A general lecture and slideshow about Polish photography. The presentation consists of 20 Polish artists (historical & contemporary). During the second part of the lecture Krzysztof Candrowicz will talk about the photographic institutions, festivals and exhibitions in Poland.

Krzysztof Candrowicz is a founder and director of Lodz Art Center and Foundation of Visual Education in the city of Lodz in Poland. The foundation has started organization of the International Festival of Photography in 2001 and now is preparing the ninth edition in 2010. Every year during the festival he coordinate 50 exhibitions and a numerous workshops, lectures, slide-shows and movie presentation.

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Open air exhibition in the Skai TV kiosk at Syntagma Square from the 20th until the 22nd of November, with the cooperation of the Greek Lomographic Society and M55 Gallery.

6 photographers turn their lenses and comment on the environment: Ilias Kosindas, Athina Kazolea, Marili Konstantopoulou, Giorgos Kouvaras, Giannis Fountoulakis, Stefania Mizara.

From the streets of Athens to the dumsters of the city and varius recycling centers, using the slogan “Reduce, Re-use, Recycle” the photographs give another dimension to our perception of recycling.

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This series of portraits as indicated by its title attempts an approach to the photographic representation of young people from 20 to 35 years of age. This attempt is situated close to the Central European tradition of the decade of the 20s and the 30s ‘New Objectivity’. Specifically, in an encyclopedic approach to photography that was expressed through the systematic photographing-typology- of single individuals of various age, profession and social groups. Additionally, the white environment where the photographed subjects are placed as well as the direct approach of the photographers connote the iconographic codes of the postwar photographic production in the genre of portrait. Accordingly, the viewer is trapped from the models body geography, the details revealed of the freedom they have to select their clothes to pose by placing their hands on their face, their waste or behind their backs and finally to expose or cover their scars or their tattoos. Yet, we must not forget that this conscious choice of pose communicates their cultural identity. This is exactly the area where the typological aspect of this photographic series is situated.

Natassa Markidou

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