Thomas Kellner reviewed together with his supporting Jury (Thomas Gerwers, PROFIFOTO, Manfred Zollner, fotomagazin, Christoph Tannert, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin and Helga Oberkalkofen, Art Galerie Siegen) all entries.


Thomas Kellner invites every year personally known colleagues for a group show in his studio. Most of them he has met at exhibitions, meetingplaces or artfairs around the world.

Submissions came this year from more than 60 photographers from 17 countries, such as: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, France, Great Britain, Japan, Mexico, The Netherlands,  Poland,  Switzerland,  USA.
The exhibition end of June shows work by 18 photographers. Each photographer is represented by one selected picture. This year the portfolio award goes to Monika Merva, Brooklyn NY, USA, who will be presented in the June issue of fotomagazin in Germany.
PROFIFOTO, Germany will also publish a selection in his July issue.
A solo show is given to ferit Kuyas at Art Galerie Siegen, opening Sunday June 26.

The exhibition photographers:network selection 2011 will take place June 25th till July 3rd at studio Thomas Kellner Germany.
On Saturday 25th visiting photographers meet at the Museum’s conference room for short lectures and artist’s talks.
   



 

photographers:network selection 2011 presents works by: Tatyana Bessmertnaya, United States of America, Max de Esteban, Spain, Luis Delgado Qualtrough, United States of America, Marie Docher, France, Odette England, United Kingdom, Lorena Guillen Vaschetti, Argentina, Jenny Gummersal, United States of America, Laura Heyman, United States of America, Thomas Kleynen Germany, Ferit Kuyas, Switzerland, Monika Merva, Brooklyn, United States of America, Inger Lise Rasmussen, Denmark, Ellen Rennard, United States of America, Jutta Schmidt, Germany, Karen M.    Strom    United States of America, Michael Wagener, Germany, Donna J. Wan, United States of America, Ewa Monika Zebrowski, Canada.


photographers:network selection 2011
June 25th – July 3rd 2011
studio  Thomas Kellner
Friedrichstrasse 42
57072 Siegen
Te.: +49 271 238 33 43

Opening hours Sa & Su 3 – 6 pm

A special thank you for mediapartnership to Thomas Gerwers & Profifoto, Manfred Zollner & fotoMagazin and of course to Westfälische Rundschau and Westfalenpost for local coverage

Anfang 2011 habe ich wieder Kollegen und Freunde weltweit eingeladen, die ich im Laufe der letzten Jahre kennen gelernt habe, an diesem Projekt teilzunehmen. Es sind allesamt meist junge Kollegen, die ich bei Festivals, auf den Kunstmessen und in meinen Galerien oder bei Ausstellungen kennen gelernt habe. Mit manchem von ihnen verbinden sich bereits ......

Monika Merva hat für ihr Projekt "The City of Children" bei der photographers:network Jurierung in diesem Jahr den Portfolio Award von fotoMAGAZIN bekommen.... readmore

The Spanish Magazin La Fotografía Actual, Concepción Alarcón Guthiérrez, gives a nice report about the exhibition and selection at German artist's studio Thomas Kellner, photographers:network, selection 2011

I have never lived in one place for long. I was born in Ukraine, moved to Russia, then to the United States and from one city to another...  >>>more

These photographs are meditations on today’s loss of collective ideals...  >>>more

Luis Delgado Qualtrough’s photographic work integrates narrative and sequential still images to create...  >>>more

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„Thomas Kleynen macht deutlich, dass wir uns ‚unsere Räume’ konstruieren, macht uns auf Sehgewohnheiten aufmerksam, die wir bei der Betrachtung der Welt..."  >>>more

During the year 1995 I started devoting more of my time to comissioned work. It became more difficult to mainly focus on personal projects.
So I started photographing on travel...  >>>more

The City of Children is an extensive document of a government-run housing program for runaways and...  >>>more

In my pictorial universe I am particularly fascinated by big cities...  >>>more

Forty years ago, horseracing was the most popular spectator sport in America.  Around that time, I rode a horse on the exercise track at Arlington Park, and, as women were just beginning to ride in big races...  >>>more

Die zahlreichen Schließungen öffentlicher Freibäder, geben vielerorts Anlass zur öffentlichen Diskussion...  >>>more

Why do I create pictures that are puzzles? The simple answer is...  >>>more

Neben kommerziellem Auftrag oder einer konzeptionellen Arbeit ist Fotografie für mich auch immer Experiment...  >>>more

I began this project with this question in mind - how does the landscape shape identity? Over the last few years...  >>>more

of  time, lost
let me tell you something about desire…  >>>more

Attending photographers giving an insight in their work on Saturday 25 June at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Siegen (MGK)

Ferit Kuyas, Zurich Switzerland

Max de Esteban, Barcelona, Spain

Jutta Schmidt, Dortmund, Germany

Michael Wagener, Siegen, Germany

Marc Baruth, Siegen, Germany

Swiss photographer Ferit Kuyas brings to Siegen his vision of a bright horizon that he has developed in different bodies of work: City of Ambition and his Archetyps.

Lichter Horizont
Ferit Kuyas
June 26 – September 04 2011
Art Galerie Siegen

opening reception Sunday June 26 11 am