Analogue Photography Festival - Athens Greece

 

4th ANALOGUE PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL  

24/09 - 01/10/2026 

Το 4ο φεστιβάλ αναλογικής φωτογραφίας είναι εδώ!

Από τις 24 Σεπτεμβρίου έως και τις 4 Οκτωβρίου, μπορείτε να επισκεφθείτε την έκεθεση εντελώς δωρεάν στη Αθήνα. Ο εκθεσιακός χώρος θα ανακοινωθεί σύντομα.

Αν πάλι θέλετε, μπορείτε να συμμετάσχετε στην έκθεση - εντελώς δωρεάν - οι πληροφορίες βρίσκονται στο παρακάτω κείμενο, και στο site του Βαλκανικου: balkaniko.org

Μπορείτε να μου στείλετε μήνυμα για περισσότερες πληροφορίες.

 

Open call for analogue photo submissions 

The Civil Non-Profit Company "Balkaniko", which is active in the field of art and especially in photography, is going to organize the 4th Analog Photography Festival in Athens. The purpose of the Festival is to bring together creators who love to express themselves through analog photography and to take them on a journey through a series of activities. Within the framework of the Festival, a central exhibition will be held, consisting of black and white and color photographs that have been produced exclusively by the analog method, both during shooting (negative or positive film) and during their printing.

To this end, it addresses an open call to photographers and artists who use the photographic medium, to create a photographic exhibition of an exclusively analogue nature, on the theme "Self-portrait in the age of the digital ego".

In the age of social networks, constant self-exposure and digital representation of the self, the self-portrait has been transformed. From an act of introspective imprinting of the self, it often becomes a tool for confirmation, image consumption, and even identity construction. This is because the use of the medium of photography has expanded to completely different levels, which allow the creator, who is usually not a professional, let alone an amateur photographer, to quickly and immediately self-promote.

Analog photography, with the naturalness and uniqueness of its material, contrasts with the intangible reproduction of the digital "I". The self-portrait on film is not just an image. It is a declaration of presence, an act of conscious choice. The use of film requires thought, time, while leaving room for the artist's personal expression.

The theme of the open call of the 4th Analog Photography Festival in Athens invites participants to explore the relationship between the analogue and digital self, the concept of identity and authenticity, memory, trace, alteration or multiplicity of the self. Self-portrait doesn't have to be literal. It can be fragmentary, indirect, staged, abstract, symbolic.   

The photographs selected from the open call will be presented in the fall of 2026 in an exhibition space to be announced soon.

Entries and photographic material should be sent no later than May 15, 2026. 

 

INSTRUCTIONS AND TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

 

MATERIAL SUBMISSION

 

-          All photographers or artists who use the analogue photographic medium, regardless of age, origin, gender and nationality, have the right to submit photographs to the open call.

-          Participation in the open call is free of charge.

-          Each candidate can send from one (1) to three (3) photographic works.

-          Photos can be taken with 135mm and 120mm film. Also, shots with color slides will be accepted, for which there will be a special way of exposing them.

 

-          Entries and photos should be sent by 15/05/2026 at 24:00 to balkanikon@gmail.com. Upon receipt, a confirmatory answer will be sent.

-          The selection of the photographs that will make up the main exhibition of the Festival will be made by an evaluation committee, whose decision will be irrevocable.

-          By submitting their participation, interested artists confirm that they have read and fully accept the terms of participation in the open call, as listed above.

  

     SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 15, 2026 at 24:00 

 

                     METHOD OF SUBMISSION OF MATERIAL 

To select the material, participants send digital files. The photographs selected to be exhibited are then reproduced exclusively by analogue methods.

-          File type: jpg (image quality 12)

-          Dimensions: 1500 pixels the big side

-          File name: The photographer's last name in Latin characters and a serial number (e.g., "lastname_01.jpg").

-          Those selected artists must submit by 10/09/2026 an analog b/w or color print placed on a white cardboard passepartout, for their participation in the main exhibition of the Festival.

-          The photographs of the main exhibition will be returned to the artists after the end of the Festival.

-          After the final selection of the material that will make up the exhibition, the participants will receive a personal message for further clarifications.