The idea was born right at the beginning of Athens Photo World, in the distant year of 2019. A two-day event dedicated to the work of contemporary photojournalists, not stuck to the wall, but in a livelier presentation and –above all– in contact with the public, with the viewers, the readers, the recipients of their work. An alternation of images and thoughts, a dialog about what is happening around us, far away or close by, about what we see, what we fear and what we hope for, with our eyes fixed on the window that photojournalism opens for us. We turn our eyes and ears to what is happening in our world. Sometimes big events, sometimes small, and sometimes it is not even the event that is important, but the people themselves, in an everyday life that passes us by but eludes us. During this two-day event, the Athens Photo World audience will have the opportunity to meet and discuss with the creators:

• A more peaceful view of the desperate Afghan society through the lens of Petros Giannakouris. (more)
• The beginning of the odyssey of displaced people in the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, as captured by Louisa Gouliamaki. (more)
• The on-the-spot testimony of the creation of war photojournalism from the camera on the protective helmet of Aris Messinis. (more)
• A life unfamiliar to us on the borders of our country, as Antonios Pasvantis experienced it. (more)
• Michalis Patsouras leading us into the “depths” of an everyday life that we ignore and sometimes scoff at, even though it flows next to us and inevitably crosses our paths. (more)
• Nikos Pilos revealing the bustling life in the old Prosfygika of Alexandras Avenue, adding the term “direct-democracy” to our vocabulary. (more)
• Testament ‘22, Byron Smith’s approach to the war in Ukraine, explores human resilience in the face of devastating conflict. (more)
• And Alkis Konstantinidis urging to realize that “Only the dead have seen the end of war”. The one in Ukraine and every war. (more)