From the 11th to the 20th of April, 2008, Hamburg will be Germany's centre for photography. The event is about concentrating in one place unusual ideas, unlimited imagination, and extreme commitment to photography - in the form of lectures, films, presentations, and more than 80 exhibitions.

Every evening at 9 pm, the series 'Flashlight' will present photo projections. The photographs will be presented by well known collectors, curators and picture editors.

Martin Jürgens, a photo conservator from Hamburg, offers a workshop on the production of calotypes, 'Drawn by the Light: Making Salted Paper Prints', on the 19th and 20th of April, from 9:30 am to 6 pm.