The Photometria International Photography Festival is pleased to announce the Photometria ΦωτοBOOK 2026 open call results.
The selected books will be presented at the festival’s headquarters, the Photometria Photography Center, as part of the 18th Photometria International Photography Festival from September 26 through November 30, 2026, and at ZOETROPE Athens on a date to be announced shortly. Should other regions of Greece express interest in hosting the exhibition, further information will be provided.
Finally, we extend our warmest thanks to the judges for their valuable contribution.
o Achilleas Tziakos, Photometria International Photography Festival
o Yorgos Yatromanolakis, Zoetrope Athens
o Tiago Casanova, XYZ Books
o Francesca Todde, Depart Pour L’ Image
These are the selected books:
Adel Koleszar – Only have faith (Art Paper editions)
Alick Phiri -Lusaka Street (Art Paper editions)
Ana Lía – Frases Mínimas Baja
Anita Andrzejewska- Dancing Your Dream Awake
Antonio Rosato- Ussaro
David Salcedo- Eight Points
Ela Polkowska – Splinter
Eoin Moylan – Deutsches in Deutschland (Art Paper editions)
Francesco Zizola-Diaries (Yogurt Magazine editions)
Georges Salameh – Hear you Athens
Giuseppe Riccardi-Under the mulberry trees
Grigoris Digas – Borders
Jana Gertz – Babcia
Jiyan Céline Schmidiger -Tomorrow
Katerina Angelopoulou-Fumes of Mars
Maryna Syrovatka- Don’t Worry, I’m Fine
Regina Maria Anzenberger – The Australian Journey
Ria Verhaeghe – Provisoria (Art Paper editions)
Thomas Nolf – As Real as it Gets (Art Paper editions)
Tom Callemin – -Double Reality (Art Paper editions)
Vincent Duluc David – The Only Dream
Viridiana Morandini – Pogo
Yihan Pan & José Cárdenas Lorca -Uncertainties
Zexuan Zeng- The Internal Crusade
Zhou Yang -Faërie
Talking Walls
The walls of the city stand silent, yet they hold hidden stories. The photography exhibition Talking Walls explores the unseen dialogue between the urban landscape and everyday life. Each image emerges around a wall: sometimes worn, sometimes full of color, often found where beauty seems absent – or perhaps not.
Within the frame, people, objects, and small moments of the city encounter this steady surface and create a new narrative. The wall does not simply function as a background; it becomes a participant in the scene. It reflects life in the city while simultaneously carrying the memories of the place it belongs to.
The photographs capture this interaction: a passing human presence, a shadow that forms for a fleeting moment. Seemingly simple elements transform into small stories that reveal the living relationship between the city and those who move through it.
In Talking Walls, walls are not merely surfaces. They are witnesses, storytellers, and part of the very life of the city. Through these images, the viewer is invited to pause for a moment and “listen” to what they have to say.
Exhibition Opening: Saturday, April 4, 2026, 20:00
Exhibition Duration: April 4-26, 2026
Opening Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 17:00-21:00
Free entrance
PHOTOMETRIA PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
184, 21st Fevrouariou Street, Ioannina 45221
T +30 26513 06361
John Robokos / Biography
John Robokos was born in Athens in 1972 and grew up in Krines, Corinth. He studied Statistics at the Athens University of Economics and Business and currently lives and works in Athens.
He has been actively involved in photography since 2013. His work has been presented in several photography exhibitions in Greece and abroad.
Through his photographic practice, he seeks a consistent engagement with art and a continuous personal evolution, combining technical refinement with ongoing theoretical exploration. Above all, his work aims to express an honest and authentic reflection of his inner world.
The group exhibition of the 25 selected photographs from the Photometria Awards 2025 competition, “Non Stop Pop,” judged by Alec Soth, along with this year’s photobooks, will be presented in Kavala, specifically at Te Arts.
