Participation of the photography exhibition 'Fred Boissonnas. On Odysseus' Raft' at the international Francophone festival ''SOLEIL'' in Sozopol, Bulgaria
The exhibition 'On Odysseus’ Raft', which includes photographic material by Fred Boissonnas from his tours in Egypt, mainland Greece and the Ionian Islands, will be presented at the ХУДОЖЕСТВЕНА ГАЛЕРИЯ Gallery, as part of the established annual holding of the international Francophone festival ''SOLEIL'' (03-08/06/2022) in the coastal Bulgarian town of Sozopol.
The exhibition consists of photographs from the Ioannis Trikoglou Collection of the Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.T.H.) and is a co-organization of the Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the Thessaloniki Photobiennale of MOMus- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, and the Athonite Home.
The opening of the exhibition will take place on Friday, June 3, 2022, at 5:00 PM at the ХУДОЖЕСТВЕНА ГАЛЕРИЯ Gallery. The exhibition will remain at the ХУДОЖЕСТВЕНА ГАЛЕРИЯ until June 26, 2022.
Art Historian Antonis Saragiotis, from the Library and Information Center of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will deliver a speech at the opening.
The Vice President of the Republic of Bulgaria, Ms. Iliyana Yotova, Ambassadors and members of diplomatic missions of foreign Embassies in Bulgaria, as well as representatives of the local government of Sozopol and the wider Black Sea region have been invited to the opening of the exhibition.
The participation of the exhibition ‘On the Raft of Odysseus’ was made possible by MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the Central Library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Athonite Home, as well as the CEO Cpt. Dimitris Georgiev, from the company Apollonian Shipmanagement Ltd.