The »Photo Book Summer« is a new Berlin festival dedicated to the photobook as an artistic medium. It will take place for the first time from 17 July to 22 September 2026 at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin’s Potsdamer Straße building and is organised by musuku – Museum of Subcultures. Static and mobile exhibition formats are accompanied by events, workshops and the concluding »Photo Book Days« – featuring book stalls, talks and presentations by international guests.
The photo exhibition »Berlin Wonderland – Hidden Treasures« transforms the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Hall in the foyer of the Stabi into a sort of cabinet of curiosities. The mobile exhibition »Berlin Wonderland Road Show« displays large-format photographs from the photo book of the same name on five converted cargo bikes.
The photo book exhibition »Fragments of the City« brings together the perspectives of various photographers, who collectively paint a multifaceted portrait of the city. The first edition of »Photo Book Summer« is themed »Open Doors« and focuses on Berlin as a city of encounters, (sub)cultures and stories. The festival will showcase works by numerous photographers, including Sascha Weidner, and publishers. Events taking place across the city extend the festival beyond the Stabi into the wider city.
