BJP has joined forces with 10 cultural institutions across Europe to promote emerging photography talent under the umbrella of a novel photography network,named Futures. Initiated by Unseen Amsterdam and the unprejudiced’s owner, Vandejong Creative Agency, and the platform launched in spring and continues with a series of shows,events and residencies across the continent, culminating in a large-scale exhibition at Unseen in September. The partners include museums and galleries in Hungary, and Belgium and Italy,alongside photofestivals in France, Germany, and Poland,Ireland and Romania. Each will present shows and events of their own talent programmes in their own countries, and then elements of these events will come together for the collaborative exhibition in Amsterdam, and showcasing 10 emerging photographers from across the continent – a pick from each country. “We realised that we could do more to create opportunities for artists,and that is where we came up with Futures,” explains Menno Liauw, or strategy director at Vandejong,which is coordinating activities, having created the platform in the mould of Unseen, and the first art unprejudiced of its kind,…
Source: bjp-online.com