PhMuseum Online
Masterclasses Program

From conceptual thinking to photobook making and exhibition design, join a selected group of international participants to develop your personal projects and expand your practice. Applications are currently closed, and will open again next Spring for the 2026/27 edition.

  • Masterclasses in: Conceptual Thinking, Curatorial Practice, Documentary Photography, Photobook Making, Transmedia Storytelling
  • Head Professors: Adam Broomberg, Elisa Medde, Erik Kessels, Laura El-Tantawy, Nicolas Polli, Salvatore Vitale
  • Where: Online
  • When: October 2025 to May 2026
  • Application deadline: Closed
  • Next edition applications window: Spring 2026
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CRITICAE 2025/26 Online Masterclass On Documentary Photography

Head professor:
Elisa Medde and Laura El-Tantawy

Program:
Led by documentary photographer Laura El-Tantawy, and editor and curator Elisa Medde, the masterclass will guide participants to expand their research methods and develop their documentary work from a critical and personal perspective.

Application deadline:
Closed

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CURAE 2025/26 Online Masterclass On Curatorial Practice

Head professor:
Erik Kessels

Program:
Together with artist and curator Erik Kessels, participants will explore research methods, planning and curatorial variables within the realm of exhibitions and the curator/artist relations.

Application deadline:
Closed

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FOLIO 2025/26 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

Head professor:
Nicolas Polli

Program:
Led by photographer and graphic designer Nicolas Polli, the masterclass will guide participants to conclude a project and have it ready for publishing in the form of a photobook dummy.

Application deadline:
Closed

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IDEA 2025/26 Online Masterclass On Conceptual Thinking

Head professor:
Adam Broomberg

Program:
Under the guidance of artist Adam Broomberg, participants will start a new project and interrogate an idea using a range of visual and theoretical strategies.

Application deadline:
Closed

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MEDIAE 2025/26 Online Masterclass On Transmedia Storytelling

Head professor:
Salvatore Vitale

Program:
Guided by artist Salvatore Vitale, participants will develop a transmedia narrative project while experimenting with different research, production and dissemination strategies.

Application deadline:
Closed

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Past Editions

FOLIO 2024/25 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

CRITICAE 2024/25 Online Masterclass On Documentary Photography

CURAE 2024/25 Online Masterclass On Curatorial Practice

Mediae 2024/25 Online Masterclass On Transmedia Storytelling

MEDIAE 2023/24 Online Masterclass On Transmedia Storytelling

CURAE 2023/24 Online Masterclass On Curatorial Practice

CRITICAE 2023/24 Online Masterclass On Documentary Photography

FOLIO 2023/24 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

CURAE 2022/23 Online Masterclass On Curatorial Practice

FOLIO 2022/23 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

CRITICAE 2022/23 Online Masterclass On Documentary Photography

CRITICAE 2021/22 Online Masterclass On Documentary Photography

FOLIO 2021/22 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

FOLIO 2020/21 Online Masterclass On Photobook Making

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