14 April - 20 May

The Noorderlicht Photogallery pays homage to documentary photography with an exhibition of recent winners and nominees in three photography competitions that have social consciousness-raising as their mission: the Prix Pictet, the FotoEvidence Book Award and the AnthropoGraphia Award for Human Rights.

From different points of departure, each of the three awards sees documentary photography as a means of raising the awareness of society about issues of human capacities and powerlessness. Where the Prix Pictet seeks to encourage a more environmentally aware and sustainable society with its prizes and commissions, FotoEvidence unflinchingly seeks confrontation with its raw and sometimes frankly shocking images of violations of human rights. With photography that transcends the bounds of genres, the AnthropoGraphia Award for Human Rights focuses on developing better understanding among different cultures. The result is a diverse and gripping exhibition about human respect, crying injustice and a sustainable world. 

© Christian Vium / Paula Bronstein

Noorderlicht Photogallery
Akerkhof 12, Groningen, The Netherlands
Wednesday - Sunday
noon - 6 p.m.
Admission: FREE

You can visit the exhibition Cruel and Unusual until April 8 in the Noorderlicht Photogallery. The exhibition presents revealing, and quite unexpected photography dealing with life behind bars.

Read here an interview with guest curator Pete Brook about the exhibition and his project Prison Photography.

© Lloyd Degrane

Apply now for the third edition of this unique one year master class for professional photojournalists and social documentary photographers. It aims at developing your skills as photographers and marketers.

Registrations are limited, and will be due to a selection procedure by the organisers. Deadline: June 15. 

© Marie Docher

On Tuesday April 24, bookstore Godert Walter will organise a lecture in the Noorderlicht Photogallery by journalist Tracy Metz. She will present her book Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch.

Sweet & Salt: Water and the Dutch is about the 'extreme makeover' of the Dutch landscape in order to accommodate a new relationship to water.