This year’s theme, Non Stop Pop, invited photographers from all over the world to capture, through a critical lens, the deeper impact of pop culture on the contemporary world. At the Photometria Awards group exhibition, visitors will have the opportunity to explore pop culture as a dynamic mirror of contemporary society—one that shapes identities, expectations, and social behaviors through the uninterrupted flow of images and symbols. The selection of the photographs was made by internationally renowned photographer Alec Soth, a member of the Magnum agency, a collaboration that is a special honor for the festival.
The artists participating in the Photometria Awards exhibition are:
Alessandro Truffa [IT] – Bee training, attacking practices, from 432 Hz, 2023 Alex Bex [DE] – Memories of Dust Anna Tut [RU] – Concierges Bienyl Huelgas [PH] – Dance, Flash, Repeat Bijoy Krishna Paul [BD] – Reels of a Forgotten Time Gaby Langlois [PL] – Us at Home Bruno Oliveira [LU] – Alycias Melancholic Melodies Bruno Oliveira [LU] – Up Up and Away Christos Sotiropoulos [GR] – Street of Celebrations Daniel Kempf – Seifried [DE] – Pop my Hair Denis Serrano [MX] – Invocations Hiro Tanaka [JP] – Crowd Jasmine De Silva [GB] – Crystal Queens, Miss Universe Jesus Umbria Brito [ES] – Lola y Vera Josh Bergeron [US] – Sailors and Hot Dog Stand Josh Bergeron [US] – Astronaut with Hearses Maria Voltsi [GR] – Meeting Chamii Michelle LAU [HK] – Atem, Pop Mirto Konstantinidou [GR] – Tomorrow I won’t buy anything Nacho Varela [ES] – The lives of others Nuno Serrao [PT] – Icebergs, my favorite kind of people Pedro Dy-Liacco [PH] – Glamour & Grit: Echoes of the Disco Era Vasileios Nempegleriotis [GR] – Perfect strangers Verena Andrea Prenner [AT] – Camping Yukai Chen [US] – The factory of Desire, Revisiting {The Living Room}
The selected books to be presented are:
Adrienn Józan -Summer Cancelled
Aleksandros Zafeiridis- So Much Love
Alexandra Masmanidi – Amorus Glances
Bénédicte Blondeau – Ondes
Christos Dimitriou – Disthanees (Dead Twice)
Dimitris Mytas – Elephant
Emilia Martin – I Saw a Tree Bearing Stones
Eugenia Patsouri – Synapse
Giulio Favotto – Paternity Ratio
Hristina Tasheva – Far away from home:
Jana Palkina – Human Activity
Javier Talavera – Not all bald men with beards are Javier Talavera
Karol Jarek – Who loves it
Katrina Stamatopoulos – Domestic
Konstantina Tsirogianni – Unveiling Between
Lavinia Parlamenti & Manfredi Pantanella – The Lines We Draw
Maria Denise Dessimoz – The Inevitable Anguish of Desire
Odysseas Tsompanoglou – Non Cycladia
Regina Maria Anzenberger – Roots & Waltz
Regina Maria Anzenberger – Imperfections
Spiros Zervoudakis – Terra incognita
Two Spiky Gorillaz – Nowhere Tree
Yizhen Zhang – Win or Lose
Info:
Co-organized by: Kavala Photo Club & Photometria International Photography Festival
Opening: Saturday, 28.03.2026, at 19:30
Location: Te Arts, 32 Karaoli and Dimitriou Square, Kavala
Duration: 28.03 – 05.04.2026
Opening Hours: Monday to Sunday, 10:00- 00:00
Free Entrance
ELEPHANT is the latest photographic project of Dimitris Mytas and constitutes a deeply personal exploration of the “empty nest” syndrome. Through 52 black-and-white photographs, ELEPHANT unfolds as a visual meditation on absence, grief, transformation, and redemption.
The project was inspired by a pivotal moment—the departure of his son for studies. His absence cast a heavy shadow, taking the form of a giant elephant that seemed to fill the living room, overwhelming the space with its presence. Immersed in this emotional vortex, Mytas turned to his photographic archive, seeking a way to manage this profound experience. There, he uncovered fragments of his son’s life—images detached from their original context yet profoundly relevant in this new reality. These images, alongside newly created ones, form a narrative that evolves from loss to acceptance, culminating in the final scene: his son walking away in a snowy landscape, symbolizing, on the one hand, his freedom to explore the world and, on the other, the redefinition of the paternal role.
