With the financial support and auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Municipality of Ioannina and the Region of Epirus

Photometria International Photography Festival

16th edition

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12.2024

Photometria International Photography Festival 2024, hosts mοre than 50 artists in 11 exhibition venues in the city of Ioannina. Photometria Photography Center, the festival’s permanent headquarters, hosts one of the most emblematic exhibitions of the festival for 2024. As every year, the program is rich in new photographic proposals, high-level lectures and activities for visitors and citizens of Ioannina. At the end of the festival, a selection of exhibitions is presented to various cities around the country and abroad.

Entrance is free for all the exhibitions at Photometria Festival

Download the program here

© For the leisure of working insects (Amusement Park)

Alba Ruiz Lafuente 

“Constructed Realities”, Photometria Awards 2024

Group exhibition of the 25 selected photographs of the competition Photometria Awards 2024 “Constructed Realities”, judged by Martin Parr

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] Triplets // 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

Ioannina City Hall (outdoor area)

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2007

© Martin Parr Collection / Magnum Photos

“Self-portraits”, Martin Parr 

Curated by: Hercules Papaioannou

Photometria Photography Center (PPC)

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Thu. – Sun.: 17:00 – 21:00

In collaboration with Momus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

“Palimpsest (2009-2019)”, Nikos Panayotopoulos, Penelope Petsini

Curated by: Nikos Panayotopoulos, Penelope Petsini

Municipal Gallery of Ioannina (1st floor)

Duration: 29.9 – 1.11

Mon – Thu: 8:00 – 15:00

Fri: 8:30 – 21:00

Sun: 10:00 – 13:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

“Mellow Apocalypse”, Alnis Stakle

Curated by: Panagiotis Pappas

Its Kale outdoor area (opposite Byzantine Museum)

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Mon. – Sun.: 8:00 – 22:00

With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in the Hellenic Republic and Ephorate of Antiquities of Ioannina

“The tattoo writer”, Akimitsu Takagi / Pascal Bagot

Curated by: Panagiotis Pappas

Gallery 3Portes

Duration: 29.9 – 29.10

Mon. – Fri.: 10:00 – 14:00

Tue., Thu., Fri.: 18:00 – 20:00

Sat.: 13:00 – 15:00

“90 Miles”, Michael Christopher Brown

Curated by: Panagiotis Pappas

Exhibition Space of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Duration: 28.9 – 13.10

Mon. – Fri.: 18:00 – 22:00

Sat. – Sun.: 10:00 – 14:00 & 18:00 – 22:00

“Balkan echoes”

Sound Portraits from southeast Europe 1962 – 1987,

Martin Koenig

Originally curated by: Ivo Hadjimishev

Adaptation by: Stergios Karavatos

Production: Folklife & Ethnological Museum of Macedonia-Thrace

Supported by the US Embassy (Bulgaria), US Consulate of Greece (Thessaloniki), The Smithsonian Institution

The Silversmithing Museum

Duration: 28.9 – 28.10

[28.9 – 15.10] Wed. – Mon.: 10:00 – 18:00

[16.10 – 28.10] Wed. – Mon.: 10:00 – 17:00

In co-organization with Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation

“74mm”, Ηristos Vihas

Curated by: Katerina Kourou

Youth Center of Epirus

Duration: 28.9 – 01.12

[28.9 – 13.10] Mon – Fri: 09:00 – 17:00, Sat-Sun: 11:00 – 14:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

[14.10 – 01.12] Mon – Fri: 09:00 – 17:00

“Stolen Spring”, Alena Grom

Curated by: Panagiotis Pappas

Municipal Gallery of Ioannina (ground floor)

Duration: 29.9 – 1.11

Mon – Thu: 8:00 – 15:00

Fri: 8:30 – 21:00

Sun: 10:00 – 13:00 & 18:00 – 21:00

© Katerina Tsakiri

Parallel Voices

Curated by: Panagiotis Pappas

Group exhibition of the 9 selected portfolios of the Parallel Voices contest!

