The Chania Photography and Cinema Club, with the support of the Municipality of Chania, presents the 3rd Chania Photodays from May 26 to June 5, 2025.

This multi-day celebration of photography and photobooks includes:

• PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION themed LOST, featuring works by the club’s students

• PHOTOBOOK EXHIBITION

• Three PARALLEL EXHIBITIONS by club members

• A series of talks, presentations, and lectures

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION: LOST

The fast pace of modern life, coupled with the disappearance of urban open spaces and restricted access to public goods in Greece, has led to a strange transformation of what we consider normal. In these extreme shifts, there’s often an instinctive resistance to unconditional acceptance. Art frequently becomes the vehicle for this reaction.

As we wander through the shadows of what’s been lost, we begin to find beauty in the search and reconstruction. Lost values, emotions, and desires. Lost time, lost opportunities, lost homelands. Lost in our thoughts and in ourselves.

We invited our ‘students’ to explore the mystery of the lost through the medium of photography, making us fellow travelers in this journey. Each image is a voyage across the surface of the lost—an attempt to capture the invisible and evoke memory. Lost places and abandoned moments are brought back to life.

PARTICIPANTS:
Athina Stavroulaki, Alexandra Vogiatzaki, Alkisti Machairidou, Anna Markantonaki, PAP, Georgia Manousoyannaki, Giorgos Gnafakis, Elena Papadaki, Elena Sgouraki, Eleftheria Gnafaki, Eleftheria Peroulaki, Elsa Papacharalampous, Elisavet Polychronaki, Emmanouil Mousourakis, Ilias Nikolarakis, Kyriakos Channidis, Kostas Charitakis, Lina Anezaki, Maria Ledaki, Nina Theodoridou, Panagiotis Varvantakis, Panagiotis Tsitsanos, Stavros Adamakis

PHOTOBOOK EXHIBITION

PARTICIPANTS:
Athanasia Maria Dourou / Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep, Dimitris Barounis / Tilo’s Diary, Eleni Baroulaki / Walk with me, Erofili Gagani / Sun and Sea, Evangelia Kalevea / A story that changes the numerator, Lina Anezaki / Apotypoma, Ioannis Morianos / Urban blossoms, Ioannis Tsivourakis / Elements of life, Isabella Vourou / Starting point, Maria Ledaki / The art of the end, Maria Pateraki / Because that’s how we like it, Marietta Kastrinaki / Threads, Babis Maroulakis / The gate to Neverland, Nelia Manolaki / Femininities, Savvas Kois / The stone, Spyros Zervoudakis / Here be Dragons, Stavros Adamakis / Lost, Christos Kyranas / Leave the kids alone

PARALLEL EXHIBITIONS

• ‘At the edges’, by Konstantinos Gdontakis
  A series capturing places on the fringe of interest, the overlooked and the unremarkable—sites we’d never notice unless photographed. A deep reflection on place, psyche, and contemporary culture.

• ‘Because that’s how we like it’, by Maria Pateraki
  A documentary stroll through the outskirts of Chania during the lockdown.

• ‘Please Keep Quiet’, by Savvas Kois
  The passage of time inside a hospital becomes a deeply subjective experience, whether for patients or staff.

EVENT SCHEDULE

• Monday, May 26, 2025, 20:00 – OPENING of the photography and photobook exhibitions

• Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 20:00 – PRESENTATION by Charalambis Kydonakis

• Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 19:00 – SELECTED PHOTOBOOKS ACTION

• Saturday, May 31, 2025, 20:00 – PRESENTATION by Dimitris Mytas

• Sunday, June 1, 2025, 20:00 – LECTURE by Manolis Skoufias

• Wednesday, June 4, 2025, 20:00 – DUMMIES PRESENTATION ACTION

• Thursday, June 5, 2025, 20:00 – CLOSING: Three o’clock SANGRIA PARTY

For more information and updates, visit the official website of the Chania Photography and Cinema Club: www.lefkichania.gr