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AFMP — ANNUAL FOTOFILMIC MENTORING PROGRAM
MAY 2023/APRIL 2024
Applications are open for a few more weeks to take part in the first edition of FotoFilmic’s annual mentoring program ‘AFMP’ kicking off next May and led by Foam Magazine’s renowned editor Elisa Medde, and acclaimed documentary photographer Lucas Foglia!
The focus of this small group, long form mentoring format is to offer participants the opportunity to create an entire new body of work (or complete ones still at an early development stage) from concept to final exhibition form while receiving continuous in-depth guidance from Elisa and Lucas.
The program includes two physical retreats with both mentors on beautiful Bowen Island, BC, Canada (May 2023) where FotoFilmic is based, and 6 months later in Paris, France (November 2023) right before the Paris Photo fair. Building on the foundations laid out during the retreats, participants will also meet regularly with the mentors online both as a group and individually to keep track of their projects development, and bring them to successful completion. In addition, each mentor will invite two guest speakers/reviewers of their choice (four total) to contribute outside critical feedback and artistic insight to the finishing projects, with the first two joining the Paris retreat and the other two intervening online in the early spring of 2024 in support of the final projects presentation preparations (April 2024).
Coming full circle after a year, FotoFilmic will mount and open the AFMP Group Exhibition at its space during the summer of 2024 to present all the projects. An accompanying AFMP Catalogue released by FotoFilmic will also be distributed to influential photography publishers, editors, and curators to further elevate the participants’ profiles and widen the reception of the works.
MENTORS

ELISA MEDDE
Elisa Medde is a photography editor, curator and writer. With a background in History of Art, Iconology and Photographic Studies, she worked for various cultural institutions, publishing houses and non-profit organisations as project and research co-ordinator as well as independent curator and editor. Her academic research reflects on the relations between image and power, particularly in the context of contemporary photography. She served as juror for many prizes, including the Luma Rencontres Book Award, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Premio Celeste and Lens Culture. She has been nominator for the Mack First Book Award, Prix Elysée, MAST Foundation for Photography Grant and Leica Oskar Barnack award amongst others. Since 2012, she is the Managing Editor of Foam Magazine.

LUCAS FOGLIA
Lucas Foglia is a photographer living in Berkeley, California. Foglia exhibits his work internationally in galleries, festivals, and museums. His prints are in public and private collections, including the International Center of Photography, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and Victoria and Albert Museum. His photographs have been published and reviewed in National Geographic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many others. Foglia also collaborates with non-profit organizations including Sierra Club and The Nature Conservancy. He is represented by Michael Hoppen Gallery in London, MiCamera in Milan, and Fredericks & Freiser Gallery in New York City. STANLEY/BARKER published his fourth book, Summer After, in September 2021.
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SCHEDULE
SPRING 2023
In-person retreat with Elisa Medde & Lucas Foglia (2 days 1/2 with each mentor)
May 5–10, 2023 | Bowen Island, BC, Canada
FALL 2023
Online
1 group session with each mentor (2 x 6h)
1 hour private meeting with each mentor (2 x 1h)
In-person retreat with Elisa Medde & Lucas Foglia + 2 guest speakers/reviewers
November 5–7, 2023 | Paris, France
SPRING 2024
Online
1 group session with each mentor (2 x 6h)
1 hour private meeting with each mentor (2 x 1h)
2 group sessions with guest speakers/reviewers (2 x 6h)
1 final presentation group session with both mentors (2 x 4h/split over 2 days)