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Welcome to the press room
The 2023 edition of Copenhagen Photo Festival takes place 1-11 June. You are very welcome to reach out to us if you want to apply for press accreditation or if you need text or image material that is not available via the download links.
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Press accreditation
Contact us before 30 May about press accreditation. You can find the specific requirements below.
Press releases
20. september 2023
På Dark Gallery CPH’s nye udstilling SUPERPOWER – Ghosts of the Atomic Age, sætter den ukrainske fotodokumentarist Oleksandr Martemianov spørgsmålstegn ved, om vi kan tæmme atomteknologien.
22. maj 2023
Copenhagen Photo Festival præsenterer årets endelige festivalprogram, der foruden adskillige fotoudstillinger byder på alt fra inspirerende talks og undersøgende paneldebatter til tankevækkende film og workshops, der sætter fokus på rewilding. Festivalen åbner med et kurateret grand opening-arrangement den 1. juni, mens World Press Photo-vinder Mads Nissen afrunder festivalen med årets sidste talk den 11. juni.
18. april 2023
Copenhagen Photo Festival kan i dag offentliggøre det endelige udstillingsprogram med hovedtemaet rewilding. Et ambitiøst tema, der udfoldes på tværs af byen og festivalens partnere, der tæller alt fra Arken, Louisiana, Det Kongelige Bibliotek til Søfartsmuseet og Det Nationalhistorisk Museum m.fl.
1. marts 2023
Til juni blomstrer det bogstavelig talt med fotografier, når Nordens største fotofestival præsenterer årets seks solokunstnere, som hver især udforsker årets tema Rewilding.
20 September 2023
In Dark Gallery CPH’s new exhibition SUPERPOWER – Ghosts of the Atomic Age, the Ukrainian photo-documentarian Oleksandr Martemianov questions whether we can harness atomic technology.
18 May 2023
Copenhagen Photo Festival presents the final festival program of the year, which, in addition to all the photo exhibitions, offers everything from inspiring talks and investigative panel debates to thought-provoking films and workshops that focus on rewilding. The festival opens with a curated grand opening event on 1 June, while three time World Press Photo winner Mads Nissen rounds off the festival with the last talk of the year on 11 June and unveiling of next year’s theme.
18 April 2023
Copenhagen Photo Festival can today announce the final exhibition program with the overarching theme of ‘rewilding’. An ambitious theme that is brought into play across the Copenhagen region and at major institutions and galleries.
27 March 2023
The 18 FUTURES platform members selected a promising group of almost 100 artists with diversified backgrounds and creative visions, who will have access to an unprecedented network of professionals, markets and audiences
3 March 2023
Inspired by the festival’s location in the urban wilderness at Beddingen on Refshaleøen and Copenhagen’s title as World Architecture Capital 2023, this year the festival has chosen one overall main theme, Rewilding which will be explored by this year’s six solo artists
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2023 festival poster
This year’s amazing festival poster and our new springlike logo colour are here to mark the beginning of the festival season and a truly rewilded festival experience at this year’s festival.
The poster image is created by one of this year’s headliners in the festival center, Craig Ames, whose photographs are inspired by the English botanist and photographer Anna Atkins and her photographic record of botanical specimens ‘Photographs of British Algae – Cyanotype Impressions’ (1843-1853).
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Press accreditation 2023
Deadline for press accreditation in 2023 is 30 May. Applications received after this date cannot be met. Your application must include name of the media, name of the applicant as well as e-mail and phone number of the applicant.
Copenhagen Photo Festival reserves the right to check all information. Accreditations are not sent to private addresses. If you are a freelance journalist / photographer, you must document which media and editor you have a prior agreement with.
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Festival headliners in 2023
This year’s the six solo artists engage with the theme Rewilding and are presented with a solo exhibition at the festival centre and in public space in Copenhagen. They are the absolute headliners for the 2023 edition of Copenhagen Photo Festival.
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Meet this year's Scandinavian FUTURES talents
Every year Copenhagen Photo Festival selects five new talents within fine art or documentary photography. The selected artist for 2023 come from Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
Press coverage 2023
What does the press say about Copenhagen Photo Festival? Check out the links below and find out.
Nanna Heitmann: »Mine bedste billeder er etresultat af, at jeg har brugt ugevispå at skabe tillid til de lokale«
6 May Jyllands-Posten
En af verdens bedste fotografer sætter altid tid af til den samme ting, når hun skal portrættere mennesker fra hele verden
30 May Euroman
Ibyen tipper: Du får virkelig travlt i denne uge, københavner
30 May, Politiken
Mikkel Hørlyck in TV2 GO MORGEN DANMARK
30 May TV2
This week in CPH: All about the pictures!
30 May CPH Post
Copenhagen Photo Festival indtager hovedstaden
27 May Digital Foto
Fotograferne indtager byen
Juni 2023 Euroman
Waterfront Festivals
May edition 2023 National Geographic Traveller
Copenhagen Photo Festival 'rewilder' byens rum
May DFF Selskabet for Dansk Fotografi
VÆRD AT SE Naturligvis. Blomstrende fotografier
Antik & Auktion 4/2023
Fokus på København: Fotofestival på Reffen
April 2023 Liebhaverboligen
