Athens Photo Festival furthers its long-standing commitment to encouraging diversity, creativity, and critical thinking. Through its expanded programming, the Festival provides a dynamic platform for the exchange of ideas and engagement with contemporary photography and visual culture.
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Next Edition: Open Calls Oct 2025 | Festival June–July 2026
The Festival is on view until Sunday 28 July, showcasing the work of established and emerging artists from around the world. The Main Program is being held at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138. Additionally, the Festival encourages community engagement through 20 satellite exhibitions across the city.
Athens Photo Festival furthers its long-standing commitment to encouraging diversity, creativity, and critical thinking. Through its expanded programming, the Festival provides a dynamic platform for the exchange of ideas and engagement with contemporary photography and visual culture.
Next Edition
Open Calls · October 2025
Festival · June–July 2026
The Festival was on view until Sunday 28 July 2024, showcasing the work of established and emerging artists from around the world. The Main Program was held at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138. Additionally, the Festival encouraged community engagement through 20 satellite exhibitions across the city.
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Benaki Museum / Pireos 138
Main Exhibitions
The Main Exhibitions of the Athens Photo Festival 2024 were on view at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, featuring the work of 72 artists from 28 countries. The Festival integrated photographic works, interactive installations, screenings, archival documents, and publications, addressing many of today’s most pressing issues, challenges, complexities, and possibilities. A broad spectrum of contemporary photography, from new discoveries to established artists, was showcased across 3,000 square meters of exhibition space at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138.
EVENTS & INITIATIVES
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Portfolio Reviews
Τα Portfolio Reviews αποτελούν το αναπτυξιακό τμήμα του Φεστιβάλ και προσφέρουν την ευκαιρία σε 70 επιλεγμένους καλλιτέχνες που χρησιμοποιούν το φωτογραφικό μέσο να έρθουν σε επαφή με ειδικούς του χώρου και εκπροσώπους φορέων από τη διεθνή φωτογραφική κοινότητα, να λάβουν κριτική για τη δουλειά τους και να έχουν πρόσβαση σε ευκαιρίες δικτύωσης και συνεργασίας.
Στη φετινή διοργάνωση έχουν προσκληθεί και συμμετέχουν 20 επιμελητές μουσείων, διευθυντές φεστιβάλ, εκδότες, editors, κριτικοί και θεωρητικοί της τέχνης από 10 χώρες. Η δράση αυτή αναπτύσσεται μέσα από μία σειρά ατομικών συναντήσεων και παρέχει τις απαραίτητες συνθήκες για ανταλλαγή απόψεων και τη δημιουργία προσωπικών και επαγγελματικών επαφών.
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Guided Tours & Mediation Program
The Main Exhibitions are the focus of the guided tours conceived to accompany visitors as they discover the work of 72 artists from 28 countries at Benaki Museum / Pireos 138.
Dates: Sat 27.7, 11:00 | Sat 27.7, 19:00 | Sun 28.7, 11:00
Guided tour duration: 70’
Number of participants: From 10 to 20 people
Guided tour cost: Included in the ticket price
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Lab:1 Photography as a Relational Practice
Athens Photo Festival presents the first edition of PHOTOGRAPHY AS A RELATIONAL PRACTICE, an experimental research and practice laboratory which will invite to (re)think the “event of photography”, that is to say, the physical, material, historical and affective relations, situations and dynamics engendered and articulated around the production and dissemination of images. Over the course of four days, participants will explore the notion of encounter with photography, alongside Alejandro Acín (artist, designer and educator), Max Pinckers (photographer) and Natasha Christia (program’s curator).
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Lab:2 Sculpting the Narrative
Athens Photo Festival presents “Sculpting Narratives”, intensive five-day workshop focused on the photographic process. Sculpting Narratives will prioritize hands-on learning, immersing participants in content creation within the diverse landscape of the ‘documentary’ genre. Led by photographers Myrto Papadopoulos, Alexandra Rose Howland, and editor-curator Cloé Kerhoas Özmen, each expert-led session is tailored to foster the development of participants’ projects and to advance their practice through collaborative group work, intimate sessions, and personalized guidance.
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Artist Talks
Invited artists, whose work and thought stand out for their process and critical insight, discuss their work, artistic practice, and the influences behind their works.
Sunday 16.6
Benaki Museum/Pireos 138
– 18:00, “Photography as a Relational Practice” – Discussion among the three instructors of the laboratory Alejandro Acín, Max Pinckers and Natasha Christia.
– 19:00, Max Pinckers – Presentation of his new book “State of Emergency.”
– 20:00, Susan Meiselas – Presentation of her book “Kurdistan.”
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With exhibitions, talks, guided tours, performances and more, there’s plenty to see and do before we close our doors at 6 pm on Sunday, 28 July.