Photo: © Wencke Grothkopp
Photography
Questions & Answers
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I am a photographer, looking for promotional and financing possibilities, where can I find those?
The area of photography is eligible for culture as well as economic funding. Commercial photography is eligible for economic funding, and artistic, non-commercial photography is eligible for cultural promotion same as other forms of visual arts. There are no specific funding programs just for photographers, but all artistically working photographers can apply for the Berlin Senate’s programs for the visual arts. Other sources of funding could be the following:
Use our Funding Database looking through the Visual Arts section, there may be programs that photographers are also eligible for.
For any commissioned works and projects that are eligible for economic promotion, the criteria for economic funding and financing apply.
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Where can I find individual consultation opportunities regarding cultural promotion and cultural industry financing and further important sources of information?
For this purpose, we recommend our own advisory service from Kreativ Kultur Berlin - in the area of non-commercial artistic work, you may be interested in the Kulturförderberatung (Cultural Funding Consultation). In the area of commercial independent commissioned work, we recommend the Kreativwirtschaftsberatung (Creative Industries Consultation).
We have provided an overview of all available consultation opportunities in the field of culture funding and cultural industry financing in our individual consultation section.
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I am looking for photographers and companies to connect with, where can I find them?
Within our network you can find an overview of persons, companies and institutions who work in the field of photography. Sign up and create your own profile for free so you can connect with others.
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Where can I find studios, office spaces, project spaces and coworking spaces for photographers in Berlin?
Studio spaces for artists can be found on the pages of BBK and on berlin-artist.info. Coworking-spaces and project spaces can be found here. Please don't forget to check our market place, where you can also post any spaces or rooms that you might have available.
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Are there special tenders and competitions for photographers in Berlin?
Yes, on our pages. Furthermore, current tenders for photographers can be found on the following websites:
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie
- Agentur für Journalismus und Pressearbeit im Internet
- Newsroom
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I am looking for jobs, where can I find them?
Do you know our jobs section? You can search through a number of jobs and also post your own.
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Do you have any questions?
We will answer them directly or will forward them to competent contacts in Berlin! Ask a question.
