KYTHERA PHOTOGRAPHIC ENCOUNTERS 2008
24 - 28 September

The Kythera Photographic Encounters, now in their seventh year, take place every year at the end of September on the island of Kythera. The event, which has become an important date in the Greek photographic calendar, brings together photographers, photographic historians, critics, curators and fans of photography for four to five days of exhibitions, lectures, discussions and socialising. The focus is largely on Greek photography, but efforts are being made to give the Encounters a more international flavour.

The highlights of the Encounters are the annual two-day Conference on the History of Greek Photography, the only one of its kind in the country, and the Young Photographers? Encounters, a one-day program of seminars and presentations culminating in the opening of a regular exhibition of new work by young Greek photographers. Two annual prizes are also awarded: the 2,000 euro Municipality of Kythera Award for the best Greek photographic book of the past year, and the Young Photographer's Award, which consists of a monograph and a solo exhibition to be held the following year. The Kythera Photographic Encounters are organised by the Kythera Cultural Association under the direction of John Stathatos.

For further information, please contact the organisers at <info@photokythera.com>.

PROGRAM OF EVENTS

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EXHIBITIONS 

ARIS GEORGIOU: The Blue Telephone Book
New work from the well-known Salonika photographer, write and first director of the Photography Museum. 

ELENA PANOULI: The Sincerity of Line
A solo exhibition by the winner of last year's Young Photographers' Award.

BIRTHPLACE OF METAL
Historical photographs from the small town of Limnaria, on the island of Thassos, focusing on the region's early 20^th-century mining industry.

KYTHERA IN WINTER
Group exhibition of photographs of Kythera in the depths of winter, taken on a recent visit by members of Fotoklub Piestany, in Slovakia: Frantisek Debre, Jaroslav Halas, Daniela Halasova, Daniel Hubinsky and Martin Ondko.

YOUNG GREEK PHOTOGRAPHERS EXHIBITION 2008
New work by ten Greek photographers under 35, including Elina Giounanli, Thanassis Kassapis, Anna Maragoudaki, Fotis Milionis, Yiorgos Moutafis, Marily Papadopoulou, Katerina Tzova, Sofia Tolika, Panayotis Tomaras, Eleni Troianou.

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7^TH CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF GREEK PHOTOGRAPHY

Friday 26^th and Saturday 27^th September, Chora
Lecture program, debates and a special showing of Maria Skina's video
"Panayotis Fatseas, the photographer of Kythera" (Saturday, 10.30)
Prize-giving ceremony, Saturday 16.00

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YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHERS' ENCOUNTERS

Thursday 25^th September
Seminars by Panos Vardopoulos and Yiorgos Depollas

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AWARDS

Municipality of Kythera/KPE Award
for the best photographic book published in Grece during the previous twelve months. 
Young Photographers/tetarto editions Award
for the best participant in this year's group exhibition.