The programme kick-started in January 2021 with an open talent search for upcoming and recent graduates in art or documentary photography residing in the Nordics; includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Åland. In February 2021, our Program Committee selected five artists to participate in a series of activities in the spring, including portfolio reviews and Master Classes with leading experts.
In addition, the five finalists took part in artists’ talks and activities at the festival. In the autumn of 2021, the finalists also took part in various activities, including personalized consultations in printing and mounting at Artproof in Estonia, met their European photography peers at a FUTURES’ event, as well as published their works in two FUTURES’ publications.
The FUTURES NORDIC TALENTS finalists of 2021 were:
Io Sivertsen (Norway), Nanna Navntoft (Denmark), Essi Maaria Orpana (Finland), Lars Dyrendom (Sweden) and Hrafn Jónsson (Krummi) (Iceland).
Our Program Committee has also given special mentions to two other artists for their applications: Laura Konttinen (Finland) and Marie Anine Møller (Denmark).
Camera Houses
As an integral part of our festival we showcased the five finalists’ works at our exhibition park VÆKST at Refshaleøen in June 2021. As the focus of FUTURES NORDIC TALENTS is also experimentation, the finalists exhibited their works in solo Camera Houses.
The five unique Camera Houses have been designed and built by Bachelor students from the Institute of Architecture and Design, Royal Danish Academy, under the supervision of Architect and teacher Kristian Hansen, from Marstal Søfartsmuseum. Head of the Bachelor program is Architect, Associate Professor Jacob Sebastian Bang.
Students from the Royal Danish Academy; Carl Emil Krogholm Augustesen, Josephine Bailey, Mariela Andrea Bergum-Conteh, Kristin Cuhra, Amalie Bonde Fabricius, Ida Forssén, Christine Dellgren Geneser, Trygg Sigbjørn Østhagen Hamar, Carl Emil Haslev, Emma Svarre Hjerrild, Magnus Tollnes Kjærnes, Louise August Kryger, Isabella Eid Larsen, Alice Lindstrøm, Phillip Kruse McKay, Victoria Amalie Dam Nielsen, Rókur Dam Norðoy, Emma Louise Rasmussen, Marie Jul Scharff, Emilie Schleppegrel, Philip Mar Serejo, Fie Filippa Koll Svensen, Elisabeth Friis Torp.