photokina news

“Academy meets photokina” — established as part of the trade fair’s supporting program — has entered the next round. Students and graduates of universities and academies offering photography studies, from Germany and abroad, were invited to apply for one of the coveted stand areas at photokina 2010 in Hall 1. To be eligible for submission, projects had to be no more than one year old and suitable for inclusion under the motto “Unlimited – Exploring limits, experiencing limits, and exceeding limits.” From more than 50 submitted works, the jury has now selected the 22 universities that may present themselves and their work at photokina 2010. Weiterlesen…

In an underwater environment that is so alien to human life, is it possible to take photographs that are as excellent as those taken on dry land? This important question will be the focus of the first-ever “Underwater Imaging World,” hosted by Taucher.net and Colorfoto magazine, which will take place on a special area in Hall 5.1, Stand F30 at photokina in Cologne.

Editors of Germany’s largest online diving portal, Taucher.net, will take questions throughout the trade fair and will be supported by four internationally renowned underwater photographers. Wolfgang Pölzer (www.unterwasser-fotos.com) is from Austria and Eckard Krumpholz (www.photos-subjektiv.de) comes from Germany. Both are underwater photography professionals who have received a lot of attention by publishing in various domestic and international magazines over the past few years. Weiterlesen…

Based on the theme “The Future is Analogue” the Lomographic Society International will be presenting a diverse program covering the entire world of analogue lomography at photokina 2008.

Always open to visitors, the Analogue Lomography Lounge will offer a gigantic LomoWall exhibition with 100,000 photos and will also host presentations, workshops, and crash courses about analogue photography run by international lomography experts. Weiterlesen…

Monday, the 22nd of September, is press day. The photokina press team warmly welcomes you at the Press Centre North from 9.00 a.m. onwards.

Starting from 10.00 a.m., journalists can gather information about novelties of exhibitors at various stands or they can attend one of the press tours over the fair grounds, prior to the official opening of photokina 2008.

Furthermore there will be the opportunity to go to press conferences.

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Press dates alphabetically by occasion

The GfK Market Briefings (see invitation) have always offered a wealth of information. Key data and background information, as well as detailed market and product group studies on various economic regions from western and eastern Europe to southeast Asia and the U.S. make the events organized by GfK Marketing Services and Prophoto GmbH a top-priority date for all dealers and industry representatives worldwide.

GfK will be holding its 2008 Market Briefings together with Prophoto in six sessions in Salon Barcarole, Entrance West 2nd floor: Weiterlesen…

This year, photokina will offer its visitors a retail tour during photokina. The tour will take place on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008.

Thursday, Sept. 25, 2008 (3^rd show day)

9 a.m. – Bus leaves from Koeln Bahnhof (backside) to Moenchengladbach

10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Tour of CeWe Color – Moenchengladbach http://www.cewecolor.de/index.php?id=6&L=1

CeWe Color is the European market leader in industrial photofinishing supplying 50,000 retail partners in 24 countries. CeWe supplies stores and Internet retailers (e-commerce) with photographic products and develop more than 2.8 billion color prints per year.

This company has perfectly adapted to the changing needs of the imaging market –more than 70 % of CeWe’s sales are related to digital products and services. Learn about new products being developed here and how CeWe works with their network of retailers.

12:00 – bus leaves from Moenchengladbach to Cologne Weiterlesen…

Under the motto “Image, Music & (E)Motion,” photokina 2008 will present IMMOTION–the photokina Party Night, a unique event offering a sizzling combination of sound and vision. Top international performers from the live and club music scene will meet up with young, international VJ and imaging projects. There to provide the perfect party atmosphere will be Deichkind, Bomb the Bass, Pan/Tone, and other top musical acts. The party will take place on September 26, 2008 (entrance: 8 p.m.; beginning: 9 p.m.). Weiterlesen…

The international business forum “Memories on demand” promises to be the top event of the photokina 2008 supporting program: At the world’s leading imaging trade fair, top-ranking international managers from the photographic and imaging industry, both from the trade and respective service sectors, will address the effects of digital imaging technologies on consumer lifestyles and present innovative business models. About 400 decision-makers from around the world are expected to attend the event on the second and third days of the fair (September 24 and 25, 2008).

Major international business executives accepted the organizers’ invitation to present their visions for marketing the new digital imaging and communication technologies at the business forum. Digital imaging, mobile communication, consumer electronics, and the growing range of possibilities provided by the Internet all serve to redefine the term “memories”, which always has been closely linked to photography: In addition to photographs and moving images, today it increasingly includes music, recorded sounds, and other digital content.

That means consumers have entirely new possibilities for preserving, reproducing and sharing their memories with others. To be successful, therefore, business models must also take into account the emotional components of memories.

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With an event titled “Digital storage – film-based archiving?”, the science and technology section of the German Society for Photography (DGPh) is cooperating with photokina’s organizers to stage a presentation forum during the fair (on September 25 and 26) that will showcase the opportunities and limitations of film-based and digital archiving.

And this is a key topic, because the important problem of long-term digital picture storage remains for the most part unresolved: Anyone who fails to regularly save the data of important digital images to solutions at the next technological level – referred to as “data migration” – runs the risk of losing important images. Film, on the other hand can be preserved for long periods of time – provided it is properly processed and stored.

Today, it is perfectly possible to combine the advantages of the worlds of analogue and digital imaging. This involves making film exposures of the digital image data, which can later be redigitized if desired – a solution already being successfully used by museums, archives and professional photographers. At the presentation forum, the available storage solutions will be shown and the advantages and disadvantages of each solution will be discussed. The event will conclude with a panel discussion whose participants will explain which problems can be solved by using film-based archiving. The event venue is the Kristallsaal in the Congress Center East at the Cologne exhibition center.

There will be no fee charged for taking part in the presentation forum “Digital storage – film-based archiving?”, to ensure that everyone interested in this topic will have a chance to visit individual presentations. Weiterlesen…