MedPhoto Festival is an international photography festival based in Rethymno that takes place through the collaboration of a collective of photographers, curators, journalists, designers and researchers with the Contemporary Art Museum of Crete. With the contribution of a wide network of sponsors and with the support of public entities (Ministry of Culture, Municipality of Rethymno, Region of Crete), it has organised from 2016 until today exhibitions, workshops, publications, screenings, lectures and various educational activities throughout Greece, all oriented towards the cultivation of a social and artistic dialogue around critical issues of our time. MedPhoto has developed collaborations with important international and local cultural organisations such as the Benaki Museum, the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Circulations Festival, the University of the Aegean, the Central Public Library of Veria, the Central Public Library of Rethymno and the Ragusa Festival among others, in an attempt to also contribute to the understanding of the role of photography in contemporary visual culture.
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