photo08
Today was the public opening of the photo08 - Switzerlands largest photo exhibition. Once again I am happy to be among the selected photographers. The interesting thing about this show is the level playing field for everybody participating. One huge hangar type of space and a 1 by 4 meter styrofoam cube to show your work on. Doesn’t matter if your a hot shot or first semester student, you get the same 4 square meters. It all results in a big melting pot of contemporary photography.
In it’s 4th year the show is really picking up a momentum and is starting to get a lot of press as in PERSÖNLICH, Switzerland’s foremost magazine for the advertising community. What made my day last night at the VIP opening, was seeing two of my images as the lead for their coverage on the show!
I had a fairly hard time selcting the images to show. After all 4 square meters isn’t that much space. As opposed to last year, where I showed 17 smaller images I opted for a few larger prints this year. Below is my cube:
One of the greatest things about photo08 however, are the people you get meet. Today I had the pleasure of being introduced to a representative from one of the larger advertising agencies here, followed by a very friendly couple who knew me through the internet and of course all the other photographers on site. First and foremost my good friend Beat Eisele, who has joined the gang of exhibitors this year! Beat has a brand new website up - chek it out here. But all the other guys as well, there’s hardly any envy among the fellow photogs there. Folks just pop up beside your cube and usually very friendly and fruitful conversations follow. Photography 2.0 at it’s best!
Photo08 will run until Tuesday Dec. 30, so if you’re in town, make sure to pop in!
Posted by nicolas_henri on December 27th, 2008 :: Filed under Exhibition, Photography
Tags :: Exhibition, largest photo exhibition, photo08, Zürich
