Portraits - Hellerau Photography Award: HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts Dresden

Nestling behind the Heller hills near Dresden, Hellerau became the first German garden city. It was here, in the middle of nowhere, that Heinrich Tessenow’s monumental Festspielhaus was opened more than a century ago. Up until World War I it attracted famous artists from all over the world, including Mary Wigman, George Bernard Shaw, Franz Kafka, Oskar Kokoschka, Sergei Diaghilev and many more. Recently, the annual program of Hellerau’s performances of a variety of arts was enriched with another colour: the genre of portrait photography. Following the vision of the first owner, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, we launched an international portrait competition. In its second year, the Jury evaluated the submissions of over 500 photographers. The best contributions will be shown in an exhibition at Festspielhaus Hellerau throughout February and March 2017.

Finalisten

Es’hagh Aghaei · Miia Autio · Katerina Belkina · Svetlana Biryukova · Marc Brinkmeyer · Dominik Butzmann · Ulla Deventer · Anna Eckold · Alexander Endrullat · Arina Essipowitsch / Dominique Hille · William Farges · Frank Gaudlitz · Sonja Hamad · Matthew Hamon · Sandra Hoyn · Fred Hüning · Jens Juul · Karen Kling · Charlotte Krauß · Stefan Krauth · Antje Kröger · Karina-Sirkku Kurz · Astrid Lange · Pedro Lobo · Andreas Mader · Valery Melnikov · Joachim Müller-Klink · Monika Müller-Schauenburg · Hilde Pank · Mikhail Petrov · Jana Ritchie · Timo Rud · Mike Schäfer · Eric Schütt · Paola Serino · Deborah Sfez · Meir Shapira · Alina Simmelbauer · Sadegh Souri · Kerry Steen · Sergei Stroitelev · Maritza Studart · Ludwig Thalheimer · Heiko Tiemann · Luigi Toscano · Thomas Ulrich · Frank Verreyken · Tatiana Vinogradova · Kolja Warnecke · Thomas Weber · Janina Wick · Xiaohan Xu · Lana Yanovska · Alena Zhandarova