In the context of Photometria Awards 2024, judged by Martin Parr, we are delighted to announce the 25 selected photographers that will showcase their perspectives on the theme “Constructed Realities”.

Damkalidis SA will award the overall winner with a Nikon Z30 camera and Nikkor Z DX 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR. Announcements for the winner will follow shortly.

Ebrahim Alipoor [IR] – They returned // Hadi Dehghanpour [IR] – Corona Bride // Amirmohammad Enayati [IR] – Cold house // Glish Group (Anastasia Shubina and Timofey Glinin) [US] – Nomadic future // Lifu Hu [CN] – First Love // Md Saiful Islam [BD] – Recycling // Mehri Jamshidi [IR] – Apart // Ioannis Kais [GR] – Disintegration // Amirhossein Yousefi Keysari [IR] – Asbad // Brandon (Byeongbeom) Kim [AU] – Hand Car Wash // Henri Kisielewski [FR/GB] // Anton Konovalenko [UA] – Phantom Teneta // Mikael Kouragios [GR] – Dive into the void // Alba Ruiz Lafuente [ES] – For the leisure of working insects (Amusement Park) // Mohammad Ataei Mohammadi [IR] – Tree // Juan Rodríguez Morales [ES] – Untitled // Myronov Mykola [UA] – Untitled #2 // Amirhossein Nami [IR] – Wanderer // Andrew Rovenko [AU] – The Friendship // Elizabeth Rovit [GR] – Multiverse // Shamal (Fayegh) Shakibayi [IR] – Environment lover // Olga Steinepreis [DE] – A stranger in the mirror // Aleksandra Szajnecka [PL] – I want to return to the burdock leaf where my mom found me // Pantazis Toufidis [GR] – Hug // Alena Zhandarova [RU] – Dream

The winners of Parallel Voices 2022 portfolio competition, who are going to exhibit their work at the festival this year, are:

 

Foteini Zaglara (GR)

Alexandros Zafeiridis (GR)

Vasilis Ntaopoulos (GR)

George Skouloudis (GR)

Ariadne Fytopoulou (GR)

Oskar Alvarado (ES)

Tobias Gambaro (AT)

O-Young Kwon (DE)

Cinzia Laliscia (IT)

 

Congratulations to the nine winners and thank everyone who participated!

The exhibition of the best 25 photos on “Looking for the Light” that were selected by the great Magnum’s photographer, Martin Parr of Photometria Festival 2022, travels to Athens in Melanithros gallery.

 

Organized by: Photometria – International Photography Festival

Jury: Martin Parr

Opening: Teusday, November 15, 2022 @ 20:00

Duration:  15/11/2022 – 3/12/2022

Work hours: Tue – Fri 17:30 – 21:00 | Saturday 11:00 – 14:30

Zappa 4, 11635 Kallimarmaro, Athens
T +30 2103636904 | F +30 2106236976
www.melanithros.gr

 

I am forever chasing light. Light turns the ordinary into the magical.

Trent Parke

 

 Light, the cornerstone of photography. It is the animator, the one which reveals the world around us, which illuminates the unknown, and reveals virtues, hope, truth and happiness. It was used as a symbol of “good” religiously and socio-politically, which is in a perpetual battle against evil, darkness and shadows. It is identified with the divine, but also with knowledge. Already last year’s theme (Un)lucky (R)evolution, raised the question of where we stand as humanity now. This year we look forward. We look to the future optimistically, seeking light in every aspect of our lives. We are looking for all that is worth fighting for, but also all the darkness that is waiting to be illuminated. We are looking for the light that will give us new knowledge but also the optimism we need in a world that continues to plunge into darkness. As Magnum’s Australian photographer Trent Parke puts it: “Light turns the ordinary into the magical.” So this year, let’s try to spread the magic!

 

Photographers:

Photometria International Photography Festival wishing to continue the promotion of modern photographic creation, announces a portfolio contest from November 1st to December 31st 2022.

Participants are asked for one (1) portfolio of fifteen (15) photographs, of which eight (8) will be selected. Through them, the photographer will deal with a topic of his preference, an idea or even the narration of a story. 

 

The best nine (9) portfolios that will be selected will be the material of the exhibition entitled “Parallel Voices”, for 2023.

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The selection of the portfolios will be based on the following characteristics:

 

A. The relevance of the pictures to the topic.

B. The coherence of the pictures as a united whole.

C. The artistic and aesthetic quality of the photos.

 

Jury team

 

Panagiotis Papoutsis, Founder – Photometria Festival

Achilleas Tziakos , Founder – Photometria Festival

Panagiotis Pappas, Artistic Director – Photometria Festival

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Instructions

 

The cost for every participant is 15 euros (15 €). To find out how you are going to pay, please press: SUBMISSION

Each photographer has to send his pictures at a digital form via WeTransfer at portfolio@photometria.gr. Also, in the same WeTransfer the following data should be sent in PDF:

 

• Self portrait of the photographer
• Project title
• Full name (name and surname)
• Nationality
• Address, City
• E-mail
• Phone number
• A short CV (up to 150 words)
• Short description of the project (up to 150 words)
• Detailed project description (up to 300 words) (if exists)

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Results

 

The results will be announced on February 1, 2023, at the website of the festival (www.photometria.gr), at social networks, whereas the winners will be informed also via email.

The best nine (9) portfolios that will be selected will be the material of the exhibition entitled “Parallel Voices”, for 2023.

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Terms of Participation

 

1. Your participation is going to be valid only if you have sent the portfolio and paid the cost of your participation.

2. In case the photographs depict individuals without their knowledge or their approve, the responsibility lies exclusively on the photographer at whom the work belongs to and not on Photometria International Photography Festival.

3. The large side of the pictures sent must be 1500 pixels wide and 300 ppi in resolution.

4. Of those who will be excelled from the contest, it will be requested in time, to send their pictures at full resolution to be printed for the following exhibition.

5. The final day which pictures will be accepted is December 31 of 2022.

6. The results will be announced at the website of the festival (www.photometria.gr), at social networks, whereas the winners will be informed also via email.

7. The excelled portfolios will be the material of the exhibition entitled ‘’Parallel Voices”, which will take place at place specified by the festival. Photometria International Photography Festival reserves the right to use the excelled pictures for the promotion of these exhibitions, as also at future promotional acts of the festival, with reference to the creator of the work. The printed portfolios will be reserved at the archive of the festival which holds the right to manage them and re-exhibit them.

 

The submission of your portfolio entails the acceptance of the above terms of the festival from each individual competitor.

 

We are waiting for your participation!