Through this process, Mytas not only reflects on his personal journey but also examines the shared human experience of transition and change. By merging past and present through archival and new imagery, ELEPHANT weaves abstract elements with deeply personal visual symbols, transforming intimate emotions into a broader visual narrative.
ELEPHANT, invites viewers to engage with their own moments of transition, to reflect on the emotional landscapes of separation, memory, and resilience, and to discover the quiet redemptions embedded in change.
* The photobook ELEPHANT will be presented at the opening (self-published / collaboration: ZOETROPE ATHENS).
Official Opening: Saturday, 7 March 2026, 20:00
Duration: 7-29 March 2026
Opening hours: Thursday – Sunday 17:00-21:00
PHOTOMETRIA PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER
184, 21st February Street, 45221 Ioannina
Τ +30 26513 06361
Dimitris Mytas / CV + Bio
Dimitris Mytas is a Greek photographer based in Athens, Greece.
He has presented 11 solo exhibitions and participated in numerous festivals and institutions in Greece and internationally, including Athens Photo Festival, Thessaloniki Photobiennale, Photometria Photo Festival, SCAN Tarragona (Spain), FELIFA (Argentina), Head On Festival (Australia), Trieste Photo Days (Italy), Polycopies (Paris), Boutographies (Montpellier), Belfast Photo Festival, and Off Bratislava.
He has published seven photobooks, including: ZERO TEN (2011), HOSPITAL (2016), DREAMTIGERS (2019), MAUVE (2022), and ELEPHANT (2024).
His projects have been featured in several photography magazines such as American Suburb X, Phases, Dodho, The Eye of Photography, F-STOP.
He is a represented artist of DL Gallery, Piraeus, Greece.
We are delighted to announce the Parallel Voices 2026 results!
Alex Bex (FR/USA) | Giuseppe Cardoni (IT) | Vladimir Karamazov (BG) | Sveta Kaverina (RU) | Sarah Malakoff (USA) | Kirill Muniabin (RU) | Stefanos Paikos (GR) Danae Panagiotidi (GR) | George Stergiopoulos (GR)
The Parallel Voices portfolio competition accepts submissions on an annual basis as part of promoting contemporary photographic creation. The nine selected portfolios will be presented at the Photometria International Photography Festival 2026 at a venue to be announced shortly.
Warm congratulations to all participants for the exceptional quality of their work and for the large international participation from every corner of the world. We look forward to welcoming their submissions again in the next competition.
Τhe open call for entries is addressed to artists and self-publishers from around the world, focusing on artist books, self-published photobooks, limited edition books, zines and DIY publications related to photography.
The selected books will be presented at the Photometria Photography Center, at the 18th edition of the Photometria International Photography Festival from 26 September to 29 November 2026 and later at ZOETROPE Athens on a date to be announced. Should there be interest from other regions in hosting this exhibition, further information will be provided. The set of books that will be selected, upon completion of the exhibitions, will be listed and added to the Photometria Photography Center’s public photographic library. The festival aims to disseminate the selected publications as broadly as possible before they are catalogued and placed in the P.P.C. library.
Submission fee: 20 €
Jury panel:
– Achilleas Tziakos, Co-Founder of the Photometria International Photography Festival
– Yorgos Yatromanolakis, Zoetrope Athens
– Tiago Casanova, XYZ Books
– Francesca Todde, Depart Pour L’ Image
Submission Methods & Requirements
Those interested are invited to submit, between January 15 and February 20, 2026, a folder containing the following material via WeTransfer to photometriafestival@gmail.com. For Greek submissions, all information—and any required text—must be provided in both Greek and English):
– PDF with Technical specifications (Insert a dash in any field that does not apply)
– PDF of the book
– An image of the book cover (JPG file)
– Photobook presentation video (less than 3 min.) (mp4)
– Payment receipt
Applicants may submit more than one title, provided that each proposal is accompanied by a separate participation file.
