Athens Photo Festival is a leading international festival dedicated to photography and visual culture. Through its programming, the Festival is committed to offering a diverse and inclusive international platform, for the exchange of ideas, artistic expression, and engagement with photography in all its forms.

Honoring the Festival’s 35th anniversary throughout 2022, our program provides a critical context where the impact of the ever-changing visual culture can be raised and discussed. The Festival will bring together emerging and established artists and photographers from around the world, through its exhibitions and events, with the aim to reflect the diversity of photography of our time.

Athens Photo Festival 2022 will take place in the months of June and July at the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138 and other locations across the city. The Festival will feature over 100 artists from all over the world, selected through an open call process. The Festival is accepting proposals until 15 March 2022.

Exploring a variety of cultural, artistic, social, and political perspectives, the Festival invites proposals from the entire spectrum of the photographic medium, ranging from fine art, conceptual, documentary photography, and photojournalism to other media, including video, performance, and installation.

The main program will be occupied all the exhibition spaces of the Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, covering over 3,000 square meters. In addition to the exhibition, at the core of the Festival is a multi-layered program of events and initiatives, including learning activities, networking and talent development opportunities, community outreach, and public programs.

After a year of deprivation due to the pandemic, the Festival is back to celebrate its 35th anniversary in 2022, according to the rules of the art, while adhering to the safety measures, to ensure the health of our artists, teams, and audiences.