The central theme of the course is the (photographic) portrait and the gesture of giving it back. We explore the possibilities of triggering and deepening encounters with other people through images, and thus great importance is attached to the moment of printing, returning, or exchanging.
The class is aimed at photographers, filmmakers, and visual artists who place a strong focus on people and social issues in their artistic or documentary work, or who would like to do so in the future. The primary medium of the course is photography, but the “image” is understood in a broader sense and also encompasses drawing, painting, sculpture, and film.
In addition to theoretical input, group discussions, and individual feedback, there is a practical component in which new, collaborative works are produced for the final exhibition on the course premises.
key data
- Venue
- Festung Hohensalzburg
- Date
- 3. – 15. 8. 26
- Teaching language
- English (German possible)
- Participation fee
- 670 Euro (reduced 495 Euro)
- Requirements
- None
- What to bring
- Camera, sketchbook or notebook, laptop, additional familiar work materials such as pens, paints, paper, if needed
- Maximum number of participants
- 18
Mafalda Rakoš
Mafalda Rakoš was born in 1994. Her interdisciplinary practice originates in photography and extends into film, drawing, painting, and collage. She often collaborates closely with a diverse range of co-authors, including strangers, friends, and fellow artists. These works lie at the intersection of art, anthropology, and documentary photography, with a strong emphasis on dialogue and mutual decision-making.
Her pictures are regularly shown in exhibitions, photo books, and international newspapers and magazines.
Website
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2026 It’s yours, it’s mine (upcoming), Fotohof, Salzburg (AT).
2025 Fotografía como Encuentro, Fotogalerie, Vienna.
All in this together, General Hospital Vienna.
2024 All in this together, Copenhagen Fotofestival, Copenhagen.
2022 A Story to Tell, Fotodok at Astare, Utrecht (NL).
2021 A Story to Tell, Galerie Westlicht, Vienna.
2021 A Story to Tell, Melkweg Gallery, Amsterdam.
Group exhibitions
2025 It’s yours, it’s mine, Diploma at Exhibit Eschenbachgasse, Vienna.
2024 Return to Ithaca, DL Gallery, Athens.
2023 Invisible Obvious, Never at Home, Vienna.
2022 Stop & Go, Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris.
2020 Körper / Rituale, Fotogalerie, Vienna.
A Story to Tell, Athens Photo Festival, Athens.
Steenbergen Stipendium, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL).
2019 Photographing the Female, Beaconsfield Gallery, Boston, MA (US).
2018 I want to disappear, Organ Vida Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Zagreb.
2017 I want to disappear, Fotografia Festival, Rome.
Photobook Phenomenon, CCCB Barcelona, Barcelona (ES).
Photographing the Female, FOCUS photo festival, Mumbai (IN).
I want to disappear, Circulation(s) Festival, Paris.
2012 Times Like These, Encontros da Imagem Festival, Braga (PT).
Publications
All in this together, Four Dialogical Portraits: Eriskay Connection, Breda, 2024.
A Story to Tell, or: Regarding Male Eating Disorders: Fotohof, Salzburg, 2020.
I want to disappear – Approaching Eating Disorders, Lammerhuber, Baden, 2017.
