10th presentation of the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Awards

PORTRAITS is celebrating an anniversary this year – and warmly invites you to celebrate the 10th presentation of the PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Awards at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden. On Thursday, June 26 at 7 p.m., this year’s awards will be presented, followed by the opening of the exhibition with all the works from the final round.

This year’s theme is “ECHOES OF TRUTH” – listening to the images. Because portrait photography can do many things at the same time: it can tell and conceal, reveal and hide. The choice of framing is not a trick or manipulation, but part of the message: the power of photography lies precisely in its reduction. And then these pictures begin to speak. The series and individual portraits in the tenth annual PORTRAITS exhibition tell of the impositions and contradictions of an increasingly complex world. Those who approach them will not only see, but also hear: quiet resonances, inner tones. And echoes of truth.

PORTRAITS – Hellerau Photography Award Award ceremony and opening of the finalist exhibition on Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 7 pm (admission from 6:30 pm) at the Technische Sammlungen Dresden

Something very special awaits you from 8 pm: a photo project by Thomas Bachler, one of the very first winners of the competition, followed by a summer get-together in the Turmcafé with a view over the city.

More information: portraits-hellerau.com