Tbilisi Photo Festival to be supported by Dutch Prince Claus Fund
Over the next three years the festival will use the grant support for its project dedicated to female photographers from across the South Caucasus. Photo: Tbilisi Photo Festival.
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Tbilisi Photo Festival, an annual regional event bringing focus to hundreds of photography talent on the cultural crossroads, hosting panel talks and presentations, will receive financial and networking support from the Dutch-based Prince Claus Fund.
Alongside Khoj International Artists Association in India and Studio 8, a Jordanian-based artist platform, the festival is the latest Network Partner of the fund which offers opportunities for long-term cultural projects.
For the next three years, the festival founded by Georgian journalist Nestan Nijaradze and French photographer Lionel Charrier will use the grant to "support female photographers from South Caucasus to Asia regions", festival team said.
To be curated by Tbilisi-based Polish photographer Justyna Mielnikiewicz and the MAPS photo agency and collective, the project will benefit from the Dutch fund's financial support as well as one or two yearly meetings with other Network Partners for experience-sharing and networking opportunities.
We've got three incredible new partnerships in the works!
— Prince Claus Fund (@princeclausfund) October 18, 2019
Meet our new Network Partners: Khojo, @Tbilisi_Photo and @studio8jo
They'll join exchange ideas and expertise with other cultural organisations and receive support for a long-term project. https://t.co/t7Ho7C3ut3 pic.twitter.com/3MHDGOsCcP
Following the three years of collaboration, the partner organisations will remain "part of this international, multi-disciplinary committee as an advisor, attending meetings and contributing to the ongoing cultural exchange", the fund said.
The Tbilisi festival was launched in 2010 in partnership with the Les Rencontres d’Arles photo festival in France and has since taken on a role of regional hub for artists and photography organisations.
This year's edition presented works by over 300 contemporary photographers on subjects ranging from intimate personal experiences to immigration and politics to mark the annual 10th festival, reviewed by Joe Burrows of London Photography Diary.
Launched in 1996 as a tribute to "dedication to culture and development" by Prince Claus of the Netherlands, the Prince Claus Fund contributes to cultural projects from across the world, mainly in Latin America, Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe.