Hi, you, coming from Insta

Hi, visitor from the void of Instagram. Welcome to FOTOTREFF Berlin. Come in, take your time. Look around and – let’s talk about photography.

Here are some recommendations for you to start with:

• UPCOMING: FOTOTREFF #46, Samstag, 23. Mai 2026 | 19:00 h
  Rechts im Bild. Fotografische Handlungsräume im Kontext von Rechtsradikalismus

  In der 46. Ausgabe des FOTOTREFF berichten Rafael Heygster (Hannover), Paula Markert (Hamburg), Julius Schien (Hannover), Thomas Victor (Leipzig) und Stella Weiß (Leipzig) von ihren Erfahrungen bei der fotografischen Berichterstattung zu rechter Gewalt, von ihrem beruflichen Alltag sowie von ihrem Zusammenschluss zum Netzwerk „SHIFT – Fotodokumentarische Arbeiten zum Rechtsruck“. Gemeinsam diskutieren sie, welche Verantwortung Bilder tragen und wie fotografische Praxis demokratische Diskurse stärken kann.

  Mehr Informationen auf der Veranstaltungsseite von FOTOTREFF #46

• Podcast: FOTOTREFF #41: “Photobook Strategies”

  Re-listen to Claudio Pogo, Magdalena Wysocka (Outer Space Press) and Chantal Seitz talking about their publishing practices – and even about cooffe table books.
  FOTOTREFF #41

• Podcast: FOTOTREFF #40 on March 16 2024: War at a Distance

  The 40th edition of FOTOTREFF focused on images of war. First Julia Kochetova, Sebastian Wells and Tobias Laukemper talked about the topic.
  In the second part curator Natasha Christia presented her book exhibition project “War at a Distance” in conversation with Alfonso Moral (ANTI-books).

  Listen to the podcast on your favourite platform. Or right here:
  FOTOTREFF #40

• Explore FOTOTREFF by Topic

  You might want to explore our content tagged e.g. as:
  #Conceptual
  #Curating
  #Documentary
  #Identity
  #Society

• Get to know us: Talk by “Die Motive Podcast” with FOTOTREFF Berlin

  We don’t only write – we mostly talk. Alexander Hagmann from the magazine dieMotive invited us over for a chat in his podcast. Lean back, close your eyes and hear some photo babble on festivals, exhibitions, photobooks and what we like (and don’t) about all of these.
  Jump over to the podcast (@dieMotive)

• 5 Questions 2 – our Insta takeovers (to re-enjoy & in case you missed them on Insta)

  Each Insta takeover we ask (almost) the same (more or less) questions.
  THEY ALL answer differently!
  Browse these ephemeral storys gone eternal:
  All 5Q2

• “Writing about Photography” – A Survey

  

  Yes – we sometimes write about photography. And we’ve asked some people who do more often (or more great) than us, for a statement about writing about photography.
  Take a read

• Our website-editorial – what and how and why

  We relaunched our website – this website – in 2021. You might want to take a look at our
  Relaunch Editorial

• What we (usually) do?

  Take a look at the past Editions of FOTOTREFF Berlin with photographers like Peter Puklus, Feng Li, Loredana Nemes, Tobias Zielony, Jessica Backhaus, curators Sonia Voss, Matthias Harder and Felix Hoffman and soon (hopefully) Laia Abril and Jörg Colberg.
  All Editions

• What is FOTOTREFF Berlin e.V?

  A non-profit to promote documentary and artistic photography and the discussion about it. Best you can do: come over to one of our events in Berlin or elsewhere. For the time being: read some notes
  About FOTOTREFF Berlin e.V.