FRANKFURT.- The international photography triennial RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain returns between 24 May and 9 September 2018. After the first successful editions RAY 2012 and RAY 2015 the exceptional qualities of the institutions of this region unite again for the third time. This unique collaboration emphasises the outstanding potential of contemporary photography and related media in regional collections, exhibitions and educational institutions and will once again showcase recent new productions. For the first time, RAY will open with a festival kick-off. From 24 May to 27 May photography fans, international experts of the medium as well as artists are invited to Frankfurt to explore photography and topics surrounding the RAY 2018 theme “Extreme”. With over ten exhibition spaces in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region RAY 2018 will offer a summer of intriguing photographic highlights.

RAY 2018 Curatorial Team
Anne-Marie Beckmann (Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, Frankfurt am Main), Peter Gorschlüter (MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main), Alexandra Lechner (Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie), Celina Lunsford (Fotografie Forum Frankfurt) and Matthias Wagner K (Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main).

RAY 2018 Exhibition venues and partners
Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Kunstforum der Technischen Universität Darmstadt; Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation (Frankfurt/Eschborn); Fotografie Forum Frankfurt; Frankfurter Kunstverein; Kunst- und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen Rüsselsheim; Marta Hoepffner-Gesellschaft für Fotografie e.V. im Stadtmuseum Hofheim; Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main; MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main and Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, among others.