Backlight Photo Festival

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Backlight Photo Festival

The Backlight Photo Festival is an international photography festival in Tampere, Finland.

The Backlight Photo Festival is an international photography festival in Finland for documentary and contemporary photo art. The Backlight Photo Festival promotes intercultural dialogue by revealing the hidden, the veiled, the lost and the forgotten. Each festival forms a new unique entity with current social theme, renewed structure and a challenging content with exhibitions and wide-ranging Symp

osium program. Main organizer: Photographic Centre Nykyaika, which has organized international photography festival since 1987 in Tampere, Finland. Nowadays festival is organized in co-operation with diverse international and national partners.

12/06/2026

We’re excited to present The Fumes of Mars by Katerina Angelopoulou as part of Backlight Photo Festival 2026 and this year’s theme, The Art of Lying.

Mark your calendars and book your trip to Tampere: 1–20 September 2026. We hope to see you there!

27/05/2026

As part of Backlight Photo Festival 2026, Tropical Trauma Misery Tour by Rafael Roncato will be on view in Tampere, presented under the theme The Art of Lying.

🗓️ 1–20 September 2026
📍 Tampere, Finland
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21/05/2026

At Backlight Photo Festival 2026, Days of Plenty: An Archive of Abundance by David Ellingsen, will be presented as part of this year’s theme The Art of Lying.

🗓️ 1–20 September 2026
📍 Tampere, Finland

13/05/2026

Backlight Photo Festival 2026 presents "Glimmers, feathers and staring skies” by Joel Jimenez as part of this year’s theme The Art of Lying.

🗓️ 1–20 September 2026
📍 Tampere, Finland
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06/05/2026

As part of Backlight Photo Festival 2026, People of Clay by Akshay Mahajan will be on view in Tampere, presented under the theme The Art of Lying.

🗓️ 1–21 September 2026
📍 Tampere, Finland

28/04/2026

Save the Date 🗓️
Backlight Photo Festival
1–21 September 2026

This year’s edition, The Art of Lying, explores the relationship between photography, truth and imagination in a time shaped by artificial intelligence and constructed realities.

The festival brings together 12 artists from 11 countries, offering a wide range of perspectives on how images shape the way we see and understand the world.

📍 Tampere, Finland

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Save the date 🗓️
Backlight-valokuvafestivaali
1.–21. syyskuuta 2026

Tämän vuoden festivaali, Valehtelun taito – The Art of Lying, tarkastelee valokuvan, totuuden ja mielikuvituksen välistä suhdetta ajassa, jota muovaavat tekoäly ja rakennetut todellisuudet.

Festivaali kokoaa yhteen 12 taiteilijaa 11 maasta ja tarjoaa monipuolisia näkökulmia siihen, miten kuvat muovaavat tapaamme nähdä ja ymmärtää maailmaa.

📍 Tampere

https://backlight.fi

16/04/2026

✨ SELECTED ARTISTS ✨

We are excited to present the artists selected for Backlight Photo Festival 2026, curated under the theme The Art of Lying.

The open call received 370 submissions from around the world. The selected artists reflect a wide range of perspectives on photography in a time shaped by artificial intelligence, constructed realities and shifting notions of truth.

We extend our sincere thanks to everyone who shared their work with us – your trust and critical engagement are deeply appreciated.

Warm thanks to our curators of the open call Anna Ruth , Franek Ammer and Dana Benlakhdar, for their thoughtful and dedicated work in shaping this edition of the festival.

We are proud to present the selected artists:
Katerina Angelopoulou
Jo Duck
David Ellingsen
Joel Jimenez
Akshay Mahajan
André Ramos-Woodard
Rafael Roncato
Sasha Velichko
Timo Wright
Sheung Yiu
Amin Yousefi
Ana Zibelnik & Jakob Ganslmeier

📍 Tampere, Finland
🗓 1–21 September 2026

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