A Information to October 2025 Photography Festivals & Exhibitions

Photobook Mania, Encontros Da Imagem, OKO Foto Festival Bohinj, Fotodoks, Le Sale ka Kgotso by Lebohang Kganye at Fotografiska Berlin, Oslo Negativ Fotofestival, and La Nuu are among the many images occasions to go to subsequent month.

Bologna, Italy / 18 October – 19 October

PhMuseum is launching Photobook Mania, a brand new, free biennial occasion devoted to the photographic e-book, going down at Serra Madre in Bologna. The pageant goals to turn out to be a world reference level for impartial photographic publishing by internet hosting over twenty worldwide publishers. This occasion is a part of a brand new programming schedule, alternating with the PhMuseum Days pageant, to broaden the promotion of latest photographic tradition.

The large program features a sequence of talks with artists and professionals, two important exhibitions, and the Dummy Deep Dive workshop led by American photographer and author Aaron Schuman, geared toward photographers and artists who wish to flip their work right into a e-book. Titled Dummies and Books from FOLIO 2024/25 Photobook Making Masterclass, the primary exhibition presents the photobook dummies developed throughout the fifth version of the masterclass devoted to the manufacturing of e-book prototypes. The second exhibition is devoted to the PhMuseum 2025 Photobook Award, an award that showcases 30 photobook initiatives obtained via the primary version of the open name. The prize recipient shall be introduced throughout the occasion on Saturday, the 18th at 7 pm, and shall be awarded a publication with PhMuseum and a presence at PhMuseum Days 2026.

Additionally, on Saturday, at 6 pm, the primary difficulty of PhMuseum’s print journal shall be offered as a part of a wealthy program of shows attended by authors.

Read extra in regards to the occasion and verify the total checklist of publishers on PhMuseum’s web site.

Braga, Portugal / 18 October – 2 November

Under the motto Manifestação de Interesse (Declaration of Interest) and the creative route of Vítor Nieves, the pageant is unfold throughout greater than 35 venues and organised round three curatorial themes: Argumentários (Arguments), Dissidências (Dissidences), and Transições (Transitions). While images stays on the centre of the programme, this thirty fifth version expands to different modern languages, integrating cinema, efficiency, set up, and video artwork, in a celebration of the a number of types of visible expression right now.

In addition to the exhibitions, the programme consists of academic actions, portfolio opinions, talks, projections, and cinema. Among the featured artists are Teresa Freitas, Pierpaolo Mittica, Matevž Čebašek, Gérald Bloncourt, Carlos Folgoso, Tiago Casanova, Nastassja Nefjodov, Céu Guarda, Fabio Magara, Stefanos Paikos, Mauro Silva, Helena Almeida, Inês Moura, Gil Raro, Miguel De, Sergio Marey, and extra.

Find out extra on their website.

Bohinj, Slovenia / 16 October – 19 October

Located in Julian Alps and Triglav National Park, the brand new Slovenian pageant combines documentary images with reflection on ethics, nature conservation, sustainability, and the human influence on the setting. OKO Festival invitations the general public to be a part of the occasion and encourage others to guard the setting and join extra deeply with nature.

The pageant program consists of exhibitions, projections, a three-day workshop on conservation images for transformation and connection, and a workshop introducing individuals to a historic photographic approach developed in 1851, via artisanal and meditative observe. Additionally, the occasion embody a photograph tour underneath the identify Zajamniki Through the Eyes of Autumn, main guests to certainly one of Bohinj’s most enchanting alpine pastures, nestled within the coronary heart of Triglav National Park—Zajamniki.

Discover extra in regards to the occasion on OKO Festival’s website.

Munich, Germany / 10 October – 2 November

Themed Long Time No See, the occasion delves into how the previous is remembered and reinterpreted via modern documentary images. Centered round a gaggle exhibition of 10 worldwide artists, this yr’s version shall be uniquely hosted in a former 1941 air raid shelter in Munich, now a cultural platform that positions itself on the intersection of structure, images, and sculpture. The exhibition is complemented by a three-day pageant program crammed with artist talks, guided excursions, and workshops.

Collectively curated by photographers, the pageant goals to current a broad vary of documentary practices, and the primary exhibition will stay on view for an prolonged interval past the pageant weekend. This yr’s taking part artists are Sander Coers, Arash Fayez, Calvin Hein, Thero Makepe, Edgar Martins, Yun Ping Li, Eva Rivas Bao, Sarah Sullivan, Anya Tsaruk, and Eva Vei.

Learn extra in regards to the occasion on their website.

