Athens Photo Festival is the leading international festival of photography in Southeastern Europe. Exploring critical issues relevant to our times, our programme works within an international, national and local context, encompassing a variety of exhibitions and activities designed to reflect the diversity of contemporary photography, and to create opportunities for exchange of ideas, artistic expression and international engagement.

The 2016 main exhibitions take place until 31 July 2016, at the Benaki Museum, presenting a wide spectrum of works of both emerging and established artists from all over the world. At the core of the festival is a range of events, including international portfolio reviews, screenings, talks and discussions, workshops, and participatory projects. Our curatorial team aims to create a dialogue between different thematic ideas in relation to this year’s theme, under the title [mis/dis]placed.

[MIS/DIS]PLACED

[UNSTABLE FIELDS]
Maxim Dondyuk (UA), Nick Hannes (BE), Martin Kollar (SK), Dimitris Michalakis (GR), Pietro Paolini (IT), Emine Gozde Sevim (TK), Issa Touma (SY) / Paradox (NL), Panos Tsagaris (GR), Apostolos Zerdevas (GR)

[REFUGEE ROUTES]
Leila Alaoui (FR/MO), Isabelle Arvers (FR), Miia Autio (FI), Andrea Gjestvang (NO), Samuel Gratacap (FR), Sam Ivin (UK) / Fabrica (IT), Sofie Amalie Klougart (DK), Dimitris Koilalous (GR), Giorgos Moutafis (GR), Myrto Papadopoulos (GR), Nikos Pilos (GR) / Paradox (NL), Aida Silvestri (UK), Lia Sáile (DE/AT)

[ANTITHESIS]
Andrea & Magda (FR), Philip Cheung (CA), Kostas Kapsianis (GR), Aleksey Kondratyev (US/KG), Laurent Kronental (FR), Julien Lombardi (FR), Marinos Tsagkarakis (GR)

[METAPHORS]
Roger Ballen (SA), Alvaro Deprit (ES), Alexander Mendelevich (IL), Charlie Simokaitis (US), Paul Thulin (US), Margot Wallard (FR), Marta Zgierska (PL)

[LIFE TRACKS]
Yoann Cimier (FR), Karolin Klüppel (DE), Alvaro Laiz (ES), Namsa Leuba (CH), Polixeni Papapetrou (AU), Klaus Pichler (AT), Laurence Rasti (CH), Miriam Stanke (DE), Danilla Tkachenko (RU), Sanne De Wilde (BE)

[ZONES OF ERROR AND DECAY]
Mathieu Asselin (FR), Carlos Ayesta and Guillaume Bression (FR), Alejandro Chaskielberg (AR), Catherine Leutenegger (CH), Kai Loeffelbein (DE), Kazuma Obara (JP)

[SITES OF MEMORY]
Artemis Alcalay, Fani Bitou, Io Chaviara, Petros Efstathiadis, Pavlos Fysakis, Stergios Karavatos, Viktor Koen, Nikos Markou, Fotis Milionis, Nikos Panayotopoulos, Avraam Pavlidis, Paris Petridis, Simos Saltiel, John Stathatos, Nikolas Ventourakis, Pasqua Vorgia (GR)

[TEMPORARILY LOST]
Akis Karanos (GR), Em Kei (GR), Michel Le Belhomme (FR), Mari Masouridou (GR), Christiane Peschek (AT), Myrto Steirou (GR), Alexis Vasilikos (GR), Qian Zhao (CH)

Maria Antoniadou, Thalia Galanopoulou, Elena Kollatou and Leonidas Toumpanos, Yannis Karpouzis, Chloe Kritharas-Devienne, Mari Masouridou, Maria Mavropoulou, Thodoris Papadakis, Yannis Papanikos, Dimitris Sakalakis, Orestis Seferoglou, Alexei Siozov, Artemis Skeva, Pavlos Stamatiadis, Katerina Tsakiris, Yannis Zindrilis