The exhibition shows work by 26 photographers from 8 countries.

Each photographer is represented by one selected picture. In this project, Thomas Kellner invited one hundred photographers world wide for this competition. Out of more than a hundred submissions,  the jury (comprised of Thomas Gerwers, Profifoto, Germany; Burkhard Arnold, in focus Galerie am Dom, Cologne/Germany and Gerard Goodrow, director of the ArtCologne, Germany and Thomas Kellner, project coordinator) selected  26 photos  for the exhibition in Siegen. The exhibition shows work by artists that are at the same time on a similar path like Thomas Kellner. He gives us the opportunity to see images of his colleagues, whom he meets at festivals and other events somewhere in the world. The photographs are as different as the individuals who make them. There is figurative work, architectural, abstract and experimental photography. The end result is a collection of contemporary work and a network, where photographers can connect and help each other in building their careers. The exhibition will be acompanied by a printed portfolio in Profifoto,Germany, showing all the selected images.

Opening Friday, June 25th, 2004 at 7p.m.

 

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Participants:

 

Lili Almog, New York, USA

Steven Benson, Lake Orion, Michigan, USA

Herbert Boettcher, Bielefeld, Germany

Richard Bram, London, Great Britain

Suzette Bross, Chicago, USA

Thomas Brummett, Philadelphia, USA

Francoise et Daniel Cartier, Bienne, Switzerland

Evelyne Coutas, Paris, France

Abe Frajndlich, New York, USA

Jane Fulton Alt, Evanston, USA

Michael Hallett, Worcester, Great Britain

Anna Halm Schudel, Zuerich, Switzerland

Jolana Havelková, Kolin, Czeck Republik

Manuela Hoefer, London, Great Britain

Tamara Lischka, Portland, USA

David Maisel, Sausalito, USA

Katharina Mouratidi, Berlin, Germany

Marcella Mueller, Stuttgart, Germany

Kevin O’Connell, Denver, USA

Pavel Odvody, Darmstadt, Germany

Christopher Rauschenberg, Portland, USA

P. Elaine Sharpe, Toronto, Canada

Joachim Storch, Duesseldorf, Germany

Nelly Thomas, Langenselbold, Germany

Txomin Txueka, Getaria – Gipuzkoa, Basque Country, Spain

Frank Yamrus, San Francisco, USA

 

Studio Thomas Kellner, Friedrichstrasse 42, D-57072 Siegen, Germany

Opening Friday June 25th, 2004 at 7p.m.

Opening hours:

Sa/Su: 3-7 p.pm.

and by appointment

  

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