Berlin, Germany / 12 September – 25 January

Created particularly for this exhibition, Le Sale ka Kgotso invitations the general public right into a haunted structure the place language, historical past, and reminiscence slip, overlap, and refuse decision. The work is centered round a life-sized, spectral recreation of a post-apartheid South African RDP home and a Sesotho phrase for “stay in peace” that, when mispronounced, invokes a malevolent spirit. By intentionally blurring reality and fiction and utilizing familial reminiscence as a lens to scrutinize nationwide fable, Kganye creates a non-nostalgic and uncanny set up that speaks to the unresolved current, the place properties and histories are revealed to be as haunted and double-edged as language itself.

Read extra on their website.

Oslo, Norway / 11 October – 26 October

A collaboration between the Møllersamlingen and the Preus Museum now in its fifth yr, the Oslo Negativ Fotofestival continues its custom of respiration new life into empty buildings. This coming October, the pageant will take over the previous National Gallery for 3 weekends, filling its iconic halls and beforehand inaccessible rooms on the bottom and first flooring with images. The occasion presents the general public an opportunity to satisfy photographers and examine a various vary of documentary, artwork, and style images from Norway and overseas. The program consists of each day artist talks and panel discussions, in addition to lectures and programs. This annual occasion is a collaboration between the Møllersamlingen and the Preus Museum.

Read extra on their website.

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland / 21 September – 30 November

Photoforum invitations you to the opening of their ultimate exhibition cycle of the yr, that includes Belonging As A Strange Feeling by Ana Brankovic and De L’Ombre À La Lumière by Peggy Kleiber. Both artists discover questions of reminiscence, id, and illustration in their very own methods, and are a part of the Swiss Photomonth.

Brankovic explores id, reminiscence, and diaspora via an immersive mixture of images, video, sound, and set up. Drawing on her private expertise throughout the ex-Yugoslav diaspora, she combines autofiction, documentary materials, and AI-generated photos to problem dominant narratives about migration and belonging. Marking the tenth anniversary of her passing, the exhibition De L’Ombre À La Lumière is the primary to be devoted to photographer Peggy Kleiber (1940–2015) within the area the place she lived. The present unveils her lately found archive of 15,000 negatives, which seize a variety of topics from intimate household life and scenes in Biel to staff’ actions in Italy and world travels. Kleiber’s quiet but highly effective photos are celebrated for revealing the overlap between private and political histories, remodeling a non-public archive right into a type of collective reminiscence.

Find out extra in regards to the exhibitions on Photoforum Pasquart’s website.

Rubí, Spain / 1 October – 31 October

La Nuu Festival returns with its eleventh version, delving into the theme All Tomorrow’s Screens and remodeling town right into a museum open to all, the place the hyperlink between tradition and territory is made tangible. This title, a tribute to The Velvet Underground and the author Antón Patiño, is offered as each a “warning to navigators” and an idea “full of promise for the future.” Rather than adopting a easy technophobic or technophilic stance, the theme requires a aware effort to discover ways to look once more, advocating for a “visual democracy” and a “creative resistance of the gaze.” The curated works will characteristic photographers and artists who mirror on the hazards of our dependancy to a slim and totalitarian visible regime, whereas additionally pointing towards new paths of artistic escape from the “optical hegemony” of photos and their alienating results.

Among the featured artists are Xavi Bou, Carles Camps Mundó, Cecília Coca, Joan Teixidor, Cristobal Ascencio, Amandine Kuhlmann, Vanessa Pey, Alexander Binder, Tatu Gustafsson, Chloe Azzopardi, FSA Archives, Katrick Koening, and Sarker Protick.

Discover extra on the pageant’s website.

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Also open this month:

SEEEU 2025 – Europe Photo Month Tokyo / Tokyo, Japan / 23 October – 23 November

Curated by Mutsuko Ota and Kim Boske, with Sergej Grigorjev as pageant producer, SEEEU is devoted to forging connections between the creative communities of Japan and Europe. The pageant facilitates this trade via a program of networking alternatives, portfolio opinions, and visits to artist studios and cultural establishments. To guarantee broad accessibility, all exhibitions and occasions are freed from cost and held in public areas.

Fotografica Bergamo Festival / Bergamo, Italy / 11 October – 9 November

The fifth version of the Fotografica Bergamo Festival, titled As Brave As We Can, explores the theme of braveness via modern images. Hosted throughout two historic venues in Bergamo, the pageant will current 13 exhibitions from internationally famend artists, alongside conferences and occasions. It goals to current images as a robust testimony to each heroic acts and the each day resilience of people confronting adversity, providing thought-provoking views on what it means to be brave.

Gen Z. Shaping A New Gaze at Photo Elysée / Lausanne, Switzerland / 19 September – 1 February

In 2025, twenty years after its authentic rising artists’ showcase, Photo Elysée presents an exhibition that includes over 60 younger photographers primarily from Generation Z. The present explores themes essential to this technology, akin to remodeling household ties, physique and gender illustration, and fluid identities. Through highly effective private narratives that mix right into a collective power, the exhibition presents perception into the issues of a technology searching for illustration and its place in a continually altering world, the place the private turns into political.