Date/Time
24/10/2020 / 10:00 - 19:00
Welcome to the 2020 Fotomarathon in Berlin!
Please note: this year the Fotomarathon takes place on 24. October at 10.00 am and ends at 18.00 h in a fully online, contactless and location independant version. Please refer to the German text for details until we can update this English text. Update: 6.sep.2020
This year the Fotomarathon takes place on Saturday 24 October 2020 and an event as part of the European Month of Photography. www.emop-berlin.de
In addition to posing a photographic challenge, the Fotomarathon invites you to see the city with a different perspective. You can create your own photo sets in the city: passers by can be your models, your friends can be your assistants and the city can be your own 3D background. We work hard to find off-the-beaten-path or otherwise interesting locations to discover. We tell you a bit more in each theme sheet, where you find your topics, with interesting facts and a bit of history. This makes the 9 hour journey a trip to the unknown not only for visitors and Berliners alike.
You can participate in the 2020 Fotomarathon as follows:
- Digital
- Analogue
- Mobile
This year the Fotomarathon in Berlin takes place on Saturday, October 24th at 10.00 hours . The starting point will be announced via Email to all registered participants.
Who can participate?
Everyone with enthusiasm and a digital (or analogue) camera with a memory card can take part and accept the challenge in heart and soul. At this point we cannot accept participation with a mobile phone. Whether amateur or professional, alone or in a team, an original Berliner or a visitor –the most important thing is to be creative, relentless and tireless. Participant numbers are limited.
Registration Fee
- Regular: EUR 25
You can pay via Bank Transfer or PayPal. Last day of Registration is October 22, 2020 at 21.00 hours
The fee is EUR 35 during the Fotomarathon day, and can only be paid in cash. Please make sure you come a bit earlier to ensure you can start at 11.00.
How does a Fotomarathon work?
08.00 am: The Fotomarathon team is at the location, and participants can collect their start numbers and additional information.
09.00 am: We are ready to go! Participants get their start number, the first four topics, and instructions to go to the next meeting point.
12.00 and 15.00 hours: At two additional locations in Berlin, participants will get new topics and clues to the next location.
18.00 hours: After 09 12 hours of Fotomarathon, the digital pictures will be downloaded from the participants´camera by the Fotomarathon team. Analogue photographers taking part in the 09 hour Fotomarathon hand in their photo rolls.
Analogue photographers are welcome!
This year, up to 30 analogue photographers can also take their cameras out for a spin –including middle format cameras. Please remember to bring your own negative film it can be either colour or black and white. At the end of the Fotomarathon, we collect the film rolls to send them to the lab.
NOTE: Unfortunately we cannot accept slide films or small film (110mm) because of the way the photos will be developed and printed for the exhibition.
Mobile Photography
Back by popular demand, we will have a mobile photography category in 2020. The same rules apply -no post processing, maintaining the sequence, etc. IMPORTANT: Participants must bring their own USB connecting cable, and an SD Memory Card. We will transfer the 12 photos for the Fotomarathon to the SD CArd and use the SD Card to have them processed using our special download software, so they get renamed and adapted for the exhibition.
Your photo series and the exhibition
A few weeks after the Fotomarathon, all photos from all participants will be presented in a digital at a weekend long Exhibition. Entry is free for registered participants. Visitors pay a symbolic entrance fee. The awards ceremony takes place on Saturday at 18.00 hours.
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: The exhibition will take place in a digital format, to be announced at a later date. As a special treat, all participants will receive their printed copy of their photo series at no extra cost.
The exhibition will take place a few weeks after the Fotomarathon Date and place will be announced later.
At the end of the Exhibition, on Sunday after 18.00, participants can come to collect their photo series and take it home. You need to bring your Fotomarathon number with you, otherwise you will not be able to collect your series. If you cannot pick it up, you can order to have it delivered to you. Due to organisational reasons, this order is only possible during the registration process. In addition to your ticket for the Fotomarathon, just choose another ticket to order your series. The cost of shipping and handling depends on whether the mail goes to a German or to an European address. Please consider this during your registration. We cannot take orders for deliveries after you have registered.
How do I register?
To complete your registration please select a ticket for your registration, and an additional one if you want to receive your photo series by post. Proceed to fill the form and press the button to register. Due to this year´s registration system, a user account will be created. You will get the access details via Email. With those access details you can cancel your ticket until 7 days before the Fotomarathon, you can change the address to receive the photo series, or change the name on the ticket, to give it to a friend (instead of cancelling it).
The user accounts will be deleted after the photo series are sent, a few weeks after the exhibition.
By registering to this event, you accept the Fotomarathon Rules and the General Conditions for Participation. Please make sure you read them before the Fotomarathon.
Key information – a summary:
- Fotomarathon start: Saturday October 24, 09 am. Start Location will be announced later, via Email / Newsletter and on social media.
- Digital (bring a memory card)
- Analog (bring your film)
- Mobile Phone (bring your USB cable)
- Digital (bring a memory card)
- Exhibition: Sometime in July or August
- Registration Fees
- Regular: 25 EUR,
Day tickets on Fotomarathon day: 35 EUR (pending availability) -cash or EC Karte
- Shipping: In 2020 there will be no printed series to be sent per post.
You can only order the shipping of your photo series together with your registration (i.e. NOW!) We will ship the photos after the exhibition. We cannot accept requests for shipping outside of the registration process. - Register by filling out the form below, choose a ticket for the type of Fotomarathon and an additional ticket if you want to order your photo series per post. You can pay via bank transfer.
- The final cut: Last day of registration is October 22, 2020 21.00 h
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Registration
Bookings are closed for this event.
