EVENTS PROGRAM - ATHENS PHOTO WORLD 2019
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center
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| Date | Location | Time | Event | Description |
| Friday 7 June - 30 June | National Library of Greece ground floor | 18:00 | World Press Photo 2019 | Official Opening |
| Friday 7 June | 4th floor patio of the National Library of Greece | 20:00 | “Eyewitness” Yannis Behrakis Great Exhibition | Official Opening |
| Saturday 8 June | Alternative stage | 20:00 – 22:00 | Documentary of the filmmaker Buddy Squires dedicated to Yannis Behrakis. | Talks and an open discussion to follow |
| Sunday 9 June | Lighthouse | 20:00 – 22:00 | Photojournalism now | Open discussion with: Sophie Boshouwers , Exhibitions Manager & Curator at World Press Photo. Heidi Levine, freelance photojournalist based in Jerusalem. Finbarr O’Reilly, photographer and author. Rickey Rogers, photographer Global Editor of Reuters Pictures. Enric Marti, AP Enterprise Photo Editor. Dusan Vranic, AP Chief Photographer in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Lefteris Pitarakis, AP Chief Photographer in Turkey Coordination: journalist Anna-Kinthia Bousdoukou |
| Monday 10 June | Book Castle | 20:00 – 22:00 | Europe and Greece in the 1980s | Digital projection and open discussion with photographers Konstantinos Pittas and Spyros Staveris Coordination: Christina Kalligianni, APW Project Coordinator |
| Thursday 13 June | Book Castle | 19:00-21:00 | Talk and presentation by photojournalist Nikos Pilos | Coordination by Yannis Kolesidis , Digital Projections Curator of APW |
| Friday 14 June | Book Castle | 19:00-21:00 | Santiago Lyon (Adobe Content Manager) | Presentation of his work and open discussion. Coordination: Thanassis Stavrakis, Artistic Director of APW |
| Saturday 15 June | Book Castle | 17:00-19:00 | Talk and presentation by Louisa Gouliamaki, photojournalist of the French News Agency (AFP) | Coordination: Christina Kalligianni, APW Project Coordinator |
| Sunday 16 June | Alternative Stage | 20:00 – 22:00 | Athens Photo World award ceremony: | Presented by Spyros Alexopoulos, Program Officer at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation APW Award. Award ceremony by Santiago Lyon and Thanassis Stavrakis |
Athens Photo World (7/6 – 16/6/2019) at the City Centre courtesy of SNF
Photo exhibitions accessible to the public 24 hours a day in the busiest parts of Athens.
Evening digital projections (21.00-00.00) with works by Yannis Behrakis and two different photographers every night.
Building of the Association of Greek Archaeologists, 134 Ermou Street, Thissio
| Date | Projection | Photographer |
| Friday 7/6/2019 | The last days of the Caliphate, Syria | Achilleas Zavallis |
| Friday 7/6/2019 | Caravan, Mexico | Alkis Konstantinidis / REUTERS |
| Saturday 8/6/2019 | The Odyssey of immigrants | Giorgos Moutafis |
| Saturday 8/6/2019 | Frozen Hopes, Belgrade | Konstantinos Tsakalidis / SOOC |
| Sunday 9/6/2019 | Sikh Community in Greece | Aggelos Barai |
| Sunday 9/6/2019 | Revolutionaries of the Heart | Maro Kouri |
| Monday 10/6/2019 | The Last Fishing, Northern Greece | Alexandros Avramidis / REUTERS |
| Monday 10/6/2019 | Sea of Garbage - Underwater photos | Stelios Misinas |
| Tuesday 11/6/2019 | In the liberated Kobani, Syria | Michalis Karagiannis |
| Tuesday 11/6/2019 | On the brink | Kostis Ntantamis |
| Wednesday 12/6/2019 | Life in the shadows of the Greek lignite mines, Ptolemaida | Anna Pantelia |
| Wednesday 12/6/2019 | Tied | Angelos Christofilopoulos |
| Thursday 13/6/2019 | Ghost Buildings, Athens | Yorgos Karahalis |
| Thursday 13/6/2019 | The Athenians | Socrates Baltagiannis |
| Friday 14/6/2019 | The God Maker | Petros Giannakouris / ΑP |
| Friday 14/6/2019 | The Historical relocation of the National Library of Greece | Simela Pantzartzi / ANA-MPA |
| Saturday 15/6/2019 | Flour War, Galaxidi | John Liakos / IN TIME NEWS |
| Saturday 15/6/2019 | The Utopian village, Viotia | Alexandros Katsis |
| Sunday 16/6/2019 | The new plastic road, Tajikistan | Myrtο Papadopoulos |
| Sunday 16/6/2019 | Abtahaap, a big tree, a harbor and a pearl, Qatar | Orestis Seferoglou |
