“Lens Culture portfolio reviews are among the best in the world — because they get results.”
Photographers from 36 countries presented and discussed their portfolios with expert reviewers over three days of intense, one-to-one meetings during Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2011. Those meetings generated direct results, established new business networking opportunities, and nurtured valuable, ongoing relationships.
Here is just a selection of the “direct result” success stories from Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 and 2011. We will add to this list as we receive updates from more photographers.
- San Francisco gallery Corden | Potts is dedicating an entire exhibition to nine artists discovered at Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010. Selections: Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 will be on display from August 2 to September 3, 2011. Featured artists are: Helena van den Enden, Per Johansen, Larry Snider, Sabine Delcour, Peter Eriksson, J. Scriba, Ellen O'Connell, Ida Pimenoff, and Rubi Lebovitch.
- Lydia Panas will release her first monograph through Kehrer Verlag, in Fall 2011 in Europe and in winter 2012 in the USA. She also appeared in a six-page feature article in Korean magazine Monthly Photography. As a result of a meeting during Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 Open Portfolio Night, Panas will also begin working with Galerie Duboys, Paris in Fall 2011.
- The Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania acquired five prints by Chris Shaw for their permanent collection.
- The Photo magazine, the largest photography magazine with circulation in Korea, China and Japan featured a six-page article on Contemporary U.S. photographers, including the work of Lens Culture FotoFest Paris 2010 participants Susan A. Barnett, Monica Denevan and Rania Matar.
- The Bibliotheque Nationale de France acquired the Landscape series, “Distant Proximity” (10 images) by Katka Prackova.
- Fetart Circulation(s) Festival in Paris in February/March 2011 featured work by Anna Skladmann and Arno Roncada.
- Beth Lilly will be publishing a compilation of her participatory art project, The Oracle @ WiFi, with Kehrer Verlag.
- Daniel Traub is featured in a six-page portfolio article in issue #89 of European Photography magazine, Summer 2011.
- The Panopticon gallery in Boston featured Mimi Youn and Nicholas Winter in the Polaroid-themed exhibition “Instant Connections” in May 2011.
- Rubi Lebovitch and Viktoria Sorochinski were featured in a lecture by Mary Virginia Swanson on Contemporary Photography at the Phoenix Art Museum: “10+ Most Exciting Photographers/Projects I learned about this year” in February 2011.
- Following Inger Lise Rasmussen’s mention on the twitter lensculture feed, she had visits to her website from 43 countries: "a wonderful impact."
- Thanks to a meeting with Curtis Wehrfritz, Laura Moya included his work in the exhibit "Photo Alchemy: An Exhibit of Contemporary Alternative Process Photography" at 23 Sandy Gallery during Photolucida. His work was featured on the postcard for the show.
- Schilt Publishing will publish a photo book in the Spring of 2012 based on the work of Louisa Marie Summer, Jennifer's Family.
- Brent Townshend was featured in a 12-page article in Monthly Photography magazine (Korea) in May 2011, and Kurt Tong was featured in a 12-page article in February 2011.
- Photo/Artvas magazine (Korea) featured the photographs of Helena van den Enden and Herman van den Boom in their January 2011 issue.
- Martine Fougeron was featured in 10 pages of Monthly Photography magazine (Korea) in July 2011, and Rubi Lebovitch will be featured in 10 pages in August 2011.
- Rania Matar was featured in a D Magazine issue of La Repubblica (Italy) in June 2011.
- Carnegie Museum of Art purchased 2 ultra-large photographs from Peter Steinhauer's Hong Kong Cocoon series.
- Carolina Fuentes was reviewed by Selva Barni and selected for the Reportage section of Fantom 07, the photographic quarterly by Fantom Editions.