Photokina in Cologne cancelled because of COVID-19
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Re: Photokina in Cologne cancelled because of COVID-19Reply #1 on: November 27, 2020 at 1:25 pm
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Re: Photokina in Cologne cancelled because of COVID-19Reply #3 on: November 28, 2020 at 7:41 amHello Kevin,
I still remember my young years when my father, who had an affinity for architectural photography as an architect and also filmed with Super8, took me to the Photokina in Cologne for the first time. As a photo beginner I was very impressed by the big fair, the many great photos, the fascinating technology and the internationality of this fair.
From then on I was an irregular regular guest at the Photokina for many years, as a private person and later for professional reasons. Here one could see concentrated innovations, make or deepen contacts or even take technology and paper in hand and check what perhaps not every photo dealer had on site. In addition, I could reach the Cologne Trade Fair Center in half an hour by train, so it was practically on my doorstep.
The Photokina was a Cologne institution with international flair and one was always happy when the time finally came and the gates opened.
Yes, a lot changes in these times. The whole working world is driven by COVID-19 in upheaval.
Also I am working since March mainly in the home office and since then I was only 2 times in the company, which like all big companies are almost completely controlled from home. Who would have thought that a year ago? In the past I used to fly regularly to meetings between the locations, today it’s all done via Skype, MS-Team, Zoom, google Meet, Teamviewer and similar tools. Collaboration and communications systems are booming. The way they work is largely functional.
Even if there are effective vaccines now, which is yet to be proven, the working world will remain changed forever, that much is certain. The large companies in the conurbations are already thinking about eliminating expensive office space across the board, but this is all the more difficult now that everyone is doing it. Nevertheless, in my opinion this trend is irreversible no matter if COVID-19 is put into the barriers or not.
We will have to adjust to it and there are advantages and disadvantages of these changes.
But despite Internet and world-wide digital communication, one will miss Events such as the Photokina in the future.
In this respect the Photokina two years ago was the last one – it seems – and I had at least the pleasure to visit it for the last time together with a colleague. At that time we would never have suspected that this was the last Photokina.
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