IPFA Meeting 2026 Portfolio Reviews
A unique meeting point between photographers, curators, and festival directors from around the world!
The Portfolio Reviews are part of the IPFA International Meeting 2026, an event that brings together over 50 photography festivals from around the world in Barcelona each year. This is an exceptional opportunity to present your work directly to festival directors and curators, establish real connections, and open doors to exhibitions and new collaborations. With a close and professional format, each participant meets in individual 20-minute sessions with experts selected for their trajectory, criteria, and experience in international programming. By accessing the portfolio reviews, you get access to all the activities of the IPFA Meeting 2026, 3 days for professional networking and enjoyment. An exclusive program for photographers looking to boost their careers. Only 72 spots are available in the first round at this exclusive price.
Reviewers 2026
International experts who can transform your career!
The reviewers are part of reference festivals and curating platforms worldwide. Their function is double: to offer a professional and constructive critique of your work and to generate proposals for future exhibitions, publications, residencies, and collaborations.
Arantxa Berganzo
An art history professor and International Baccalaureate tutor at Salesians de Sarrià. She oversees exhibitions at the Experimental Photo Festival and the Experimental Hub Barcelona. Arantxa is also an avid reader, dancer, and urban art enthusiast.
Catalan - Spanish - English
Ioana Cobzaru
Curator and visual artist based in the Netherlands. She works independently as an art and photography festival curator, event producer, and moderator. As chair and chief curator of the Photo31 Foundation, she promotes photographers’ visibility and fosters collaborations with galleries and museums. She is passionate about supporting emerging artists.
English - Dutch - Romanian - French
Linda Simeone
Curator, journalist and director of Le Vie delle Foto. For over twenty years, she has organised photography exhibitions and cultural events in Italy and abroad. Since 2020, she has curated shows for the DoubleTree by Hilton in Trieste, merging art, culture and innovation.
Italian - English
Xavi Herrero
Xavi Herrero is a Catalan filmmaker and producer based in Ibiza since 2014, where he founded the Ibizacinefest, the island’s international independent film festival. Awarded at the Málaga Festival, he blends cinema and photography to explore human stories. In 2025, he begins a new creative phase with Street Photography Barcelona.
Catalan - Spanish - French
Carine Van Gerven
Fine art photographer with a background in painting. Founder and creative director of the international photo festival Lens op de Mens in Pelt, she tells contemporary stories with a classical aesthetic. Internationally awarded, her work connects art and society through light and emotion.
Dutch - English - German
Jakub Dziewit
Lens-based artist, visual researcher, anthropologist, curator, and photobook publisher. Founder of the Paper Photo Festival and editor-in-chief of photobooks.pl, he lectures at Jan Długosz University and creates photobooks, exhibitions, and academic works exploring boundaries, corporeality, everyday life, and how images construct meaning.
Polish - English
Rui Prata
Rui Prata is a Portuguese curator and founder of Encontros da Imagem and the Imago Festival. With a background in history and curatorial studies, he has directed institutions, taught, and curated internationally. He is not interested in photojournalism, fashion, or advertising, focusing instead on artistic and conceptual photography.
Portuguese - French - English - Spanish
Cedric Calvados
Cédrick-Isham Calvados is a Guadeloupean artist and filmmaker whose work explores identity, memory, and territory through Caribbean and postcolonial perspectives. A BnF laureate, he has exhibited internationally and founded FOTOLIB and the FOTOTRAS festival, promoting photography as a tool for expression, transmission, and community dialogue.
French - English - Spanish
Julio Pantoja
Photo-documentalist, journalist, educator, and activist. Based in Tucumán, his work addresses memory, identity, and human rights. Founder of Agencia Infoto and president of Fundación Infoto, he directs the Argentine Biennial of Documentary Photography and has exhibited in over fifteen countries.
Spanish - Portuguese
Saskia Wesseling
Director of Fotofestival Naarden, she combines strategy and storytelling to make photography accessible, diverse, and thought-provoking. Her global path from journalism to marketing to photography across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia shapes a practice driven by resilience, curiosity, and a belief in art’s power to connect people.
