Noorderlicht
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| Field | Value |
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| name | Noorderlicht |
| native_name | Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht |
| native_name_lang | Dutch |
| established | 1980 |
| location | Groningen, Netherlands |
| type | Photography |
| director | Roosje Klaphttps://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosje_Klap |
| website | |
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|name = Noorderlicht |native_name = Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht |native_name_lang = Dutch |image = |imagesize = |caption = |alt = |map_type = |map_caption = |map_alt = |pushpin_map = |latitude = |longitude = |established = 1980 |dissolved = |location = Groningen, Netherlands |type = Photography |collection = |visitors = |director = Roosje Klaphttps://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosje_Klap |president = |publictransit = |network = |website = Noorderlicht (Dutch for "Northern Light") is an international platform for photography and lens-based media based in Groningen, The Netherlands. In addition to the Noorderlicht Biennale, Noorderlicht organizes exhibitions, an educational program, a publishing house, and its own print lab.{{cite web |url= http://photo-stories.org/noorderlicht/ |title= Noorderlicht |author= |date= |work= |publisher=PhotoStories |accessdate=20 January 2012}}
History
Noorderlicht photogallery was founded in 1980. Ten years later, the photofestival was launched, becoming one of the most important international photographic events. In 1991, the festival became a biennale, until 2000, when it was restored as an annual event. From this date, the festival site has alternated between Groningen and Friesland. Since 2021, Noorderlicht has been a biennial for photography and lens-based media in the three Northern provinces of the Netherlands. Ton Broekhuis, co-founder of Noorderlicht, served as director until 2016. Kees van der Meiden succeeded him. Since 2024https://groningen.nieuws.nl/zakelijk/roosje-klap-nieuwe-algemeen-directeur-noorderlicht, Roosje Roosje Klap has been the general and artistic director of Noorderlicht.
Photofestivals
List of Noorderlicht Festivals (1990–2025)
- 1990 – Groningen: Noorderlicht I
- 1991 – Groningen: Noorderlicht II
- 1993 – Groningen: Home
- 1995 – Groningen: Common Lives
- 1997 – Groningen: The Garden of Eden – Imagining a Dynamic Reality
- 1999 – Groningen: Wonderland – The Boundaries of Documentary Photography
- 2000 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Africa Inside – Photography from Africa
- 2001 – Groningen: Sense of Space – The Human Experience of Space
- 2002 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Mundos Creados – Photography from Latin America
- 2003 – Groningen: Global Detail – The Effects of Globalization
- 2004 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Nazar – Photography from the Arab World
- 2005 – Groningen: Traces & Omens – On the Passage of Time
- 2006 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Another Asia – Photography from South and Southeast Asia
- 2007 – Groningen: Act of Faith – On Belief and Conflict, Ecstasy and Excess
- 2008 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Behind Walls – Eastern Europe Before 1989
- 2009 – Groningen: Human Conditions – Six Curators Share Their Personal Views
- 2010 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Land – Country Life in the Urban Age (Part 1 of the Urbanization Diptych)
- 2011 – Groningen: Metropolis – City Life in the Urban Age (Part 2 of the Urbanization Diptych)
- 2012 – Friesland, Leeuwarden: Terra Cognita – The Relationship Between Humans and Nature
- 2013 – Groningen: TWENTY – Celebrating Twenty Editions of Noorderlicht
- 2014 – Friesland, Heerenveen: An Ocean of Possibilities – Human Resilience in Times of Crisis
- 2015 – Groningen: Data Rush – Tension Between Freedom and Control in a Virtual World
- 2016 – Friesland, Heerenveen: Arena – Visible and Invisible Traces of Humans in the Landscape
- 2017 – Groningen: Nucleus – On Art and Science
- 2018 – Friesland, Heerenveen: In Vivo – The Ambivalent Relationship Between Humans and Nature
- 2019 – Groningen: Taxed to the Max – The Influence of Global Corporations on Everyday Life
- 2020 – Heerenveen & Groningen: Generation Z – The Worldview of the Post-1996 Generation
- 2021 – Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe: The Makeable Mind – How Today’s Image Makers Shape Our Perception of the World
- 2023 – Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe: Regenerate – Restoring and Renewing Human and Natural Relationships
- 2025 – Friesland, Groningen & Drenthe: Machine Entanglements – The Interrelationship of Technology and Ecology
References
References
- (2006). "The Photobook: A History - Volume 2". [[Phaidon Press]].
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