EKPA, Βuilding of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 30
Panepistimioy Street, Propylaea
| Date | Projection | Photographer |
| Friday 7/6/2019 | Abtahaap, a big tree, a harbor and a pearl, Qatar | Orestis Seferoglou |
| Friday 7/6/2019 | The new plastic road, Tajikistan | Myrto Papadopoulos |
| Saturday 8/6/2019 | The Utopian village, Viotia | Alexandros Katsis |
| Saturday 8/6/2019 | Flour War, Galaxidi | John Liakos/IN TIME NEWS |
| Sunday 9/9/2019 | The Historical relocation of the National Library of Greece | Simela Pantzartzi / ANA-MPA |
| Sunday 9/9/2019 | The God Maker | Petros Giannakouris/AP |
| Monday 10/6/2019 | The Athenians | Socrates Baltagiannis |
| Monday 10/6/2019 | Ghost Buildings, Athens | Yorgos Karahalis |
| Tuesday 11/6/2019 | Tied | Angelos Christofilopoulos |
| Tuesday 11/6/2019 | Life in the shadows of the Greek lignite mines, Ptolemaida | Anna Pantelia |
| Wednesday 12/6/2019 | On the brink | Kostis Ntantamis |
| Wednesday 12/6/2019 | In the liberated Kobani, Syria | Michalis Karagiannis |
| Thursday 13/6/2019 | Sea of Garbage - Underwater photos Stelios Misinas | Stelios Misinas |
| Thursday 13/6/2019 | Τhe Last Fishing, Northern Greece | Alexandros Avramidis/REUTERS |
| Friday 14/6/2019 | Rebels of the Heart | Maro Kouri |
| Friday 14/6/2019 | Sikh Community in Greece | Aggelos Barai |
| Saturday 15/6/2019 | Frozen Hopes, Belgrade | Konstantinos Tsakalidis / SOOC |
| Saturday 15/6/2019 | The Odyssey of immigrants | Giorgos Moutafis |
| Sunday 16/6/2019 | Caravan, Mexico | Alkis Konstantinidis/REUTERS |
| Sunday 16/6/2019 | The last days of the Caliphate, Syria | Achilleas Zavallis |
Technopolis City of Athens, 100 Pireos Street, Gazi
All the works of Yannis Behrakis and photographers participating in the digital projections display will be shown every evening inside the cultural center.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 14.00 - 16.30 University of Western Attica, Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts, Room Κ9.002 University Camp 1, Agiou Spiridonos 28, Egaleo
Petros Karadjias, AP Photographer based in Nicosia, Cyprus will speak to the students of the University of Western Attica, Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts.
The title of his presentation will be “The modern photojournalism.” He’ll explain how he handled coverage of various stories, for both photos and video formats together.
Exhibition of Teenage Photographers: As part of the Athens Photo World (7/6 - 16/6/2019) the Stavros Niarchos Foundation supports teenage photographers.
Athens Photo World would like to thank the 17 teenage students from the Anavryta High
School, the Model Lyceum of Anavryta, the 3 rd General High School of Glyfada, the 39 th
General High School of Athens, the 1 st Lyceum of Neo Psychiko, the 1 st Professional High
School of Ymittos and the 1 st General High School of Ymittos, for their photographic work.
Under the guidance of Dora Lavazou, Dora IFocus and IFocus.gr they photographed the
neighbourhood, the city and everything that drew their attention in shaping the mosaic of
the city with the fresh look of its new generation.
The project was carried out with their own photographic equipment and cameras provided
by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, as well as the important mediation of Ms. Lavazou.
Their 40 photos in total will be presented at the iFocus Gallery, at Academias and
Ippokratous street within the Opera arcade.
At the same time, the exhibition will be complemented by a collection of photographs from
the Experimental Lyceum of Agioi Anargyroi, the 8 th Middle School of Chalandri with High
School Classes and by schools of the Greek periphery, which will be digitally projected.
Operation and projection hours
Friday 7/6/2019 until Saturday 15/6/2019
Open from 11.30 to 18.00
Except for Sunday 9/6
On Tuesday 11/6/2019 at 18.00, the APW artistic director Thanassis Stavrakis and
photographer Orestis Seferoglou will speak with the teenagers and answer their questions.
Athens Photo World and Stavros Niarchos Foundation, wishing to reward the young
participants, will donate the photos of the Associated Press exhibition “Daily Life around the
world” to their schools to decorate their premises.