Youth Collective
Photometria International Photography Festival, in the context of the continuous development and support of young creators, is reformulating the “Photometria Student Awards” competition and redefining it as “Youth Collective”.
This new format of the competition is no longer exclusively addressed to photography students, but to all young creatives aged 18 to 25, regardless of their educational background. With this change, we aim to give space and opportunities to a wider range of emerging artists, encouraging contemporary photographic expression and experimentation.
The competition will run from 1 to 30 June 2025 and seeks to highlight fresh perspectives and new artistic approaches through the photographic medium.
How to Participate
All young creatives aged 18 to 25 years old, regardless of academic training in photography, are eligible to participate.
Participants must submit via the festival website up to five (5) individual photographs, regardless of subject matter, the title of each image (if available) and the name of the creator.
Steps for participation:
– Select up to 5 photos you wish to submit.
– Name your files in the format: name_name_title_image_title.jpg (if there is a title, otherwise write untitled).
– Submit the photos via the festival platform.
– Entry fee: 5€ per deposit.
Results & Exhibition
The best photographs will be selected by the jury and will be presented in the exhibition “Youth Collective 2025”, which will be part of the 17th Photometria International Photography Festival, at a venue to be announced.
The results will be announced within two months after the submission deadline, on the festival’s social media. Winners will also be notified by email.
The festival will cover the production of prints of the selected photographs.
Jury
Ioulia Ladogianni
Ioulia Ladogianni is a visual artist and teacher at Public and Private Photography Courses, at the rehabilitation centre of the OKANA as well as a member of the academic community of AKTO. She has presented and curated exhibitions in Athens and Thessaloniki, in England and Spain, in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Paris and in Venice at the 60th Biennale of Arts.
One of her projects “22 stops”, was presented at the Benaki Museum in the context of Mis/DisPlaced, Performances in the context of Athens Photo Festival, at Beton7-Arts gallery in the context of Visions-V ideas, Performances 3rd Edition, at the Train of Rouf in the context of Compartments Dance Project, at the Kefallinia Theatre in the context of Freedom Expression of IETM and at Romanzo in the context of Multimation-Metamorfosis#1 for the International Animfest Festival. He has also organized and curated exhibitions for the festival “Little Paris in Athens” at MatchPoint gallery, student exhibitions at public and private IEKs, at the International Photography Festival ‘Photometria’ and annual art exhibitions at “Cheap Art”.
She holds a degree in photography from the School of Fine Arts, Wolverhampton University, UK [Ba(Hons) Photography & Fine Art as social practice] with equivalence from the School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) and a Master’s degree in “Museology” from the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication at the University of the Aegean. He is a member of the Hellenic Chamber of Fine Arts and a contributor to the monthly photography magazine “Photonet”. Since 2022 he is a member of BleachKollektiv, a space for visual arts, with a focus on analogue/visual photography and maintains a studio for professional photography.
Fotini Zaglara
Fotini Zaglara is a conceptual self-portrait photographer, lives and works in Athens.She is a graduate of the Pedagogical Department of Kindergarten at the University of Ioannina and a self-taught photographer with a special love for the art of self-portraits. Her work explores the world of the imaginary, using photography as a medium to create stories and deeply explore the world of emotions.Through her portraits, she explores issues such as identity, global and social issues. She has been honoured in global photography competitions (Sony World Photography Awards,Julia Margaret Cameron Award,Aesthetica Art Prize) and her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world.In 2024 she was named in the list of 30 Women Photographers Under 30.
Alice Muratore
Alice Muratore is a photographer and visual artist born in Milan in 2002. In her artistic practice she uses a transmedial approach that intertwines photography, performance art, installation and video art. Her research is based on a poetic and existential reflection that crosses the themes of dualism between life and death, between presence and absence, of the transcendent, of identity, of memory and its oblivion, of loss and interconnection between human experience and every other form of life and non-life. Her works have been exhibited in national and international exhibitions, including IPMA International Photography and Media Art Festival (Kaunas, 2024), Photometria Festival (Student Awards 2024), Fotografia Europea (Speciale 18-25 2025), Insight Foto Festival (Varese, 2025).
Conditions of Participation
- Only applications that have completed the payment procedure within the deadline are eligible.
- In the event that the photographs depict persons without their consent, the responsibility lies solely with the photographer and not with Photometria International Photography Festival.
- Files must be in JPG format, 1500 pixels on the largest side, with a resolution of 300 ppi. Name the image files as follows: Name_Picture_Name_Title.jpg (if there is a title).
- Photometria International Photography Festival reserves the right to use the selected images to promote the exhibition, as well as for future promotional activities of the festival, with reference to the artist. The printed portfolios will be kept in the archive of the festival, which reserves the right to manage them and to re-exhibit them in the future.
- By participating in the competition you accept to be informed by email about the Photometria Festival activities.
Submission of your portfolio implies acceptance of the above terms and conditions by each participant.
Contact: photometriafestival@gmail.com
