5 April |10:00-17:00, ISSP Gallery, Berga bazārs, Marijas Street 13 k. 3, Riga and Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia.
Participation only with prior application. www.issp.lv, www.norden.lv

In 2019, the Riga Photography Biennial Programme will be supplemented with a new event – Portfolio Review. The purpose of Portfolio Review is to create an opportunity for emerging and professional artists and photographers to meet industry representatives from the Baltic States and Europe – curators, photographers, art historians, representatives of photography festivals, book publishers and magazine editors.

The objective of Portfolio Review is to assist artists and photographers in evaluating their own work (portfolio), offer professional feedback and guidelines for further development and create opportunities for building contacts with industry representatives.

The Portfolio Review is open to applications from participants from any part of the world, there are no age restrictions, submission period - till 20 March, 2019.

Participants must prepare a presentable portfolio (1-3 series of work) either in a printed or digital format.

Participants: Artists and photographers from Baltic states and Europe
Reviewers: Marianne Ager (DK), Michael Biedowicz (DE), Krzysztof Candrowicz (PL), Evita Goze (LV), Saara Hacklin (FI), Virginija Januškevičiūtė (LT), Solvita Krese (LV), Shoair Mavlian (UK), Adomas Narkevičius (LT), Andreas Nilsson (SE), Šelda Puķīte (LV), Vilma Samulionyte and Gytis Skudžinskas (LT), Amelie Schuele (DE)
Organizer: Riga Photography Biennial in cooperation with ISSP, Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Latvia, Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Goethe-Institut Riga
Image: Zanda Puče. From series ‘Frago’. Archive of Kuldiga District Museum. 2018