I’M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE

Duration: Until September 7, 2025

With photographs from the 1950s to the present day, the exhibition I’M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE offers a new and fascinating look at Japanese photography. The focus is on women photographers and their perspective on everyday life and society in Japan. read more

FFF Academy: Lecture

“THE PHOTOGRAPHIC FIX”

Michelle Henning 

Thursday, July 31, 2025, 6 pm

In this engaging lecture, renowned Professor Michelle Henning, University of Liverpool, explores the multiple meanings of “fix” – as a chemical stabilization process, a way of arranging the world, and even a dilemma. She delves into how photographic fixing enabled the mobility of images – while also creating environmental issues such as silver contamination. A fascinating journey into photography’s role between preserving, staging, and freezing moments. read more

Curator’s Tour

“I’M SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE”

Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 3 pm 

The guided tour with Celina Lunsford, curator and artistic director of the FFF, will provide insights into this exhibition. Starting with the female photographers who have paved the way since the introduction of the medium in Japan, the tour will explore everyday life and its poetic interpretations, as well as the examination of identity and society, and the expansion and exploration of photography.
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FFF ACademY: WORKSHOP

“WHEN TRACES ALTER REALITY”

Takeuchi Mariko

Saturday/Sunday, September 06/07, 10 am–5 pm

What happens when a photograph is not just seen — but touched, bent, burned, or scarred? Join Japanese artist Tawada Yuki for a two-day deep dive into the material life of images. Her workshop invites you to explore how physical traces can awaken memory, fiction, and new ways of seeing: Dare to distort reality with this exceptional artist of FFF’s current show “I’m So Happy You Are Here”? Read more and sign up 

Are you a student of photography, design, art, curatorial studies, or a related field? 

Then apply for a scholarship for FFF ACADEMY workshops with international photographers and experts!

The participation fees will be fully covered by the scholarship.

Supported by Heinz und Gisela Friederichs Stiftung.

For example, the workshop “Where Traces Alter Reality” with Tawada Yuki, artist of the current exhibition »I'm So Happy You Are Here«, on Saturday/Sunday, September 6–7, 2025, from 10 am to 5 pm. more about the workshop

Send your application to akademie(a)fffrankfurt.org, including:

• Desired workshop with a short statement of interest

• Portfolio (max. 10 JPGs)

• Proof of current enrollment