Biennale della Fotografia Femminile

The open call for the Off Circuit of the third edition of the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile is finally here! We’re looking for photographic projects to exhibit during the next edition of BFF, which will be held in Mantua, Italy, from March 8th through the 14th of April 2024.  The call is open exclusively to all people who identify as female and who are 18 years or older. The projects must explore this edition’s theme, which is Private. The projects must have a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 10 photos. All types of photographs are accepted: digital or analog scans; any type of photographic equipment is accepted: view camera, pin hole, 35 mm, mirrorless, dslr, cellphone, etc.; all styles of photography are allowed: reportage, portraiture, conceptual photography, storytelling, etc.  The images will be selected by the Biennale della Fotografia Femminile commission and will be exhibited in public locations in Mantova in an Off Circuit. The photographs will  be visible during each establishment’s opening hours. The arrangement, dimensions and set up of the photographs will be defined by the commission. Costs are entirely covered by the BFF. What are we looking for? The theme of the third edition of the BFF is Private, which has a double meaning in the Italian language, meaning private, i.e. non-public, issues and what instead concerns deprivation. Removal from the public sphere can have multiple implications: is it a saving subtraction or a prevarication? How is it possible to define what is public or private? What does it mean to be deprived? Starting from these reflections, the aim is to investigate individual and collective, virtual and real spaces through photography. Contexts where the personal and the public fade into an osmotic and sometimes conflictual relationship.