08 Jul 2014

Fotogalleriet: Open call for photo books

Deadline 6 August 2014 (postage stamp)
Submit your unpublished photobook for the upcoming Nordic Dummy Award!

Shortlisted photobooks will be exhibited at the Fotobokfestival Oslo in September 2014 and the winner book will be published with Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg.

About the Nordic Dummy Award:
The Nordic Dummy Award is an initiative by Fotogalleriet and The Norwegian Association of Fine Art Photographers and takes place annually in connection with the Fotobokfestival Oslo.
For the Nordic Dummy Award artists with a connection to the Nordic countries can submit their unpublished photobook, to be judged by a jury selecting shortlisted candidates and the winner.
The winner will work together with graphic designer Henrik Haugan / Snøhetta and publish the book with Kehrer Verlag, to be launched at the Fotobokfestival Oslo in 2015.
The shortlisted and winner books will be exhibited during the Fotobokfestival Oslo at Fotogalleriet in September 2014. The winner will be announced on Thursday, 11 September.

In 2014 the jury consists of Morten Andersen (Artist), Anna Eriksson (Art & Theory Publications, Sweden), Henrik Haugan (Graphic Designer, Snøhetta, Oslo), Heli Rekula (Artist and Professor of Photography, Bergen Academy of Art and Design, Bergen) and Dieter Neubert (Director, Fotobookfestival, Kassel).


About the Fotobokfestival Oslo:
The Fotobokfestival Oslo is a collaboration between The Norwegian Association of Fine Art Photographers and Fotogalleriet, formerly known as the photobook seminar 'Flere Sider Fotografi / Various Sides of Photography', established in 2010. The festival aims to look at the phenomenon of the photo book, which is increasingly used both as an artistic tool and an alternative form for presenting photographic works. In 2014 the festival will consist of a lecture series and panel discussion focusing on photobook criticism as well as a presentation of the Nordic Dummy Award shortlisted photobooks, the International Dummy Award shortlisted books, the presentation of critics' favourite photobooks and the 2013 Nordic Dummy Award winner book.
Dates: 5 – 14 September, opening 4 September 2014. For further information on the programme please visit www.fotogalleriet.no and www.fffotografer.no from August 2014.


To participate in the Nordic Dummy Award submit:
-A physical photobook dummy (suitable for exhibition)
-CV (maximum 2 A4 pages)
-Project description (maximum 2 A4 pages)
-Correct return postage (if you want your dummy in return)
Please note: For a full funding of the photo book we would recommend not to exceed an oversized format. For odd sized publications, additional financial support will be needed.

Please submit the photobook dummy to:
Forbundet Frie Fotografer/Fotogalleriet Møllergata 34 N-0179 Oslo, Norway
Deadline: 6 August 2014 (postage stamp)

The Nordic Dummy Award 2014 is supported by Kehrer Verlag, Fotogalleriet,Forbundet Frie Fotografer, Norsk Fotografisk Fond, Snøhetta, Fritt Ord, Norsk Kulturråd.