As part of its mission to build a marketplace for photographers, Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) is hosting a Portfolio Review on 15 September 2025 in Jakarta. This program facilitates one-on-one meetings between photographers and industry professionals, including potential clients. These sessions offer photographers the chance to receive constructive feedback, grow their professional network, and explore opportunities for future assignments. The Portfolio Review features six experts from diverse fields—ranging from publisher, curators to scholars. Each participant can meet with up to two reviewers per day, with each session lasting 20 minutes. REVIEWERS Cindy Tan, Deputy Director of Museum MACAN Cristian
Reza Saifullah & Rizka Munawarah, “Connected from Exile” The Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) 2025 curatorial team, consisting of Chelsea Chua (Singapore), Yoppy Pieter (Indonesia), and Program Director Irene Barlian (Indonesia), has selected 21 photography and multimedia projects to be presented at the festival’s Photo Exhibition, taking place from 12 to 21 September 2025. The selected projects came from an Open Call, which ran from 21 May to 21 June 2025, as well as from curators’ invitations. The final selection was made from over 100 submissions representing artists from 22 countries. This year’s theme, COEXISTENCE, offers a timely and necessary
Award-winning photographer Ian Teh will guide participants through the process of developing long-form documentary projects with depth, clarity, and purpose. Drawing from over two decades of experience working on complex environmental and social issues, Ian will share his approach to crafting visual narratives that are both emotionally resonant and ethically grounded. Participants will learn how to: Build a cohesive, long-term body of work that reflects sustained engagement and intention Translate abstract or systemic issues—such as climate change, industrialization, or displacement—into compelling visual stories Develop a personal narrative structure and visual language that supports the subject matter Edit, sequence, and build
The sixth edition of JIPFest will be held on 12–21 September 2025 in Cikini, Central Jakarta. One of its programs, Indonesia Photo Fair, will take place at Galeri S. Sudjojono, Taman Ismail Marzuki. We invite photography practitioners to participate in two main programs: Photo Fair and Photo Market. Photo Fair will display photo prints and photo books. In this program, participants (individuals/collectives/organizations) submit works to be selected by the IPF committee. Selected works will be exhibited and marketed at the event. The cooperation scheme used in the fair is consignment, with a single cashier system managed by IPF. Photo Market
Fringe, one of JIPFest’s signature programs, will return for the 2025 edition. This platform invites individuals, collectives, and organizations to organize their own photography events as part of the festival. Selected events (from Indonesia and overseas) will be facilitated with venue and equipment. Both JIPFest and the event organizer will co-promote the event. In previous festival editions, Fringe participants have held photo events in the format of discussion, workshop, portfolio review, and book launch. All events are open to the public and free of charge. As a reference, please see the list of Fringe events from 2019, 2021, 2022 and
Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) calls out to photographers and artists from around the world to submit photographic and photo-based multimedia works that are made in a diverse visual approach.
Introducing Chelsea Chua and Yoppy Pieter as the curators for the fifth edition of JIPFest.
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A new breakthrough by JIPFest to grow Indonesia’s photography industry.
Under the Fringe program, organizations or communities have the opportunity to create their own events at JIPFest.
The public screening program will feature a diverse photography and multimedia projects by international artists.