- Pilot project
Photos have superpowers. They reach us immediately and get us talking to each other. We want to use these powers to bring different people in our society together. To this end, we will gradually open BildBotschaften in various cities from fall 2025. We are starting with our pilot project for local photojournalism in Hamburg.
- Exhibition
From August to October 2025 at Galerie Nord in Berlin. The exhibition project focuses on the question of the extent to which photography can influence processes of social change and how the selected photographic positions can provide answers through their conception.
- Exhibition
Around 150,000 guests visit the "Les Rencontres de la Photographie d'Arles" photography festival every year - one of the most renowned photography festivals in the world. For the three-month duration of the festival, 7 laif photographers will be exhibiting works on the theme of "Utopia" at the Fondation Manuel Riviera-Ortiz.
- Photo competition
In May 2025, the award ceremony for the "Jugend fotografiert Deutschland" competition will take place in Hamburg under the motto "Be you. Be seen. Be heard." will take place in Hamburg in May 2025. Until March 30, 2025, we are inviting young people from as many different social groups as possible aged between 10 and 18
- Media competence
Young people primarily use image-based media (Insta, TikTok, YouTube). AI makes creating images easier, but also more challenging. Our workshops accompany young people through this development. They increase media literacy, visual analysis and critical thinking skills (e.g. with fake news and deepfakes), as well as an understanding of photography, photojournalism and artificial intelligence. Important skills for
- Conceptual work
We are experts in visual storytelling. We can help translate complex topics into accessible language. The language of images. This is because it has an emotional impact, appeals to people more directly, arouses interest, sensitizes and quickly opens up discourse. We can be the "warm-up" for the start of effective and sustainable communication. We want to
- Awarness project
We are a member of the international Content Authenticity Initiative and, together with important photojournalistic institutions such as World Press Photo, VII Foundation, Magnum Photos, Photography Ethics Centre, National Press Photographers Association and the Syndicat des Agences de Presse Photographiques, we support the Statement of Principles of the "Writing with Light" initiative.
- Publication project
Development of an international community and publication platform for photojournalism and documentary photography. We need more journalistic formats that reach their audience emotionally. On all channels, whether on the web, on paper, on social media or live on site. Formats in which people can participate and get involved and in which their living environment and everyday
- Event
From November 21 - 30, 2024, around 6,000 guests visited our festival with over 30 projects, 14 lectures and discussions, as well as 4 workshops on topics such as photojournalism, documentary and street photography, media literacy, artificial intelligence and FakeNews. More than 50 photographers were involved in the exhibition and supporting program.
Cooperations
- Awareness Campaign
Freedom of the press is in danger - at all levels, globally and locally. With their initiative, the Körber Foundation and the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS want to publicize the topic as an important element of pluralism and democracy. The value of press freedom for democracy and peaceful coexistence is elementary. That is why everyone is called
- Specialist conference
With the b° future festival in October, the Bonn Institute brought together all those who are committed to future-oriented journalism for the second time. laif was on site as a partner of the b° future festival with several events!
- University projects
Research, development, exchange of ideas We regularly collaborate with universities and various specialist departments to share our experience and gain new ideas on our core topics. Here are a few of our current collaborations:
- Lecture
With Publix, a new concrete place has emerged in Berlin where the future of journalism and the public sphere can be thought about, negotiated, tried out and communicated to citizens. For the opening in summer 2024, artistic director Maria Exner and her team curated a programme together with the organizations in the building that gave experts
- Lecture
The symposium highlighted topics relating to media education, journalism and editorial society in discussion rounds, lectures, workshops and workshop talks. The symposium is embedded in a forum for producers, cooperation partners and civil society actors. In this context, our presentation on "AI in photojournalism" provided an impetus for a lively discussion on journalistic and ethical challenges
- Panel Talk
In the RE:DESIGN EFFICIENCY creative competition, the Deutsche Unternehmensinitiative Energieeffizienz e.V. (DENEFF) set the task of using photographs, graphics or illustrations to make the invisible - the unused kilowatt hour - visible. At the closing event, we reported on the initial results and assessments from the "Visual solutions for science communication" think tank that we initiated
- Documentation
The first comprehensive transformation congress at decision-maker level took place from December 11-13 in Berlin. Robert Habeck (patron), Maja Göpel and many other renowned speakers are involved. The event is backed by a group of 13 transformative business associations. Together with the ZEIT publishing group, brand eins, Table media and HAUFE, laif supported the summit as