WELCOME ON BOARD, RPS GRANT JURY, ALEXA BECKER

Alexa Becker is the acquisitions editor for photography and art books for Kehrer Verlag. Having obtained her Master’s in Art History from the University of Heidelberg, she started her career at Kehrer in 2003, where she is responsible for selecting and acquiring new photography-related projects.

Kehrer Verlag is among the world’s leading publishers of photo books, founded by Klaus Kehrer in 1995. It is also one of the few independent publishing houses in Germany.

In addition to photography, further focal points include contemporary art, art of the 17th through the 20th centuries, and international sound art.

In addition to her work at the publishing house, Alexa frequently serves at international photography festivals as a portfolio reviewer and is involved in several online competitions as a juror. Furthermore, she has curated the Critical Mass 2017 Top 50 Exhibition for photolucida (2018), as well as Feature Shoot’s Print Swap Exhibition ( 2018). Her insights on publishing photo books have been featured in guidebooks such as Mary Virginia Swanson’s and Darius Himes’s »Publish Your Photography Book« (2011).

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