Triennial of Photography + House of Photography FUTURES Talent 2025

Triennial of Photography and the House of Photography at Deichtorhallen Hamburg invites lens-based artists to apply to become a part of FUTURES, the European-based photography platform dedicated to supporting emerging talents in photography.

Overview

Since 2018 the Triennial of Photography and the House of Photography at Deichtorhallen Hamburg is member of the FUTURES Photography Platform, which was founded and supported by the EU cultural program Creative Europe. Today the platform is consisting of more than 20 member institutions all over Europe.

Five photographers or lens-based artists will be selected to receive focused mentorship and support throughout 2025, as well as the opportunity to join the platform connecting artists to photography institutions, magazines, galleries, and festivals across Europe.

Practical Info

Triennial of Photography and the House of Photography at Deichtorhallen Hamburg are looking for photographers and lens-based artists with ties to or a base in Germany who bring bolt, poetic, conceptual, and experimental perspectives to their work.

Applicants should be at an early or mid-career stage, driven to push boundaries, expand their artistic practice, and connect with leading European photography institutions, magazines, galleries, and festivals. While the work should revolve around photography or lens-based practices, they also encourage applications from artists working across disciplines.

Submission must include a CV, a concise artist statement, and examples of relevant projects or works, including images with captions or brief descriptions if necessary. Plus, applicants must have education in the field of photography/art and/or continual professional experience within the last 3 years (since 2021), e.g. participation in an exhibition or publication.

Five selected artists will receive a €500 artist fee, the opportunity to have tailored guidance from the Creative Team of the Triennial of Photography Hamburg and the House of Photography, ensuring their work reaches its full potential, plus conversations with international professionals, online and in-person, an invitation to take part in the program of networking events, workshops and talks at the Futures Annual Event in September 2025 (travel costs and accommodation covered). In addition, the access to exclusive Magnum online education platform of talks and workshops especially developed for FUTURES artists and more.

The jury comprises curators and representatives from the 9th Triennial of Photography, the House of Photography at Deichtorhallen, and Freundeskreis der Photographie Hamburg such as Mark Sealy, Bettina Freimann, Cale Garrido, and Nadine Isabelle Henrich.

About Triennial of Photography

The Triennial of Photography Hamburg has taken place every three years since 1999 in cooperation with Hamburg's major museums, exhibition houses, cultural institutions, galleries, and other organisers, and is an important photo event with international appeal throughout Germany. The Triennial highlights current trends in photography and brings together a large number of photo exhibitions under a common theme. The Triennial is accompanied by an international, interdisciplinary symposium in the run-up to the event and a festival lasting several days in the summer of 2022. Since 2014, the Triennial of Photography Hamburg has been organized by Deichtorhallen Hamburg GmbH.

About House of Photography

With international temporary exhibitions on photography and the important F.C. Gundlach Collection, the House of Photography is Hamburg’s premiere destination for photography. It features historical works from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries and young contemporary photographers as well as thematic group exhibitions on current social issues and forward-looking trends in the medium.

About FUTURES

Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union from 2017, the FUTURES Photography Platform pools together the experience of leading photography institutions across Europe to increase the capacity, mobility and visibility of its selected artists. By bringing together a wealth of resources and curatorial expertise, each talent selected by the Futures members gains access to an unprecedented international network of professionals as well as new markets and audiences. Currently, the platform has 20 member institutions across Europe, who are invited to nominate artists to join the platform each year.