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Noorderlicht (Dutch for "Northern Light") is a multifaceted and international platform for documentary photography. Based in Groningen, Netherlands, Noorderlicht organizes an annual photo festival runs a photo gallery a publishing house, provides an educational programme and discussions, lectures and masterclasses.^[1]

History

Noorderlicht Photogallery was established in 1980. Ten years later, the Photofestival was launched, becoming one of the most important international photographic events.^[2] 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.

Photofestivals

• 1997: The Garden of Eden - 5th Noorderlicht Photofestival
• 1999: Wonderland - The borders of documentary photography
• 2000: Africa Inside - Photography from Africa
• 2001: Sense of Space - Human experience on space
• 2002: Mundos Creados - Multifaceted and colourful portrait of Latin America
• 2003: Global Detail - 300 photographs on globalisation
• 2004: Nazar: The Arab world
• 2005: Traces & Omens - 12th Noorderlicht Photofestival
• 2006: Another Asia - Photography from South and Southeast Asia
• 2007: Act of Faith - On faith and conflict, ecstasy and excess
• 2008: Behind Walls - Eastern Europe before 1989
• 2009: Human Conditions
• 2010: Land - Country Life in the Urban Age
• 2011: Metropolis - City Life in the Urban Age
• 2012: Landscape as the illusion of nature

References

External links

• Official website