Athens Photo Festival 2011 in "Technopolis" The program of Athens Photo Festival 2011, culminates with the opening of the main exhibition program. Besides the exhibitions, the program consists of various events such as Athens Photo Inspiration 2011, Photography Nights, Portfolio reviews, Photography as Photography, masterclasses, bookshop, educational programs for children, volunteer’s programs and special tours.

 Technopolis is a complex of buildings that covers an area of approximately 30 acres, administered as a cultural venue by the Municipality of Athens. Technopolis constitutes a live industrial museum of incomparable architecture and one of the most interesting in Europe. It is located in the old Gas factory of Athens, known as "Gazi", next to Keramikos and close to the Acropolis. Inauguration of Athens Photo Festival’s main program, November 2nd , 20:00 hours “REALITY CHECK” An international exhibition and video projects and other events program Presentation Manolis Moresopoulos, Director of the Athens Photo Festival Duration: Wednesday, November 2nd – Tuesday November 15th 2011 “Technopolis” City of Athens (Piraeos 100, Gazi) Visiting hours: Monday – Friday 17:00-22:00 hours, Saturday – Sunday 12:00-22:00 hours Lecture The opening will be preceded by a lecture at the Auditorium of “Technopolis” of Municipality of Athens at 18:30, by Jan-Erik Lundström on “Emotion and Fact: Swedish photography today”. 
 Free entrance Photography as performance During inauguration will take place the “Performance as photography” curated by Demosthenes Agrafiotis and the participation of the artists Michele Valley, Hope, Christina Georgiou, Rozina Ivanova, Christina-Amalia Chariokopoulou. Maria-Louiza Biri, Sofia-Iliana Georgiadi, Demosthenes Agrafiotis. EXHIBITIONS Costas Balafas Homage With the cooperation of the Photography Archives Benaki Museum Emotionally yours (group exhibition) Trinidad Carrillo, Hyun-Jin Kwak, Année Olofsson Curated by Jan-Erik Lundström (SE) With the support of the Embassy of Sweden and the Swedish Institute at Athens Young Greek Photographers 2011 (group exhibition) Vassiliki Alexopoulou, Michalis Bitsis, Yorgos Chambidis, Katerina Drakopoulou, William Faithfull, Elena Karakitsou, Stella Mouzi, Leonidas Toumbanos, Ioannis Tsiadis, Alkistis Tsitouri Curated by Manolis Moresopoulos (GR) Under the auspices of General Secratariat for Youth Roger Ballen Boarding House + Shadow Chamber Lisa Elmaleh Lonsome Sound David Favrod Gaijin Lea Golda Holterman Orthodox Eros With the support of the Embassy of Israel in Athens Piper Mavis A disaster four years in the making Andreas Meichsner Alles in Ordnung / All Sorted With the support of Goethe-Institut Athen Simon Norfolk Burke + Norfolk: Photographs from the war in Afghanistan With the support of British Council in Greece Lydia Panas Falling from Grace… Rahi Rezvani Unseen Curated by Magda Rottenveel With the cooperation of United Photo Industries (US) and the support of Epson Europe BV (NL) Linda Troeller Mucalinda: Self-Portrait + Self-Reflection Savvas Lazaridis Tehran Shemran: The Cold Slope Margarita Bofiliou Joy Division Myrto Papadopoulos The New Plastic Road With the support of "K" magazine