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First-generation Turkish women

Jan 11, 2024 | Forhanna

Forhanna brings the multimedia project of photographer Çiğdem Yüksel to your attention. Her solo exhibition, scheduled for September 2024 at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, is accompanied by a photo book that needs to be created now. Çiğdem has documented the...

Forhanna at Rencontres d’Arles 2023

May 6, 2023 | Forhanna

During the annual photography festival Rencontres d’Arles in July 2023, Forhanna was present. During the festival, Forhanna presented her vision on photography and the status on the projects that are currently being worked on in the form of informal conversations over...

The Willem Poelstra Lecture 2019

Nov 20, 2019 | Forhanna

Forhanna organizes the first Willem Poelstra Lecture in cooperation with World Press Photo.  This event to honor the memory of Forhanna Founder Willem Poelstra will be held annually to commemorate his life and work. The first lecture was given by Ivor PrickeT at the...

Old role films, new stories

Oct 10, 2019 | Forhanna

From Willem Poelstra’s estate, bequeathed to Forhanna, a large number of photographic films in various shapes and forms were found. They deserved an appropriate destination. After the death of photographer Willem Poelstra, about 400 pieces of unused film rolls...

Special preview of The Believers at Bredaphoto

Oct 10, 2018 | Forhanna, The Believers

Right before the official opening, Forhanna Founder Willem Poelstra came down from Amsterdam for a special preview of the exhibition The Believers. Made possible with the help of his friends from the Amsterdam Ambulance service, Willem was given a tour by the curators...

Photography masterclass in Belgrade

May 3, 2018 | Forhanna

Forhanna is happy to launch a masterclass for professional documentary photographers from Serbia and Kosovo in collaboration with the Belgrade Fund of Political Excellence (BFPE). It will be hosted by the Cultural Center Parobrod. Three days of intensive exchange in...