Photography Days 2017

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For the tenth consecutive year, Preus Museum works with Norwegian photography organizations to create a day that reveals the broad range of photography. To celebrate the anniversary, we expand the event to two days!

On Saturday you can experience talks, workshops and a range of exhibitions, whilst Sunday is the main day with even more exhibitions, including the annual juried exhibition, as well as more talks and plenty of activities.

The Horten Mat- og Ølfestival (Horten Food and Beer Festival) will bring food, refreshments and the right festival feeling.

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Program

Please stay tuned for updates as the program evolves.

Saturday 19th of August from 10:00

All Saturday 19th of August:

• Exhibitions and presentations of the partnering photogrphy organizations in Artilleriverkstedet
• Festival exhibition and 10 years of the Day of Photography in the Photography avenue
• Secondhand market with foto.no og Tom & Andreas. Here you can find a variety of equipment and photography related material.

Activities for children all Saturday:

• Treasure hunt in the main exhibition (Preus museum)
• Seeing the world through the camera (The red house for children)
• Sunprint workshop (The red house for children)
• Blikk for barn (Exhibition for children in the red house for children)
• Light grafitti for children (See main program for schedule. Separate registration needed)

Sunday 20th of August from 11:00

All Sunday 20th of August:

• Exhibitions and presentations of the partnering photogrphy organizations in Artilleriverkstedet
• Festival exhibition and 10 years of the Day of Photography in the Photography avenue
• Secondhand market with foto.no og Tom & Andreas. Here you can find a variety of equipment and photography related material.
• Japan Photo has their own stand where they print pictures and give out special offers and valuable advice.

Activities for children all Sunday:

• Treasure hunt in the main exhibition (Preus museum)
• Seeing the world through the camera (The red house for children)
• Sunprint workshop (The red house for children)
• Blikk for barn (Exhibition for children in the red house for children)
• Light grafitti for children (See main program for schedule. Separate registration needed)

This year's festival exhibitior is Kyrre Lien!

Kyrre Lien (Foto: Signe Fuglesteg Luksengard)

Kyrre Lien (27) still has to stand the label "young photographer", but he has managed to achieve an incredible amount in his career already. He is on this year's "30 under 30" list from renowned Forbes, a list of the most innovative young entrepreneurs in Europe. Kyrre Lien is the main festival exhibitor this year! Read more about the exhibition here…

What is Photography Day?

The goal of Photography Day is to further understanding and communication among the various practitioners and circumstances of photography in Norway, and to foster productive encounters.
The arrangements involve cooperation between Preus Museum and several major Norwegian photography organizations.

Photography is in focus, and Photography Day seeks to illuminate its broad range and give opportunities to experience it deeply. Amateurs and professionals alike will find something interesting that contributes to inspiration and new knowledge..

Fotografiets dag 2016 (foto: Andreas Harvik/Preus museum)

Theme

The theme for this year’s edition the Day of Photography is "The Humanistic Picture" - a way to understand the world through photography. The overriding questions are; How can photographs make a difference? Can a photo tell something new or different about the world we live in? Can films and photography affect how we look at the world? The world is changing and we wish to discuss this through lectures, films and exhibitions.

What can I experience on Photography Day?

Exhibitions

The celebration includes many photographic exhibitions, with Festival Exhibitors and the Juried Exhibition receiving greatest prominence.
This year's Festival Exhibitor Kyrre Lien shows 11 large photographs in an outdoor exhibition and also gives a lecture. 

The Juried exhibiton

is a giant collective effort in which amateurs and professionals submit works between March and May. A jury goes through the submissions and selects ca. 50 photographs which are shown in the large outdoor exhibition. On Photography Day the exhibitors gather with the pictures and hang them in assigned places. The exhibition demonstrates many modes of expression in photography. Find this year's exhibitors here.

Lectures

Exciting and interesting lecturers give new perspectives on the year's theme. The Festival Exhibitor is always one of the lecturers.
In addition the museum staff gives a behind-the-scenes look via lectures and shows from the collection 

Activities for large and small

A whole host of activities await you: classes, workshops and competitions, a portrait studio, theater presentations, used-equipment sales, picnics, music, food, and much more.

Curious about the past? Find the earlier Photography Days here!

Partners

Norges Fotografforbund

Norsk Selskap For Fotografi

Pressefotografenes Klubb

Forbundet Frie Fotografer

Norske Reklamefotografer

Norsk Fotohistorisk Forening – Preus museums venner

Norske Naturfotografer

Institusjonsfotografenes Forening

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