Athens Photo Festival is a leading international festival of photography and visual culture. Constantly reinventing itself, Athens Photo Festival, furthers its long-standing commitment to encouraging diversity, inclusion, creativity, and critical thinking, with the aim to challenge the boundaries and experience of a traditional festival of photography. Through its expanded programming, the Festival is committed to offering a dynamic platform for the exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and engagement with contemporary photography.
Athens Photo Festival 2022 IS on view through 24 July 2022. The Exhibition takes place at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, including 102 artists from 28 countries. The Main Program occupies all the exhibition spaces of the Museum, covering over 3,000 square meters. Please browse our exhibitions below to see what’s on view and plan your visit!
Benaki Museum / Pireos 138
8 June – 24 July 2022
Thursday and Sunday: 10.00–18.00
Friday and Saturday: 10.00–22.00
In addition to the exhibitions, at the core of the Festival, is a multi-layered program of events, including learning activities, networking and talent development opportunities, community outreach, and public programs.
An opportunity for artists to meet with international experts to get feedback on their work as well as to create meaningful connections.
Educational programs offer intensive learning experiences for current and future generations of artists and photography enthusiasts.
Experimenting with the ways through which performance and photography can cross boundaries and create interesting hybrids.
Under the motto “We Speak Photography”, the Artist Talks program is designed as a set of short talks to share thought provoking images and words.
This one night event brings together multiple perspectives on the use of images –both moving and still– in contemporary culture.
Over 1.500 contestants will participate in a “photography marathon”, to visually interpret four given topics inspired by urban life and its experience.
