epea 02: The New Social - opening of the exhibition in Hamburg

March 31 2015

31 March 2015 will mark the opening of the photo project epea, the “European Photo Exhibition Award 02: The New Social” at the House of Photography/Deichtorhallen in Hamburg.

Curator Ingo Taubhorn and Kai-Michael Hartig from the Körber Stiftung will speak at the grand opening, which begins at 7.30 pm.

The exhibition is on view until 31 May 2015. It has previously been shown at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, in Lucca, Italy, and in Paris.

The European Photo Exhibition Award is a product of cooperation between the Fritt Ord Foundation (Norway), Körber-Stiftung (Germany), Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian – Délégation en France (Portugal) and Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca (Italy).

Read more at www.epeaphoto.org.

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