Barcelona will host the international event focused on photography. Photo Forum Fest will be held from March 15 to 17, 2023 at the Montjuïc Fira de Barcelona.
It will be attended by leading masters of the camera, including Michael Kenna, Alex Webb, and Joan Fontcuberta.
The organization is once again betting on full attendance after the last two editions marked by the restrictions of the pandemic.
Photo Forum Fest to bring together the masters of the camera in Barcelona
It will turn the city into the world capital of photography during these three days.
The event, which will be held at the Fira de Barcelona’s Congress Center in Montjuïc, will be structured around the Bodaf and Life congresses.
The first, dedicated to social and wedding photography, will be held on March 15 and 16.
The second, which will focus on works on nature, photojournalism, travel and adventure, will take place on March 17.
In addition, the program of activities will include a masterclass by Magnum agency photographer Alex Webb, Tec Petaja and the couple Erika & Victor Lax. The two great referents of social and wedding photography.
There will also be a presentation by landscape photographer Michael Kenna, who is currently on a world tour for the 50th anniversary of his first work. In fact, Barcelona will be the only stop on Spanish soil.
International presence
The event will feature distinguished guests and speakers from different countries. Among them from Poland, Germany, the United States, Switzerland, England, Portugal and Spain.
Among the group of prominent industry professionals attending the event are Monika Frias, Álvaro Sanz, Ulla Lohmann, John Dolan, Joan de la Malla and Joy Zamora.
Another of the participants who will make the event shine is the Catalan photographer and artist Joan Fontcuberta, who will even participate with a book signing to the public.
The Photo Forum Fest will not only be a space for learning and sharing knowledge, but also a space for exhibition and commercial offerings.
For this reason, it will have a wide and attractive range of exhibits occupying an area of 3,000 square meters. Renowned brands in photography technology such as Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm, Olympus, Canon, DJI and Apple will be there to present their new products.
The Photo Forum Fest spokespersons, Eduard Casanova and Carles Figuerola, have expressed their pleasure for the public to attend the event and enjoy the different activities live and in person, as part of normality.
Photo Forum Fest is the most important international event focused on photography in Europe.
Art, photography and image in one place.
