PhMuseum is a curated independent platform sharing visual language and its culture.
© Team and Artists at PhMuseum Days 2024
Since 2012 we have been focused on finding diverse ways to display photography, educate, and connect with a growing community. Our mission is to discover, support and promote photographers, working as an innovative talent incubator.
Discover our initiatives and come visit us in Bologna, Italy.
Editorial
Every month we highlight photographic work, publish interviews, write book reviews, and offer practical guides to navigate through open calls, exhibitions and more. Our main aim is to reflect on the developments of visual languages, giving space to the perspectives of artists, curators and publishers who shape contemporary photography landscape these days.
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Education
From tailored 1-to-1 sessions to long-term masterclasses, PhMuseum Education accompanies emerging generations of photographers in the development of their practice.
Every year 60+ selected international students deepen specific angles of contemporary practices in an environment of exchange and growth. Based on group seminars, group presentations, individual sessions and studio visits, each masterclass is an opportunity to connect and bring one’s own practice to the next level.
FOLIO is the first online program entirely dedicated to photobook making. Since 2020, it has helped 76 photographers thinking, designing and developing their dummies, and has led to the publication of many of them with publishers like Witty Books, Setanta Books and Disko Bay.
CRITICAE fosters reflection on (post) documentary photography practices, exploring the relationship between personal and critical methods. Every year since 2021, an exhibition of works from this program is presented at PhMuseum Lab: Maximiliano Tineo, Sarah Schneider and Stella Meyer in 2024, all alumni in 2023; Henri Airo, Camilla Marrese and Gabriele Chiapparini in 2022.
CURAE launched in 2022, focuses on pushing the boundaries of curatorial activity, the masterclass offers you a playground to think of, design, and plan an exhibition of your work or that of somebody else.
MEDIAE is dedicated to transmedia storytelling, encouraging work that incorporates photography along with sound, social platforms, archival material, video, and text. Added to the program in 2023, it fosters experimentation in developing and displaying work.
Beyond masterclasses, in every moment of the year you can access online portfolio reviews and consultancies to get feedback and solve practical issues like preparing your work for an open call. They allow you to connect with experts comprising photographers, curators, editors and publishers. Our mentors include Eefje Ludwig, Federico Clavarino, Arianna Rinaldo, Max Pinckers, Giuseppe Oliverio, and more.
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Grants and Open Calls
Over the past 13 years, more than 1000 artists have benefited from €230,000 in cash prizes, educational activities, residencies, exhibitions and screenings at international festivals comprising Getxophoto, PhEST, Fotofestiwal, Organ Vida, Cortona OTM, Lagos Photo, Verzasca Foto, and our own PhMuseum Days.
PhMuseum 2025 Photography Grant
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PhMuseum Days
Born in the late summer of 2021, our International Photography Festival based in Bologna, Italy is a moment to enjoy photography in first person and meet many people from our community. Each year, we focus on a theme to challenge conventional ways to curate photography, working closely with the artists while experimenting with structures, materials, and design solutions. Through exhibitions in historical and industrial locations, talks, public activities and a photobook area, the festival is a playground to share contemporary practices with the public and encourage conversation.
PhMuseum Lab
A bridge between our online community and physical activities, PhMuseum Lab is a multi-purpose space established in 2020 in Bologna, Italy. Here we present around 3 curated exhibitions every year, working in close dialogue with artists. You can also join us for book presentations, talks, workshops, and parties.
Contacts & Team
Founder and Director: Giuseppe Oliverio
Technical Director: Alex McFarlane
Visual Editor: Camilla Marrese
Studio Assistant: Rosa Lacavalla
Social Media Manager: Talita Virginia
Support & general inquires: support@phmuseum.com
Education inquires: edu@phmuseum.com
Press: press@phmuseum.com