The results will be announced on the festival’s social media channels within two months after the competition concludes, and the winners will be notified individually via email. Selected artists will be asked to send their books, at their own expense, by the end of May 2026 to:
184, 21st Fevrouariou str., 45221, Ioannina, Greece, for Mr. Achilleas Tziakos
Participation in the competition means the acceptance of the above conditions of the festival by each participant as well as informing him about the future actions of the festival.
Photography, visual storytelling, and anthropology workshop with Eleni Albarosa | in collaboration with Photometria – Ioannina
During Carnival in Ioannina and Epirus, this 6-day intensive workshop offers an immersion into documentary photography of local traditions, focusing on the Tzamalas and regional carnival rituals. Through a combination of field practice and theoretical reflection, we will explore the boundary between lived tradition and stereotyped folklore, learning to capture the festivities with a critical and respectful gaze, while developing your personal photographic voice and refining your visual language.
Each day includes photography and editing sessions, collective image review, discussions on narrative choices, and exploration of ethics, access to contexts, and relationships with subjects. The workshop concludes with the creation of a coherent and personal photographic narrative.
Open to photographers of all levels. The workshop is not strictly in Greek explanations and discussions can also be provided in English, Italian, or Spanish.
Requirements: digital camera, prime lens, and laptop
Workshop Goals
The workshop aims to:
– develop each participant’s visual language and artistic autonomy
-cultivate a personal and critical approach to documentary photography
-encourage reflection on issues of power, ethics, and representation in the photographic documentation of traditions
-accompany participants in the creation and development of a coherent photographic project
-Particular emphasis will be placed on the idea that every photograph is inseparably connected to the history, background, and lived experiences of its maker.
Photography thus becomes a space of relationship, listening, and responsibility.
Ethics and Fieldwork
A central axis of the workshop is the discussion around the photographer’s ethical position in the field, especially within ritualistic and communal environments.
Key questions will be addressed, such as:
-How do we approach individuals and communities during festivals and performative events?
-Images: why are they made, for whom, and for what purpose?
-How do we build a relationship of respect with the people we photograph?
-Photography and the exoticizing gaze
Ethics will not be approached as a set of abstract rules, but as an everyday practice that permeates access, presence, time, listening, and reciprocity.
Methodology
The workshop is structured as a collective class, grounded in sharing, dialogue, and continuous exchange.
-Daytime photography during events, rituals, and informal moments of Carnival
-Evening editing and critique sessions, which form the core of the workshop
-Daily work on image selection, sequencing, and the construction of meaning
-Collective discussions around process, intention, and visual choices
Editing is not treated as a final stage, but as a thinking tool: through the selection and discussion of images, participants’ approaches evolve day by day.
Photographers Bio
Born in Athens, Greece, and raised in Italy, Eleni Albarosa (b. 1996) began photographing at the age of fifteen, the same year she was first published by National Geographic Italy. Her work explores social realities marked by prejudice, misinformation, or harmful stereotypes, a focus shaped by both her long-standing photographic practice and her Bachelor’s studies in Anthropology, where she graduated with a 105/110 with a thesis on the internal economy of prisons.
Albarosa has over ten years of experience documenting traditional celebrations and rituals. Notably, she spent five years documenting traditional festivals in the Vesuvius area dedicated to seven Madonnas, focusing on participants from the third gender who carry out the rites.
Her projects have taken her to diverse communities, including nomadic circus performers, Romani communities in Italy and Greece, Irish Travellers in the UK, and a theater company of former inmates in Mexico City. She has also collaborated on international projects and been published in outlets such as Collater.al Magazine (2025), National Geographic USA (2024), Billboard (2024), Huck Magazine (2023), Overseas Magazine (2021), and National Geographic Italy (2012). Her commercial and collaborative work includes projects with the Antetokounbros Academy, Nike (2021), and Eleusis City of Culture 2023. In 2024, she launched La Ternura es Radical, a project documenting former prisoners working as actors in Mexico City, in collaboration with anthropologist Jorge Varela Perera.
