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International Portrait Photography Competition<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Dresden, famous pioneer city of photography. And nearby: Hellerau, Germany’s first garden city. The Festspielhaus Hellerau has been perched on Dresden’s “Green Hill” for over 100 years. Since 2015, it has been hosting the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here, photographers from all over the world apply, translating the themes of our time into portraits. Their works are shown in the Festspielhaus and, since 2017, at other extraordinary locations across the Saxon capital: in small galleries, abandoned industrial buildings, in studios, museums and off-spaces. Over the past four years, we have presented more than four hundred photographers from more than forty countries in fifty different exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2016 to 2025, HELLERAU \u2013 European Center for the Arts awarded a residency prize. The main exhibition in 2025 attracted over 50,000 photography enthusiasts.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Two jurors of the first PORTRAITS competition, photographer Matthias Creutziger and art historian Dr Katja Schumann have summed up what the Hellerau jury is looking for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. At best, photos should emphasize the character of the model, being true ‘psychograms’\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. We expect a new visual language that tries to disrupt any former paradigm. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. We want to feel what kind of photographer is behind the camera, too. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. We don’t understand fashion photography, neither old nor new. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Sheer professionalism is too little. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Mere beauty is not enough. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. We expect true passion \u2013 through the medium of photography.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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    Prizes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    1st Prize<\/strong>
    5,000 EUR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2nd Prize<\/strong>
    2,000 EUR<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3rd Prize<\/strong>
    1,000 EUR

    Invitations to various solo exhibitions in Dresden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Former Prize Winners<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n
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