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01 – 30, MAY 2026

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OPEN CALL

MAY 1 – MAY 31, 2026

We warmly welcome photographers from around the world to submit their projects for the Hamburg Portfolio Review – we’re excited to discover your stories and perspectives!

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About 2025

CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
FOR ASPIRING INTERNATIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHERS

The Hamburg Portfolio Review (HPR) has become a vital platform for emerging photographers and contemporary storytellers, fostering global connections, creative collaborations, and critical dialogue on the pressing photographic, social, and political issues of our time.

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»I received great advice from all the reviewers, and I hope to keep moving in my career thanks to them. «

Camilla Richetti

Reviewer 2025

OUR REVIEWERS

THE 2026 REVIEWERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

In the meantime, check out our reviewers from last year.

A big thank you to all of them.

REVIEWER 2025

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THE ARCHIVE

Explore the HPR Archive.

Featuring photographic stories around the globe, Keynotes and more from the past HPR events.

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Visual Minds 2025

VISUAL MINDS

The podcast of the Hamburg Portfolio Review. Our host Sebastian H. Schroeder talks to international photo editors, curators and photographers. They speak about the guest’s work, their visual mindset and their view on the future of photography. Check out the latest episode with Gabrielle Fonseca-Johnson or listen to other episodes.

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