English - Dutch
David Pujadó
Based in Belgrade since 2013, where he directs Bartcelona Koncept, a photography platform with over 80 exhibitions. Founder of Belgrade Photo Month and Belgrade Photo Book Week, he also curates the Catalan Film Festival in Serbia, fostering cultural exchange between Spain and the Balkans.
Catalan - Spanish - English
Lana Mayoute
Lana Mayoute is a Guadeloupean-French curator and cultural practitioner whose work explores identity, diaspora, and Caribbean artistic expression. Founder of Diaspo’ART and coordinator of the FOTOTRAS festival, she develops photographic projects, collaborates with regional networks, and engages in decolonial, community-driven artistic research and circulation.
French - English
Szilvia Mucsy
Photographer, curator, and educator based in Budapest, and chair of RANDOM – Association of Contemporary Photographers. A graduate of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, her award-winning work explores urban life, identity, and society, and has been exhibited across Europe and the U.S.
English
How do the Reviews work?
A 20-minute personal meeting with a festival director or curator that can change your life.
Each review lasts 20 minutes and takes place in a one-on-one format, in a professional and close environment in the Centre Cívic Pati Llimona. There is no mandatory format, and you can show your work as you prefer:
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on a computer or tablet,
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with printed copies,
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through a photobook,
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by means of dummies or projects in progress,
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or any other medium that best represents your work.
Reviewers are interested in:
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knowing your experience and trajectory,
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understanding your methodology and processes,
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discovering new perspectives,
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evaluating projects for future exhibitions,
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providing critical feedback and suggestions for improvement.
The goal is to offer you a real professional evaluation and open concrete opportunities. Many photographers have been invited to exhibit, publish, or collaborate with festivals thanks to this type of meeting.
General Information
Slots and availability
The reviews are organized into 20-minute time slots between Friday, July 3 and Thursday, July 4, 2026. After purchasing your pack, you will receive access to a form to select your preferred reviewers within the available time slots.
On the day of the review:
– Arrive 15 minutes before your first session
– Bring your material prepared, organized, and ready to present
– Afterwards, you can continue talking with other reviewers in the networking spaces throughout the Meeting
One location, opportunities worldwide!
What do the packs include?
All packs include:
✔ Access to the opening of 20 international exhibitions
✔ Complete access to in-person, online, and recorded conferences
✔ Lunch (according to the number of days included in the pack)
✔ Priority to book official accommodation
✔ Access to professional networking spaces
✔ Opportunity to connect with 50 photography festivals from around the world
✔ Certificate of participation
And remember: only 72 spots are available in the first round at this exclusive price. An exclusive opportunity to showcase your work in a real international context.
Available Packs
Basic Pack
✔ 1 Portfolio review
✔ One day's lunch
✔ Access to in-person, online, and recorded conferences
✔ Access to the opening of 20 exhibitions
✔ Priority in official accommodation
✔ Networking spaces with 50 international festivals
60 €
Intermediate Pack
✔ 2 Portfolio reviews
✔ Two days' lunch
✔ Access to in-person, online, and recorded conferences
✔ Access to the opening of 20 exhibitions
✔ Priority in official accommodation
✔ Networking spaces with 50 international festivals
100 €
Advanced Pack
✔ 3 Portfolio reviews
✔ Lunch for all 3 days of the event
✔ Access to in-person, online, and recorded conferences
✔ Access to the opening of 20 exhibitions
✔ Priority in official accommodation
✔ Networking spaces with 50 international festivals
✔ Annual membership as an IPFA Photographer
✔ Inclusion in the IPFA International Photographers Repository
150 €
Professional Pack
✔ 4 Portfolio reviews
✔ Lunch for all 3 days of the event
✔ Access to in-person, online, and recorded conferences
✔ Access to the opening of 20 exhibitions
✔ Priority in official accommodation
✔ Networking spaces with 50 international festivals
✔ Annual membership as an IPFA Photographer
✔ Inclusion in the IPFA International Photographers Repository
200 €
After purchasing your pack, you will receive access to a form to select your preferred reviewers within the available time slots.