Since 2017, Pavlovka Art Gallery in Kyiv, Ukraine, has hosted the annual Pavlovka Pinhole Fest. The festival began with a pinhole photography exhibition which only took up two small rooms and due to the popular response from both the public and artists, the curator of festival Yuliia Belska thought: “Why not make the festival bigger?” and it gradually grew to a larger gallery. The festival now hosts artists from all corners of the world.
Over the five years of the festival, a lot of works of participants have accumulated and in 2022, in collaboration with Chris Bird, a retrospective of the festival took place in Scotland. The exposition was kindly accepted by the Aberdeen Maritime Museum and the Aberdeen Art Gallery.
The exhibition includes works from past festivals, as well as the 2022 festival, the theme of which was war. Retrospective motto is “Our weapon is photography”.
List of participants of the retrospective exhibition:
Andriy Bondarenko
Balint Pfliegel
Chris Bird
Diana Pankova & Jeff McConnnell
Inga Dinga
Ronald D. Butler
Ruth Güse & Doro Bornemann
Vaidotas Miksys
Michalina Hendrys
Miroslaw Radomski
Ramunas Danisevicius
Raúl Balmaceda
Tarjáni Antal
Tomasz Kowalczyk
Yuliia Belska
Pavlovka Pinhole Photography Festival Retrospective continues at Aberdeen Art Gallery until February, 12 2023. All works – C-Type Archival photographic prints 12″x18″ (30 x 45 cm) are for sale for a minimum donation of £45. A Festival Retrospective zine publication accompanies the exhibition, available for a minimum donation of £5. Proceeds from sales will go directly to support the Pavlovka Gallery in their efforts to continue to run the Pinhole Festival in a time of war.
Link to buy the photos: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/pavlovkapinholefestretrospective?utm_term=qxez3amwv
Pavlovka pinhole fest 