This project earned her the Canon Student Development Program award at Perpignan 2024 and a selection for the Hamburg Portfolio Review. Albarosa has received numerous international recognitions, including awards from The Independent Photographer, Bruxelles Street Photo Festival, Women Street Photographers, Trieste Photo Awards, and Eyeshot Magazine. In 2025, she was named among ARTPIL’s 30 Under 30 Women Photographers and joined the jury of the SPLITFORMAT Photo Festival. In the same year, her work has been exhibited internationally in Belgium (Brussels), France (Arles), and Italy (Bologna, Treviso, Trieste, Torino).
She was also selected for the free masterclass with Magnum photographer Enri Canaj at Athens Photo World, taking place in early 2026.
Participation fee: €20 per submissionThe Youth Collective competition for 2025 has been successfully completed. The new format of the competition is now open to all young creators aged 18 to 25, regardless of their educational background. With this change, our goal is to provide space and opportunities to a broader range of emerging artists, encouraging contemporary photographic expression and experimentation.
The selected photographers are:
Euthymia Athanasiou [GR]
Gabriele Barbagallo [IT]
Lida Theodora Veniamin [GR]
Stella Giannioti [GR]
Kooshan Nasr [UK]
Vasilis Nастopoulos [GR]
Ilias Nikolarakis [GR]
Thomas Noonan [UK]
Alexia Pantelia [GR]
Vasilis Pastapas [GR]
Marios Portzoudis [GR]
Georgia Emmanouela Sinioraki [GR]
Elisavet Sykaminidou [GR]
Ariet Cela [GR]
David Figueiredo [PT]
Yoanna Walden [UK]
Jury committee:
Ioulia Ladogianni, visual artist and photography professor
Fotini Zaglara, conceptual self-portrait photographer
Alice Muratore, photographer and visual artist
Thank you to everyone who participated and shared their photographic ideas. The exhibition “Youth Collective” will be showcased as part of the 17th Photometria International Photography Festival, and the exhibition space will be announced soon.
In the context of Photometria Awards 2025, judged by Magnum photographer, Alec Soth, Photometria announced an open call for photographers from all over the world to submit their perspective on the impact of pop culture on contemporary society, under the theme “Non Stop Pop”. Twenty-five selected photographs will be presented in the namesake exhibition at the 17th Photometria International Photography Festival. Nikon – Damkalidis SA will award the first winner with a NIKON Z 30 camera and NIKKOR Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR lens. The announcement of the three winning photographs and the overall winner will follow shortly.
The 25 selected photographs are:
Alessandro Truffa [IT] – Bee training, attacking practices, from 432 Hz, 2023
Alex Bex [DE] – Memories of Dust
Anna Tut [RU] – Concierges
Bienyl Huelgas [PH] – Dance, Flash, Repeat
Bijoy Krishna Paul [BD] – Reels of a Forgotten Time
Gaby Langlois [PL] – Us at Home
Bruno Oliveira [LU] – Alycias Melancholic Melodies
Bruno Oliveira [LU] – Up Up and Away
Christos Sotiropoulos [GR] – Street of Celebrations
Daniel Kempf – Seifried [DE] – Pop my Hair
Denis Serrano [MX] – Invocations
Hiro Tanaka [JP] – Crowd
Jasmine De Silva [GB] – Crystal Queens, Miss Universe
Jesus Umbria Brito [ES] – Lola y Vera
Josh Bergeron [US] – Sailors and Hot Dog Stand
Josh Bergeron [US] – Astronaut with Hearses
Maria Voltsi [GR] – Meeting Chamii
Michelle LAU [HK] – Atem, Pop
Mirto Konstantinidou [GR] – Tomorrow I won’t buy anything
Nacho Varela [ES] – The lives of others
Nuno Serrao [PT] – Icebergs, my favorite kind of people
Pedro Dy-Liacco [PH] – Glamour & Grit: Echoes of the Disco Era
Vasileios Nempegleriotis [GR] – Perfect strangers
Verena Andrea Prenner [AT] – Camping
Yukai Chen [US] – The factory of Desire, Revisiting {The Living Room}