Pyrsinellas Mansion outdoor area – Municipal Regional Theater

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Photometria Φωτοbooks

Photobook Exhibition

“L’ imbuto” – Collettivo Animale

“Marie, Maman, Grand-mère” – Romane Bourgeois

“today is my new favourite day” – Jennifer Drabbe

“New Farmer” – Bruce Eesly

“It was a lie” – Carol Galinanes

“Multiple” – Carol Galinanes

“Zaunkonig” – Max Korndorfer 

“Come costruire un castello di carte” – Federica Mambrini

“Η.Μ.” – Alessandro Mazzola

“ZERO” – Alfonso Moral

“ONE HUNDRED TRILLION DOLLARS” – Chloe Nicosia

“The Yoshida Dormitory Old Darkroom” – Kanta Nomura

“There Round the Corner in the Deep” – Katya Selezneva

“Between Two Lakes” – Alexander Sharr

“Summoning” – Yiming Zhu

“DD-MM-YYYY” – Kostis Argyriadis

“the field trip” – Christos Dimitriou

“bitter almond day” – Yiannis Ioakeimidis

“Transfiguration” – Antigone Kourakou

“Beyond the edge of the city” – Sotiris Kousoulos

“THE PRESENT” – Pelly Mandreka

“GRAMIE” – Artemis Pyrpilis

“Nette” – Artemis Pyrpilis

“ΜΑΜ, ΚΑΚΑ & ΝΑΝΙ” – Ioanna Fragostefanaki

“Whispers in radiance: Unveiling lives unseen” – Erasmia Chouliara

Photometria Photography Center (PPC)

Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Thu. – Sun.: 17:00 – 21:00

© Alice Muratore

Student Awards 2024

Curated by: Ioulia Ladogianni and Tasos Papadopoulos

Exhibition of the 4 best portfolios of the competition Photometria Student Awards 2024

“Dove piovono cristalli” – Alice Muratore, “Self reflections” – Anastasia Nakou, “Tourism for all” – Eleni Chatou, “Back Yard Pool” – Nikolas Anastaselos

CompArt Factory

Duration: 28.9 – 13.10

Thu. – Sun.: 17:00 – 21:00

© Nikos Prountzos,

METApolis, Athens

“Entefxis Photography Network (EPN)”

Group exhibition of 19 photographic clubs of “ENTEFXIS”

Art-8 – Agrinio

Bleach Kollective – Athens

METApolis – Athens

Photoresearchers – Athens

SHASHIN LOVERS – Athens

Centre for Creative Photography of Thrace – Alexandroupolis

art.A’s Photogroup F.O.A – Arta

Photoproletarii – Attiki

ANTITHESIS – Veria

Apellis – Edessa

Photoagrafoi – Igoumenitsa

Photorasi – Ioannina

Kavala Photoclub – Kavala

Corinthian Photography Club – Korinthos

Idifos – Patras

ASTO – Patras

F22 – Ptolemaida

KADRO – Filippiada

Photographic and Film Club of Chania – Chania

Glikidon Square
Duration: 28.9 – 1.12

Discussion: “Balkan echoes”

Martin Koenig, Stergios Karavatos

Theater of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Saturday 28.9, 19:00 – 20:00

Free entrance

Artist Talks

Theater of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Sunday 29.9, 11:00 – 13:00

Free entrance

Workshop “Amateurs InDesign”

Ioannis G. Fetanis

Photometria Photography Center (PPC)

Sunday 29.9, 18:00 – 20:00

Free attendance (this workshop will be given in greek)

Speech: “The Process of making Photobooks”

Calin Kruse, dienacht Publishing

Theater of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Saturday 12.10, 15:00

Free entrance

Group Portfolio Review

Calin Kruse, dienacht Publishing

Theater of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Saturday 12.10, 17:00

Participation fee: 40 €

Participants: 6

“Pinhole” Workshop

Hristos Vihas

Photometria Photography Center (PPC)

Sunday 13.10, 11:00 – 14:00

Free attendance (this workshop will be given in greek)

Monday 30/9: Photometria in Motion, Category: Short Films (1st part) 

Tuesday 1/10: Photometria in Motion, Category: Short Films (2nd part)

Wednesday 2/10: Photometria in Motion, Category: Short Films (3rd part)

Thursday 3/10: Photometria in Motion, Category: Documentaries

Friday 4/10: Photometria in Motion, Category: Animation

Saturday 5/10: Photometria in Motion, Category: Video Art, 96′

Monday 7/10: Pericles in America,  68′, John Cohen, 1988

Theater of the Municipal Cultural Multiplex “D. Chatzis”

Hour: 20:00

Free entrance

Schoolaroid

Educational activity for primary school children on the medium of photography and visual arts

Photometria Walk

Photo contest / Treasure hunt