The ViennaPhotoBookFestival is celebrating its 5th anniversary on the 10th and 11th of June 2017.

To celebrate the medium of the photobook accordingly we have set up an exciting program. In addition to prominent guests like the Magnum legend Bruce Davidson and the creator of The Photobook: A History and Magnum photographer Martin Parr, we are expecting the photo critics Gerry Badger and Hans Michael Koetzle, the Russian photographer Nikolay Bakharev, archipelago founder Magali Avezou, the chief curator of the Italian center for photography CAMERA Francesco Zanot, the Danish photographer Krass Clement and the Swiss photographer Rene Groebli, who is celebrating his 90th birthday this year.

Also in 2017 we are following the vision of a modern platform that helps to create networks between publishers, rare photobook dealers, independent publishers, artists and students. In addition, the festival’s international lectures will attract photobook aficionados from all over the world making Vienna a photobook metropolis once again.

In a relaxed atmosphere with music, food and drinks the fifth edition of the ViennaPhotoBookFestival will provide the perfect meeting place linking Western and Eastern Europe. Moreover, students will be able to introduce themselves and present their works to the photobook market. Numerous publications have already benefitted from this opportunity.