqua (IT) will teach creating with the pinhole camera – the advantages of the technique, the construction of the camera, the capturing of the images. READ MORE

In three workshop units (October 15, 2022; February 11, 2023; June, 2023), photography and publishing expert Alexa Becker  (DE) teaches all participants how to create a high-quality book from their own image series and works and what is necessary for optimal cooperation with a publisher. more information and registration

Also in the 2022 schedule are workshops, lectures and talks with Laia Abril (ES), Qiana Mestrich (US), Ann Mandelbaum (US) and Ferhat Bouda (DZ/FR).

The workshops with Torben Eskerod (DK) and the long-term FFF Masterclass DAS BESONDERE IM BANALEN with Götz Diergarten (DE) are fully booked.