Application of a Photo Story : Leica Women Summit

281 Park Avenue South,New York NY 10010

12 March, 2022

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The Application of a Photo Story Learn how to navigate the world of grants and photo awards. Explore best practices from Award-Winning photographer Ana María Arévalo and Director of the Leica Galleries Worldwide, Karin Rehn-Kaufmann. Discover how to optimize your applications for grants and photo awards. Photo Credit: Ana María Arévalo Gosen. Vaccination Required: Please bring your proof of full vaccination card and valid identification for entry to the event. About Karin Rehn-Kaufmann Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, Art Director & Chief Representative Leica Galleries International (Austria). Karin Rehn-Kaufmann, born 1957 in Freiburg, studied German philology and philosophy at the University of Freiburg after leaving school. She also holds a diploma from the Eurythmische Hochschule in Stuttgart, where she was subsequently employed as a lecturer from 1982 to 1986. In addition to this, she is also a graduate of the Fernuniversität Hagen (distance teaching university) in Event Management.After ACM Projektentwicklung GmbH, Salzburg, bought into Leica Camera AG in 2005, her long-standing passion for photography led to the opening of the Leica Galerie in Salzburg in 2008. Today, Karin Rehn-Kaufmann is Art Director & Chief Representative Leica Galleries International and holds management responsibility for the 21 Leica Galleries around he world. She has successfully curated numerous prestigious exhibitions including, for instance, the project ‘Chinaflug’, an exhibition showing spectacular aerial photography from the 1930s that was presented at the Chinese Embassy in Berlin and at ‘Photo Shanghai’ in 2015. She is also held responsibility for exhibition concepts for the Leica Galerie at the photokina in 2012, 2014 and 2016, as well as the ‘10x10’ exhibition on the occasion of the jubilee ‘100 years of Leica photography’, and ‘50 best for Leica’ – an exclusive collection of the most famous photographs taken by the prominent US Magnum photographer Elliot Erwitt. Karin Rehn-Kaufmann has been a member of the jury of the Leica Oskar Barnack Awards since 2008 and has played a significant role in the organization and further development of the prestigious photographic competition. About Ana María Arévalo Gosen 2021 Leica Oskar Barnack Award Winner Ana María Arévalo Gosen (1988) was born in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2009, she moved to Toulouse, France, where she studied Political Sciences (at Institut d’Etudes Politiques) and found her passion for photography (ETPA, Ecole de photographie). In 2014, she moved to Hamburg, Germany, and started to work as a freelance visual storyteller. She uses visual storytelling to advocate for women's rights and social and environmental issues. She is a National Geographic explorer and a member of Ayün Fotógrafas. Mixing rigorous research with intimate stories, she aims to create a positive impact through emotional, straightforward & honest storytelling. Her mission is to trigger lasting social change. Her series on the conditions of women in prisons and pre-trial detention in Latin America, "Días Eternos” (Eternal Days), won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and Camille Lepage award in 2021. In 2020 won the LHSA grant, the LUMIX Photo Award, and the Lucas Dolega Award. In 2019 she won the POY Latam won first place in the category “The strength of women.” In 2021 and 2018, Ana received a grant from The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and in 2018 from Women Photograph to continue this work. Ana works for international media such as the New York Times, National Geographic, and El País Semanal. Her work has been exhibited at Photoville, the Helsinki Photo Festival, the Manifesto Festival in Toulouse, the LUMIX Festival in Berlin, and the Leica Gallery in Madrid. Arévalo Gosen lives in Bilbao and frequently develops projects in Latin America.