Athens Photo Festival 2012: The program

The central program of the anniversary event Athens Photo Festival 2012, it is inauguratedFriday 19 October at 20:00 in all its areas "Technopolis" of the Municipality of Athens and will last until Sunday 4 November 2012. With new ideas and an orientation towards modern international photography, it offers the opportunity for friends of modern culture to attend the most important event for photography in Greece.

An extensive program of 21 exhibitions featuring artists from 28 countries as well as a wide range of actions – Photo Voices International Forum, Photo Marathon, projections, educational activities, Performance program, special tours- and parallel events, compose a contemporary platform dedicated to photography and visual culture.

The core of the exhibition program under the general title "Art/Doc Intersection" reinforces the aesthetic and social dialogue, crossing selected artistic practices that straddle artistic and documentary photography and are characterized by their specificity and vitality.

The program of the event is framed by a series of exhibitions and activities that take place in various exhibition spaces of the city.

Το Athens Photo Festival 2012, organized by the Hellenic Center of Photography.

Credits: 2. Stefano de Lulgl, 3. Ester Vonplon, 4. Andreas Petersen, Christian Vlum

Source : culturenow.gr