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The Censored Exhibition is a group show that seeks to present a contemporary selection of international fine art photography. Around 60 works produced within the past two years will be selected [...]

Copenhagen Photo Festival wishes everyone a merry Christmas and a happy new year. We will meet the new decade with an increased focus on sustainability and experimenting exhibitions formats. The [...]

We are now receiving applications for the satellite programme! Our satellite programme is for institutions, photographers and visual artists interested in becoming part of Copenhagen Photo [...]

Do you want to receive international exposure and connect with the photography industry of Scandinavia? This is an open call for visual artists and photographers interested in a solo exhibit at [...]

Photo: Hans Vedsted, 2019 Each year we strive to make the festival better, making your experience the best it can be. This 2-minute questionnaire could help us achieve this. Your opinion is [...]

For the past ten years we have brought international talents and established names to Copenhagen in collaboration with the city’s established art and photo institutions, we have paid [...]

A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL GUESTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PARTNERS AND VOLUNTEERS  A big thank you to all of you who made Copenhagen Photo Festival an amazing experience. A big thank you to all the [...]

This year’s programme offers a number of events and workshops, and for many of them the tickets are already available! To secure yourself a seat at our portfolio reviews or for one of our [...]

We’re looking for volunteers for this year’s Copenhagen Photo Festival, which takes place from the 6th-16th of June! Do you want to spend some time this summer, having fun with your [...]

On February 5 this year’s jury, consisiting of Claire Gould, curator at HAM – Helsinki Art Museum, Elisa Medde, managing editor at Foam Magazine, and Balder Olrik, visual artist and [...]

Learn more about how you can take part in the festival’s satellite programme, and who is shortlisted for this year’s Photo City. Follow us on Instagram to get to know more about the planning of [...]

Foto: Lisa Vinther, 2018 Our calls for Photo City are now closed, and we have received no less than 217 applications for Photo City and 360 applications for The Censored Exhibition. Thank you so [...]

Photo: Simon Højgaard Nielsen There are currently two calls for Copenhagen Photo Festival open. One is for Photo City, one is for The Censored Exhibition. You can read more about these two calls [...]

Happy New Years! Today our call for The Censored Exhibition opens. The Censored Exhibition, which belongs to our category Framing Vision, is an international group show for fine art photography. [...]

Our call for entries to Photo City is now open. Photo City is the centrum of Copenhagen Photo Festival and consists of both indoor and outdoor exhibitions at our new location at Refshaleøen. Read [...]

Photo: Balder Olrik – Gas Station, 2015 Friday November 9th board member at Copenhagen Photo Festival, Balder Olrik, will be launching his book Blind Spots at The Bureau in Paris. Balder [...]

On Kulturnatten the project from Brøndby Strand (in collaboration with Turning Tables Danmark) can be experienced at both Danmarks Almene Boliger and at VerdensKulturCentret. This summer children [...]

This week Maja Dyrehauge Gregersen from Copenhagen Photo Festival participated in the North Rhine-Westphalia’s international visitors programme “Captured – The International [...]

Photo: Jens Erdman Rasmussen Copenhagen Photo Festival will take place on June 6-16 2019, and as photographer and visual artist there are multiple ways to apply to be part of the festival’s [...]

Photo: Amara Sari, 8 Copenhagen Photo Festival has in collaboration with Brøndby Strand Projektet and Turning Tables arranged a number of creative workshops for children and teenagers in the area [...]

Photo of The Battle for Mosul, exhibited in the container city of Photo City. Shot by: Hans Vedsted. Dear partners and contributors Copenhagen Photo Festival 2018 wishes you all a good summer [...]

Photo: Hans Vedsted Even though Photo City is now closed, there’s still a number of our satellite exhibition open thos summer. You can still experience the following exhibitions from this [...]

On June 13th Copenhagen Photo Festival is open until 9pm. Here you’ll find a list of all activities taking place after 5pm: 12.00-21.00: Long Wednesday in The Theater Museum at Hofteatret. [...]

Photoscope & Daniel Samanns and Thread the Needle & Blankt Papir. Photoscope & Daniel Samanns The Photoscope offers workshops in the old photo technique “wet plate collodion [...]

Photo: Lisa Vinther TODAYS PROGRAMME – JUNE 15TH ACTIVITIES 13.00-17.00: Site Specific installation in the making: Kirstine Autzen: ‘Organic Origin’, NW Gallery. 21.00-22.00: Outdoor [...]

Photo: Simon Nielsen A warm thank you to all of you, who showed up at our grand opening yesterday. We have a few pictures from a sunny evening in Photo City. See them all here.

