Kyiv Photo Book International Festival
The Kyiv Photo Book International Festival is the first and only festival of photo books in Ukraine.[1] Established in 2018, the festival consists of a fair of art and documentary photo books and photographic prints, an exhibition of private collections of photo books, presentations of photo books and such projects in progress, educational program, and review of photo book projects by experts (book dummy review).[2][3]
Festival participants consist of photo book publishers, photographers, photo unions, photographic and art institutions, and photo book vendors.[4][5]
According to festival founder and director Dmitriy Krakovich, the festival's goals are developing the photography art market in Ukraine, creating a place for international photographic culture exchange in Kyiv, and pursuing better global recognition of Ukrainian photography.[6]
Editions[edit]
The festival is a semiannual event.[7] The first edition took place in February 2019, and the second in September 2019. The festival was not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In its second edition the festival presented photo books by participants from 11 countries: Iceland, Italy, France, Georgia, Germany, Poland, Singapore, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, and Venezuela.[8][5]
Other festival events[edit]
The festival conducted two reviews of photo book projects by experts (similar to book dummy reviews): first – in May 2019, second – in January 2020.[citation needed]
In October 2019 the festival made a presentation of most prominent Ukrainian photo books in New York City at the Ukrainian Institute of America.[9] Two similar presentations were done later in Ukraine: in November 2019 in Kyiv, and in January 2020 in Dnipro.
References[edit]
- ^ Davies, Katie Marie (30 January 2019). "Here's your sneak peek at Kiev's first photo book festival". The Calvert Journal (United Kingdom). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Kurtiak, Natalia (14 September 2019). "1 Photo: 1 000 Words". What's On (Ukraine). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "2nd Kyiv International Festival of Photo Books". Kyiv Photo Book International Festival (Ukraine). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ "Participants of the Festival". Kyiv Photo Book International Festival (Ukraine). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ a b "How to take part in the festival and the list of participants". Kyiv Photo Book International Festival (Ukraine). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ Smyth, Diane (15 January 2019). "The first-ever Kyiv Photo Book festival". British Journal of Photography (United Kingdom). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Kyiv Photo Book International Festival". The Eye of Photography (France). 6 March 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ Davies, Katie Marie (27 August 2019). "Kyiv Photo Book Fair is back and more international than ever". The Calvert Journal (United Kingdom). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "Modern Photography from Ukraine: A Presentation of Ukrainian Photo Books". Ukrainian Institute of America (United States). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.