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

October 22 2014

22 October 2014 will mark the opening of the photo project epea, the “European Photo Exhibition Award 02: The New Social” in Paris.

The exhibition was shown at the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo from 3 March – 27 April 2014, where it was viewed by more than 20 000 visitors, and in Lucca, Italy, from 6 September – 6 October. Paris is the third stop on the exhibition’s tour of Europe. In spring 2015, the photo-essays will also be on exhibit in Hamburg.

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.

Exhibition venues and dates:
4 March – 21 April 2014, the Nobel Peace Centre, Oslo, Norway
7 September – 6 October 2014, Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, Lucca, Italy
21 October – 20 December 2014, Fondation Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France
24 April – 7 June 2015, Haus der Photografie, Hamburg, Germany

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