16 DAYS
30+ VENUES
40 ARTISTS
4 CONCEPTUAL EXHIBITIONS
60+ TALKS, WORKSHOPS,
SCREENINGS & EVENTS
200.000 VISITORS
A look back at 212 2025
The Full 2025 Line-Up
Exhibitions
"The Haunted Eye", Steve McCurry
"Sense of Place", Harry Gruyaert
"Tamera / Fashion Photography", Tamer Yılmaz
"A Suspended Tomorrow", Erwin Olaf
"3D Series", Toma Gerzha
"Between These Folded Walls, Utopia", Cooper & Gorfer
"Humanity & Borders", Ecem Dilan Köse
"New Suns", Gilleam Trapenberg
"Where Light Fractures", E S Kibele Yarman & Çağla Demirbaş
"Liminal", Ali Phi
"MEMENTO: Latin İstanbul Carved in Marble", Mustafa Seven
"Storms", Quayola
"Before The Warp You Belong To", Maria Eugenia Diego
"What Remains In Silence", Livia Melzi, Marguerite Bornhauser & Alice Pallot
"Soviet Bus Stops", Christopher Herwig
"Algues Maudites", Alice Pallot
"The Voices Behind the Faces", Frank Ockenfels 3
"Between The Shadows", Erik Johansson
"Close To The Surface", Zeynep Karabacak, Güliz Kayahan, Dilara Pak, Efe Temiztürk, Hilal Özdemir
"Lumina", Tuba Geçgel & Elif Yücel
Talks
"Eyes Wide Open Talk", Steve McCurry
"Soviet Bus Stops Film Screening + Artist Talk", Christopher Herwig
"Current State of Photography Festivals in the World (IPFA)", Pablo Giori
"Recreating the Portrait: Memory and Representation", Eylül Ezik, Melis Bektaş & İrem Sonalp (King Naked)
"Digital for Digital: New Processes of Creativity", Begüm Aydınoğlu Yurdakul & Ozan Önen
"Visual and Sonic Memory & The Making of Time and Space", Gökhan Avcıoğlu & Dücane Cündioğlu
"From NFTs to AI: Do New Technologies Debut Through Art?", Barış Çakmakçı, Nil Nuhoğlu & İpek Eyüboğlu
"Timeless Approaches: an Approach Shaped by Heritage: Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu", Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu Design Office & Levent Furgaç
"A Talk on Alaminüt Photography: Şip Şak! A Journey into Türkiye's Forgotten Street Photography", Lukas Birk
"Body, Light and the Moment: In the Footsteps of Movement", Beyhan Murphy, Dilan Bozyel & Moderator: Fethi Arda Ergül
"The Generative Role of Photography in Video Games", Eray Dinç & Simay Dinç
"Intervention, Layer, and Visual Experience", Ata Öner, Görkem Karabudak & Ecem Dilan Köse
Workshops
"No-Code Digital Game Design: Arcade Edition", Volkan Mengi
"Lumen Print Workshop", Burcu Böcekler
"Personality Before Portfolio", Erik Kessels
"Body, Mind, Flow", Balca Kızılkaya
"Movement & Motion", Fethi Arda Gül
"Modern Dance and Improvisation", Mert Öztekin
"Latin Catholic Cemetery Tour Guided by Rinaldo Marmara", Rinaldo Marmara
"Intersections of Stories: Balat Tour", Azat Meriç
"Color, Space and Feelings", Işıl Çağlar Narler
"Instant Box Camera Workshop", Lukas Birk
"AI-Assisted Speculative Spatial Design", Can Müezzinoğlu & Gülbin Lekesiz
Performances
"DEVRAN-I-DAİM", Küçük Mustafa Paşa Hamamı - People Movement Collective
Akbank Jazz Festival: Nilüfer Verdi Trio "Playing Tunes For Peace", Yeldeğirmeni Sanat
Blood Red Shoes, Zorlu PSM
Akbank Jazz Festival: Niechęć "Distaste", Frankhan
Mammal Hands, Zorlu PSM
Fellini Felin, Zorlu PSM
Akbank Jazz Festival: Brandee Younger Trio, Zorlu PSM
Fılm Screenings & Talks
"Soviet Bus Stops", Soho House
"Les Linceuls", Institut Français Türkiye
"La Passion de Dodin Bouffant", Institut Français Türkiye
"Alphaville", Institut Français Türkiye
"Le Règne Animal", Institut Français Türkiye
"McCurry: The Pursuit of Color", SALT Galata
The Jury
Pablo Giori (Founder and Co-director of IPFA)
Wiktoria Michalkiewicz (Founder of REZO)
Diane Smyth (The British Journal of Photography)
Gilles Cargueray (Editorial Director of Editions Odyssee)
