These portfolio reviews offer photographers a unique opportunity to receive professional feedback on their edited work. This can help them better understand the strengths and weaknesses of their editions, identify areas for improvement and refine their artistic vision of their printed object. Critics can also provide advice on how to structure and present a portfolio effectively, as well as guidance on publishing or collaboration opportunities. In addition to critical feedback, portfolio reviews can also serve as a networking platform. Photographers have the opportunity to meet industry professionals, establish contacts, build relationships and explore potential collaborations or career opportunities. These meetings can be invaluable for expanding one's professional network, receiving advice on next steps and discovering new perspectives and opportunities in the publishing field.
The team of the Centre de la Photographie Genève and Photobooks Switzerland will match professionals with participants and announce them as soon as possible.
2 portfolio reviews of 30 min each: CHF 100 (professionals) / CHF 80 (membres CPG, near, Visarte) / CHF 60 for students
SUNDAY 15 JUNE 2025
Le Commun — Bâtiment J
10, rue des Vieux-Grenadiers, 1205 Genève
11:00 - 13:00
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MEET THE EXPERTS :
Zhen SHI
Founded in 2015 by French-Chinese artist Zhen SHI, La Maison de Z is a publishing house specializing in visual art and a platform covering various interests, including contemporary photography and independent publications. We see publishing as a way of research to explore the intricate interplay between memory and reality. From concept to design, from visual image to material, we’ve been persistently challenging the boundaries of paper as a vehicle while examining the essence of art books as a media language.
French, English & Mandarin
Founded in 2015 by French-Chinese artist Zhen SHI, La Maison de Z is a publishing house specializing in visual art and a platform covering various interests, including contemporary photography and independent publications. We see publishing as a way of research to explore the intricate interplay between memory and reality. From concept to design, from visual image to material, we’ve been persistently challenging the boundaries of paper as a vehicle while examining the essence of art books as a media language.
French, English & Mandarin
Pablo LERMA
Meteoro Editions is a publishing house founded by visual artist Pablo Lerma in 2018 in New York City, and based in Amsterdam.
Working with a variety of imagemakers and visual artists around the world, Meteoro Editions creates art publications with a focus on projects that deal with vernacular photography, archives, utopias and fictional representations of the world.
English & Spanish
Meteoro Editions is a publishing house founded by visual artist Pablo Lerma in 2018 in New York City, and based in Amsterdam.
Working with a variety of imagemakers and visual artists around the world, Meteoro Editions creates art publications with a focus on projects that deal with vernacular photography, archives, utopias and fictional representations of the world.
English & Spanish
Andrea COPETTI
Founder of Tipi Bookshop, an independent bookstore located in Brussels, specializing exclusively in photobooks. Established in 2012, with Tipi Bookshop, he aimed to create a dedicated space that celebrates the art of the photobook. The shop's focus is on showcasing a diverse range of photographic works, from emerging talents to renowned photographers. The unique niche of Tipi Bookshop has allowed it to carve out a significant presence in the international photobook community. Copetti curates the selection meticulously, ensuring that it reflects both artistic quality and cultural relevance. This careful curation has made the bookshop a destination for photographers, collectors, and anyone passionate about the art of photography.
French / English
Founder of Tipi Bookshop, an independent bookstore located in Brussels, specializing exclusively in photobooks. Established in 2012, with Tipi Bookshop, he aimed to create a dedicated space that celebrates the art of the photobook. The shop's focus is on showcasing a diverse range of photographic works, from emerging talents to renowned photographers. The unique niche of Tipi Bookshop has allowed it to carve out a significant presence in the international photobook community. Copetti curates the selection meticulously, ensuring that it reflects both artistic quality and cultural relevance. This careful curation has made the bookshop a destination for photographers, collectors, and anyone passionate about the art of photography.
French / English
Grzegorz KOSMALA
Co-founder and managing force behind BLOW UP PRESS, an independent publishing house based in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to photobooks and lens-based artist’s books. Splitting his time between Warsaw, Poland, and Vienna, Austria, he brings a strategic and editorial eye to every stage of the publishing process. At BLOW UP PRESS, he oversees project development, collaborates closely with artists on material editing and narrative refinement, and plays a key role in shaping the conceptual and textual elements of each publication. Known for his deep commitment to visual storytelling and his thoughtful, hands-on approach, he also acts as a consultant for photographers working on long-term book projects. Passionate about independent publishing, arthouse cinema, and cats, Grzegorz merges creative vision with sharp editorial insight - crafting books that challenge, provoke, and endure.
English / Polish
Co-founder and managing force behind BLOW UP PRESS, an independent publishing house based in Warsaw, Poland, dedicated to photobooks and lens-based artist’s books. Splitting his time between Warsaw, Poland, and Vienna, Austria, he brings a strategic and editorial eye to every stage of the publishing process. At BLOW UP PRESS, he oversees project development, collaborates closely with artists on material editing and narrative refinement, and plays a key role in shaping the conceptual and textual elements of each publication. Known for his deep commitment to visual storytelling and his thoughtful, hands-on approach, he also acts as a consultant for photographers working on long-term book projects. Passionate about independent publishing, arthouse cinema, and cats, Grzegorz merges creative vision with sharp editorial insight - crafting books that challenge, provoke, and endure.
English / Polish
Giorgia VANZOLINI
Giorgia Vanzolini is a curator and cultural communicator. She works with contemporary photography across publishing and exhibition.
After specializing in cultural heritage economics in Milan, she has been working since 2020 with the De Pietri Artphilein Foundation in Lugano, focusing on editorial curation of photobooks and the organization of exhibitions.
She has also developed independent curatorial projects, with a particular interest in the dialogue between image, book, and exhibition space.
Italian / English
Giorgia Vanzolini is a curator and cultural communicator. She works with contemporary photography across publishing and exhibition.
After specializing in cultural heritage economics in Milan, she has been working since 2020 with the De Pietri Artphilein Foundation in Lugano, focusing on editorial curation of photobooks and the organization of exhibitions.
She has also developed independent curatorial projects, with a particular interest in the dialogue between image, book, and exhibition space.
Italian / English
Matthieu HUEGI
Onlab is a Swiss graphic design studio active in editorial design, visual identity and cultural communication. The studio follows a rigorous editorial approach, where form serves to reinforce content with precision and clarity.
Specialised in the design of photographic books, Onlab works closely with photographers, publishers and institutions to create singular, readable and sensitive printed objects. Each project — such as Ephemeris by Olga Cafiero or Wall as Horizon by Laurence Rasti — is the result of a careful interplay between sequencing, typography, paper selection and printing techniques, all in service of the photographic vision.
French / English
Onlab is a Swiss graphic design studio active in editorial design, visual identity and cultural communication. The studio follows a rigorous editorial approach, where form serves to reinforce content with precision and clarity.
Specialised in the design of photographic books, Onlab works closely with photographers, publishers and institutions to create singular, readable and sensitive printed objects. Each project — such as Ephemeris by Olga Cafiero or Wall as Horizon by Laurence Rasti — is the result of a careful interplay between sequencing, typography, paper selection and printing techniques, all in service of the photographic vision.
French / English