2021
Copenhagen Photo Festival
Copenhagen Photo Festival was brimming with creativity, experimentation and top quality exhibitions. At our festival centre, carefully selected artists turned a 10,000 m2 wasteland into an innovative exhibition park filled with the best of photography and lens-based art. The exhibition park connected the art experience with social events and open-air music supplied by DJ’s.
In 2021, Copenhagen Photo Festival continued until 30 June together with CPF Official Partners in galleries and cultural institutions all around Copenhagen.
Solo Artists
The six solo artists at Copenhagen Photo Festival were selected as the headliners of our three focal points: Framing Identity, Framing Society and Framing Vision. They were our way of opening up windows to other worlds and serve the purpose of showcasing photography across genres, by focusing on the individual, society and art.
Out of 642 projects, and thereof 12 shortlisted, the six chosen artists stood as the epitome of each category.
CPF Official Partners
The Official CPF Exhibition Programme is for institutions, photographers and visual artists who have their own space available for exhibiting. In 2021, our Exhibition Park was located at Refshaleøen, while the broader Official Programme spanned most of Copenhagen and Southern Sweden. Our Official Programme Partners further enrich the festival by presenting the many facets of photography to both connoisseurs and the general public.
Futures Nordic Talents
Since 2017, FUTURES, a photography platform co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, has nurtured the development of emerging talents selected by partner art institutions and festivals across Europe.
For it's fourth edition, Copenhagen Photo Festival joined FUTURES and created a new programme focusing on Nordic talent: FUTURES NORDIC TALENTS.
The Censored Exhibition
The Censored Exhibition was an international group exhibition that was seeking to present a contemporary selection of international fine-art photography. In 2021, we received a total of 380 applications from 49 countries, of which 24 artists where selected from 16 countries by an international jury based on an open call. In 2021, the jury consisted of Roderick van der Lee, Executive Director at Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam, Audrey Hoareau, Artistic Director at Photo Basel & freelance curator and Michelle Eistrup, critically acclaimed artist.