FORMAT International Photography Festival Portfolio Reviews 2017 © Alina Pankova
The FORMAT Portfolio Review has got to be the biggest and best of its kind in the UK, if not Europe. Not only can you book appointments with experts from all over the world, after the portfolio reviews you can showcase your work in the ‘Portfolio Walk’ and have the opportunity to get your work seen by other attendees and reviewers.
It’s a brilliant day; intense, full-on, enlightening and fun. There are multiple awards from different organisations (including Shutter Hub) and it’s an incredible opportunity to hang out with people who are truly passionate about photography.
Check out the full list of reviewers below. You can find out more about the Portfolio Review, and book, here. See you there!
FORMAT 2019 Portfolio Review Team
Alicia Hart- Director, Hart Productions, UK
Amelie Schüle- Curator, Unseen Platform, Netherlands
Ana Catarina Pinho- Founder & Editor, Archivo Research Platform, Portugal
Ángel Luis González Fernández- Founder and Director, PhotoIreland, Ireland.
Ângela Ferreira- Independent Curator, Photographic Museum of Fortaleza & Artistic Adviser, FotoFestival SOLAL, Brazil
Angela Sheard- Associate Curator & Programme Co-ordinator, Impressions Gallery, UK
Anna Dannemann- Senior Curator, The Photographers’ Gallery
Anne Braybon- Independent Creative Director, Photo Historian & Lecturer, UK
Arianna Rinaldo- Freelance Professional & Artistic Director, Cortona On The Move, Italy
Ben Harman- Director, Stills: Centre for Photography, UK
Bridget Coaker- Senior Picture Editor, Curator & PR Consultant, UK
Camilla Brown- Curator, Writer & Lecturer, UK
Cat Lachowskyj- Editor, LensCulture, UK
Christiane Monarchi- Editor of Photomonitor, UK / Ireland
Dagmar Seeland – Photo Editor, Stern Magazine & Director, K&R Media, UK
David Drake- Director, Ffotogallery & Diffusion, Wales, UK
Deborah Robinson- Head of Exhibitions, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK
Dewi Lewis- Publisher, Dewi Lewis Publishing, UK
Ekow Eshun- Creative Director, Calvert 22 Foundation, UK
Fiona Rogers- Chief Operating Officer, Magnum Photos International & Founder, Firecracker, UK
Gintaras Česonis- Curator, Kaunas Photography Gallery and Publishing House, Lithuania
Gwen Lee- Director, Singapore International Photography Festival & Deck, Singapore
Iona Fergusson- Independent Curator, Producer and Creative director, India / UK
István Virágvölgyi – Independent Curator and Secretary of the Robert Capa Photography Grand Prize, Hungary
Jae-hyun Seok- Curator & Director of Art Space LUMOS & Associate Editor, Photo Dot magazine, South Korea
Jean-Christophe Godet- Founder & Artistic Director, Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey
Jeong Eun Kim- Director, THE REFERENCE ASIA & Founding Publisher of IANNBOOKS, South Korea
John Duncan- Editor of SOURCE Magazine and Photographer, Ireland
Karen Harvey- Founder & Director of Shutter Hub, UK
Karin Andreasson- News Picture Editor, Guardian, UK
Lisa Botos- Curator and Photography Specialist, Singapore & Hong Kong
Malcolm Dickson- Director, Street Level Photoworks, Scotland, UK
Marc Prüst- Artistic Director for the NUKU photo festival, Netherlands & Ghana
Marina Paulenka- Artistic Director, Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Croatia
Markéta Kinterová- Creative Director of Fotograf Gallery, Festival and Magazine, Czech Republic
Michael Pritchard- Director, Education and Public Affairs at The Royal Photographic Society, UK
Michael Sargeant- Online Education Manager, Magnum Photos, UK
Mirjam Kooiman- Curator, Foam Photography Museum, Netherlands
Monica Allende- Independent Curator & Consultant, UK
Nicola Shipley- Director of GRAIN projects, UK
Nii Obodai -Founding Member, Nuku Studio & Festival Director, Nuku Photo Festival, Ghana
Nuno Ricou Salgado- Artistic Director, PARALLEL – European Photo Based Platform & Procur.arte Portugal
Reinout van den Bergh- Curator, BredaPhoto Festival, Netherlands
Sarah Allen- Assistant Curator, Tate Modern, UK
Sebastian A Hau- Curator specialising in photobooks & Director, Cosmos books, France
Shoair Mavlian- Director, Photoworks, UK
Skinder Hundal- CEO/Director, New Art Exchange, UK
Steven Evans- Executive Director, Fotofest International, USA
Thomas Dukes- Curator, Open Eye Gallery, UK
Tiina Rauhala- Chief Curator, The Finnish Museum of Photography, Finland
Tim Clark- Editor-in-Chief & Director, 1000 Words, UK
Ute Noll- Director On Photography & Illustration and UNO ART SPACE, Germany
Verity Roberts- Photography & Art Commissioner, BBC Studios Creative , UK
W.M Hunt- W.M. Hunt is Head Bear at Dancing Bear, USA
Wang Baoguo- Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Chinese Photographers Magazine, China
Yining He – Independent Writer and Curator, China
Yumi Goto- Independent Photography Curator, Editor and Researcher, Japan