Copenhagen Photo Festival opens with a big party on June 7th. In Photo City at Gasværksgrunden on Østerbro we welcome everybody to our summer party with speeches, cool drinks and world class [...]

The programme has gone to print. But you cn already now download it as a PDF here. In the programme you’ll get an overview of this year’s many exhibitions and events.

This year Copenhagen Photo Festival has made a culinary collaboration with food designer Anna Østergaard Laursen from Edible CPH. During the festival, on June 9 and June 13, you will have to [...]

On March 1 the jury, consisting of visual artist Balder Olrik (DK), Exhibition Manager from Fotografiska Stockholm Johan Vikner (SE) and curator and publisher Markus Hartmann (DE), met in [...]

Our press release for 2018 is now available. See the full list of exhibitors in Photo City in 2018 and read more about the vision behind the festival. Download our press release here.

We’re overwhelmed by the huge interest to be part of Copenhagen Photo Festival’s programme! We’re still receiving lots of good ideas and initiatives, and we have therefore [...]

Photo: Alex Luka Ladime At midnight last night our open call for The Censored Exhibition closed with a record number of applicants. Last year we broke the record, too, when Copenhagen Photo [...]

Photo: Michelle Klausen Thank you for all the applications for a solo exhibition in Photo City. We have received 75 applications from 16 different countries – as well as a number of applications [...]

For the first time ever The Censored Exhibitions has an international jury. The jury will choose, which photographer will be exhibited on this year’s exhibitions. Read more about The [...]

Would you like to be part of the largest photo festival in Scandinavia? On February 1st we open for applications to be part of The Censored Exhibition at Copenhagen Photo Festival 2018. The [...]

Photo: Simon Skipper Christiansen Copenhagen Photo Festival har nu Open Call til soloudstilling i Photo City! Vær en del af Nordens største fotofestival med 55.000 besøgende og 250 fotografer og [...]

Photo: Simon Skipper Christiansen Copenhagen Photo Festival are now receiving applications for a solo exhibition in Photo City! Deadline is January 12 2018, and applications will be revised by [...]

Our vision is to be a festival that continues all year round even though the festival has officially ended. Therefore we have chosen to extend our exhibitions in Copenhagen’s outdoor areas. You [...]

A BIG thank you to Statens Kunstfond for supporting our continued development of Copenhagen Photo Festival. #statenskunstfond #kunstgørenforskel #cpf_2017

Even though Copenhagen Photo Festival 2017 has officially ended there are still plenty of exciting exhibitions to visit from this years festival program.   JUNE 15. juni: Old Films of the [...]

Arts and Culture Journalist Torben Sangild has been in this years jury for the Censored Exhibition in Photo City. In this short video Torben shares his considerations of what has made this years [...]

We are rapidly approaching the 1st of June and hence the opening of Copenhagen Photo Festival 2017. We are currently working intensely to create the exhibition-landscapes that will form the new [...]

The programme for Copenhagen Photo Festival 2017 is ready! Read the official programme with lots of exhibitions, portfolio reviews, artist talks, debates, workshops and much more…   [...]

This year Copenhagen Photo Festival will be inviting photographers to a Portfolio Review during the festival. Portfolio Review is a platform for photographers to present, discuss and evaluate [...]

Would you like to be a part of Copenhagen Photo Festival 1-11 June? Then become a volunteer and be a part of the largest photo festival in the Nordic. We are looking for: PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS: [...]

The Censored Exhibition is Copenhagen Photo Festivals landmark exhibition. Since 2012, it has been the festival’s ambition to present an exhibition that collects 75-80 works of international [...]

We wish to thank Politiken Fonden for giving an award to introduce a new forum and exhibition concept focusing on international photo journalism during Copenhagen Photo Festival. The concept is a [...]

We would like to give a huge thanks to Augustinus Fonden for their support and generous award to Copenhagen Photo Festival to carry out the new objectives of the festival in connection with Photo [...]

The programme committee has selected 21 young, talented photographers from 12 different countries for Photo City this year: Kien Hoang Le (DE), Jana Romanova (RUS), Martin Errichiello and Filippo [...]

This year we broke the record and recieved 242 applications from 30 different countries for The Censored Exhibition 2017. Right now the jury, Torben Sangild, Tina Enghoff and Beate Cegielska, is [...]

We are proud to announce the jury of The Censored Exhibition 2017: Torben Sangild is an art critic, writer and a radiohost! He has a PhD in Modern Culture from the Department of Arts and [...]

The next Copenhagen Photo Festival will take place from 1-11th of June 2017. Read more about how you apply and deadlines here