JIPFest friends, The past two months, we have been struggling to reshape JIPFest in line with the new social norm of physical distancing following the COVID-19 global pandemic. Unfortunately, there are too many uncertainties that make it hard for us to continue planning the festival. In line with the difficult situation we are faced with, we regret to inform you that JIPFest will be postponed to the second half of 2021. This hard decision came after many internal discussions and a series of meetings with the local government, as well as thinking of scenarios to shift most of the festival
JIPFest curatorial team, while working remotely between Bangladesh (Asif), Yogyakarta (Wid)
Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) 2021 calls out to artists, photographers, and publishers to submit their photo books and take part at the Photo Book Exhibition, scheduled for 13-28 November 2021 at Kota Tua, Jakarta. The Photo Book Exhibition aims to show the development of photo book, including its role as a democratic medium within the photography practice, as well as its challenges and opportunities in this digital age. Various photo books are welcome to be submitted, including independent and commercial, handmade as well as self-published. There is no limitation of printing year, theme, nor photography genre. Our committee will
Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) 2021 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. Each work must be in line with the festival’s theme—SPACE. The festival’s curatorial team will make a selection of the submitted works and present them at various venues at Jakarta’s Old Town from 13-28 November 2021. GENERAL INFO The festival welcomes applicants of any nationality, aged 18 years or older.Each applicant is allowed to submit one or more body of works/projects.There is no submission fee, and the festival will not provide
It is perhaps more useful to try to imagine space as a series of relations between things that creates specific meanings depending on the contexts, rather than thinking about it as something defined by physical boundaries. After all, any given space may be perceived in different values by the people inhabiting or taking interest in it. These disparate views may co-exist peacefully, bringing complex layers of understanding that enrich the said space. Unfortunately, they can also be too discordant that these conflicting views become seemingly impossible to resolve. The space then becomes contested, which may even escalate into violent clashes
Sayed Asif Mahmud (Bangladesh)Asif is a Bangladesh-based photographer. He is a graduate of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and is currently teaching there. Asif ‘s work has been exhibited in Chobimela VI, Dhaka Art Summit, Bengal Art Lounge, Bedales Gallery and Noorderlicht Festival. His work Tobacco Tale was awarded second prize in Non-Traditional Photojournalism Award by NPPA (2013) and Honorable Mention in the Anthropographia Award 2013. He was one of the 25 best new photographers of 2015, selected by British Journal of Photography. sayedasifmahmud.com Kurniadi Widodo (Indonesia)Wid is a Yogyakarta-based photographer. Aside from making personal projects, since 2010 he has
The first edition of Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) was held on 25 June-9 July 2019
The Jakarta International Photo Festival (JIPFest) is set to return next year.