Mt.ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL 2017
Portfolio Review Application is now open.
FESTIVAL OVERVIEW
Location: Mt.ROKKO and Kobe City
Festival Period: August 19 Saturday – 27 Sunday 2017
PORTFOLIO REVIEW OVERVIEW (Application Deadline April 30 2017 / Early bird – March 19)
Portfolio Review Date: August 25 26 2016
Venue: Grand Hotel Rokko Sky Villa
Pre-screening Application Fee: $40 (Tax Included) Max 2 series will be accepted for the Pre-screening. (2 series entry fee: $100)
*International Photographers Campaign: We have Application fee discount programs for photographers from Asia. Application fee will be reduced to $0 – $30.
Please jump to the entry page then fill out the form with titling “PORTFOLIO REVIEW APPLICATION” then press “send”.
Portfolio Reviewers (planned)
Amber Terranova / Photo Editor / Screen / US
Laura Pressley / Photo Festival Director / CENTER / US
Françoise Callier / Photo Festival Director / Angkor Photo Festival / France
Emmanuel Angelicas / AMCP Australian Museum of Contemporary Photography / Australia
Steven Lee / Photo Award Director / Kuala Lumpur Photo Award / Malaysia
Kevin Lee / Invisible Photographers Asia / Singapore
David Bram / Photo Web Magazine / Fraction Magazine / US
Andreas Müller Pohle / Artist, Editor, Publisher / European Photography magazine / Germany
Kenji Takazawa / Photo Writer, Critic / Japan
Naoko Ohta / Curator / TOKYO-GA, Klee Inc. / Japan
Yuki Tanaka / Photo Editor / Getty Images Japan / Japan
Hiroshi Onishi / Photo Book Sales, Publisher / shashasha / Japan
Yoichi Nagata / Web Photo Magazine / Fraction Magazine Japan / Japan
Takeki Sugiyama / Festival Director, Photo Gallery Director / Gallery TANTO TEMPO / Japan
and more…
Festival Official Statement / 写真祭開催に寄せて
When I started collecting photographs in 2006, I was just a collector not a photo person. I just wanted to stand beside art in my small territory. When I started a photo gallery in 2008, I had no idea how to deal with selling photos. I tried to learn from professionals, but most of them in Japan had no enough information that I needed. There were legendary photo galleries here in Japan, but it was not the way I really like to [...]
Kosuke Okaharaさんの仕事 – Main Guest Photographer
KOSUKE OKAHARA “FUKUSHIMA FRAGMENTS” Aug 20 Sat – 28 Sun 2016 10:00 – 19:00 (closed on Monday) C.A.P. HOUSE 4F WEST GALLERY 岡原功祐 「フクシマ・フラグメンツ」 2016年8月20日(土) – 28日(日)10:00 – 19:00(月曜休館) C.A.P. 芸術と計画会議 4階 西ギャラリー さていよいよ岡原功祐さんの登場です。 六甲山国際写真祭も開催まであとひと月と少しになりました。現在鋭意準備中です。 六甲山国際写真祭では「Fukushima Fragments」という岡原さんの最新作をオリジナルプリントで展示します。この展示は、つい先日まで東京の大正大学にて開催されていた同名の展覧会を関西で初展示するものです。 東日本大震災直後の東京にパリから急遽降り立った岡原さんは、灯りの消えた東京の街をみて衝撃を受けたといいます。慣れ親しんだ街が震災による電力供給抑制と震災の暗いニュースとで大混乱に陥っている様を見ながら、東北を撮影するために福島に入りました。その心中には、これまで様々な紛争地にはいって撮影を続けてきた経験豊富な岡原さんでも不安や怖れがあったといいます。そんななか、少しずつ作品を撮りためていったのがこのFukushima [...]
Michel Huneaultの仕事 – RAIEC Director's Choice 2016
We will present “La longue nuit de Mégantic” of Michel Huneault as one of festival main guest photographers (RAIEC Director's Choice 2016). This exhibition will be Gallery TANTO TEMPO's independent program which collaborate with RAEIC. [...]
Mt.ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL COMING SOON

Mt.ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL
The 2016 edition of Mt.ROKKO INTERNATIONAL PHOTO FESTIVAL will be held from August 20 – 28 2016. The program includes portfolio review, exhibitions, workshops, symposium and educational programs. Please come visit Kobe Mt.ROKKO to feel the enthusiasm on Japanese photography.
Festival under plenty of nature
More than 9 venues around Mt.ROKKO and Kobe City
Unique Programs
