Daria Tuminas (she/her/hers, b. 1984) is an independent curator. Since 2019, she has been curating for FOTODOK, Utrecht, as well as developing exhibitions at the likes of Foam Museum Amsterdam, EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival, Les Rencontres d'Arles etc. In May 2025, the most recent exhibition is on view at WORM, Rotterdam: a solo presentation of Yana Kononova's Radiations of War. Between 2017 and 2019, Tuminas headed three editions of Unseen Book Market at Unseen Amsterdam, and has contributed to several photobook-related reflections as a writer, an editor or a curator. She co-curated the symposium The Moving Page for Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum, contributed a chapter to How We See: Photobooks by Women (10×10 Photobooks, 2018), guest-edited The PhotoBook Review #12 (Aperture, 2017), and has curated a number of exhibitions in connection to printed matter. In 2022, Tuminas co-founded Growing Pains – a foundation supporting women and non-binary artists.
Portfolio Review
As part of the Photoszene Festival, we are once again offering a portfolio review where you can show your work to renowned photography experts. They will give you constructive feedback on your visual language, concept and presentation as well as tips on the further development and strategic positioning of your work. Each reviewer will be offered 20 minutes.
We are looking forward to the following guests:
Mirelva Berghout (Curator Amsterdam)
Nadine Isabell Henrich (Curator, House of Photography, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg)
Daria Tuminas (Curator, Fotodoks Utrecht)
Fleurie Kloostra (Curator Melkweg Amsterdam)
Bettina Lockemann (researcher/author specializing in photo books)
Valeria Posada Villada (University of Amsterdam)
Anna Spindeldreier (freelance photo editor, WirtschaftsWoche)
Target group: Artists and photographers of all levels of experience.
Cost: You can book single slots for 35€, 2 slots for 65€, 3 slots for 90€ incl. VAT.
Registration: We are happy to accept your registration with the name of the desired reviewer at portfolioreview@photoszene.de.
We will try to fulfill your request as best we can, guaranteeing at least 1 desired reviewer when booking 3 reviews. As soon as the exact timeslot is fixed, we will inform you!