The 2026 competition starts on 1 February.
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Ute Behrend
Martin MulikWho we are
The PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award was created in 2015. Our output so far: fifty exhibitions, and stunning works by over four hundred international artists. In 2025, the finalist show counted more than 50,000 visitors.
Martin MulikInternational Competition for Portrait Photography
»Surface«, »Counterparts«, »Togetherness«, »Change«, »Presence«, »Uncovered«, »Dignity«, »Singularity« and »Echoes of Truth«: these were the major thematic exhibitions that HELLERAU – European Center for the Arts organized together with Kunstagentur Dresden in recent years.