International PhotoJournalism Festival in Athens

The international festival of photojournalism, titled "Visa pour l’ Image- Perpignan à Athènes", is back in Athens, for the third consecutive time, and this year's events will run between November 1-15.

The event features two exhibitions: 

• A tribute to photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, who was killed in Homs, Syria, in February 2012
• and an exhibition by the collective Zmâla – L’œil curieux titled Le vivant est ce qui se transforme.

Both exhibits are hosted at M55 Projects Gallery and set to run until November 15.

On November 2, the French Institute in Athens is hosting a conference on War Photojournalism, featuring Jean-François Leroy, director of Visa pour l’Image, and photojournalists Aris Messinis (AFP) and Dimitris Messinis (AP).

To find out more about this festival, as well as all the other events planned on the sidelines of this festival then please click here -  http://www.visapourlimage.com/index.do