GURUSHOTS: THE WORLD'S GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHY GAME EXHIBITS IN CYPRUS! 6-8 May 2022

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6x6 Centre for Photography is proud to be hosting for the second consecutive year the GuruShots exhibition in Cyprus, which is to launch on Friday 6th May 2022 (7 - 9p.m.) and will remain open until Sunday, 8th May 2022. GuruShots is the world’s greatest photography game that connects, inspires and educates photo enthusiasts around the world. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge.

Two exhibitions (both print and digital) will be running parallel at 6x6:

“The Beauty of the Earth” which received 86 Million Votes, included 86 thousand photos from 42 countries - with 835 members exhibited. 38 images will be exhibited in print and the rest digitally on screens.

"Creative Composition" which received 97 Million Votes, included 94 thousand photos from 41 countries - with 861 members exhibited. 38 of those images will be exhibited in print and the rest digitally on screens.

Opening Hours: Friday 19:00 - 21:00, Weekend: 10:00 - 18:00

FREE entrance

About GuruShots:

GuruShots is built to give people a place to show and nurture their talent. Taking photos is an amazing way to express yourself. GuruShots wants it to be fun and meaningful so they turned the sharing of photos into an exciting game packed with plenty of opportunities to show off your talent. Moreover, feedback is also at the core of GuruShots. Through GuruShots, you can receive feedback on your photos and the opportunity to exhibit your work in galleries and magazines around the world.

On average, GuruShots receives 6 billion votes per month, organises 50+ new challenges and offers more than 800 thousand dollars in prizes, while it exhibits in cities across the world on a weekly basis!

GURUSHOTS: THE WORLD'S GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHY GAME EXHIBITS IN CYPRUS! 2 - 4 JULY, 2021

6x6 Centre for Photography is proud to be hosting the first ever GuruShots exhibition in Cyprus, which is to launch on Friday July 2nd, 2021 (7 - 9p.m.) and will remain open until Sunday, July 4th. Entrance to the exhibition is free of charge. GuruShots is the world’s greatest photography game that connects, inspires and educates photo enthusiasts around the world.

Two exhibitions (both print and digital) will be running parallel in our space:

“Your Favorite Shot” which received 107 Million Votes, included 113 Thousand Photos from 39 Countries - with 1102 Members Exhibited. 40 images will be exhibited in print and the rest digitally.

"Landscape Photography"  includes photos of nature and the outdoors, with 1020 members exhibited.  Forty of those images will be exhibited in print and the rest digitally.The photo challenge received 93.4 Million Votes, and included 95 thousand Photos from 42 Countries. 

About GuruShots:

GuruShots' core belief is that it’s not about the gear you use nor the training you received. It’s not even really about the subjects you shoot. It’s really about your talent. GuruShots is built to give people a place to show and nurture that talent. Taking photos is an amazing way to express yourself.GuruShots wants it to be fun and meaningful so they turned the sharing of photos into an exciting game packed with plenty of opportunities to show off your talent. Moreover, feedback is also at the core of GuruShots. Through GuruShots, you can receive feedback on your photos and the opportunity to exhibit your work in galleries and magazines around the world.

On average, GuruShots receives 6 billion votes per month, 50+ new challenges and more than 800 thousand dollars in prizes, while it exhibits in cities across the world on a weekly basis!

Astrophotography Workshop with the House of Science

The House of Science in collaboration with 6×6 Centre for Photography is organising a practical astrophotography workshop focusing on the milky way. Our goal is for all participants to have their own printed photo by the end of the series. This workshop will be conducted in English.

The workshop is comprised of three sessions:

Wednesday 30/06/2021, 18:00 – 21:00 at the House of Science:
Theory and background: Photography basics, focusing in the dark, composition, lighting, exposure, software.

Saturday 03/07/2021, 20:00 – 00:00 at Amiantos:
Photo shooting, equipment demonstration (star trackers, different wide-angle lenses) and observation of different celestial objects through our telescopes (planets and more).

Wednesday 07/07/2021, 18:00 – 21:00 at the 6×6 Centre for Photography:
Post processing in Photoshop and Lightroom, introduction to advanced techniques such as image stacking.

How to Participate

Interested individuals can register for the workshop by filling this form: https://forms.office.com/r/0xjSSFasvX or by calling (+357) 25253580 or e-mail info@houseofscience.com.cy

Participation Cost: €160 (inc. VAT and one 40x60cm print)  

What you will need: A camera with manual mode (DSLR, Mirrorless etc), a tripod.

Buy someone (or yourself) a unique art gift this Christmas!

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Credits (left to right): Philip Athinodorou, Sotos Gonios, Marios Stavrou, Tatiana Elkina, Emma Louise Charalambous)

OWN ART! Buy someone (or yourself) a unique art gift this Christmas!

At 6x6 you can:

• Purchase fine art Giclée prints and photographs by artists who work in Cyprus. Option for bulk art prints for your corporate gifts!

• Personalize your walls with a photographic print straight out of your camera or phone! Explore a range of options in sizes and types of photographic papers.

Services for Artists:
At 6x6 we digitally reproduce your own art work (original paintings, illustrations, sketches, collages etc.) and produce Giclée fine art prints, with colors that last for more than 100 years!

We deliver across Cyprus. Call us to find out more or book your appointment.
E: info@cyprus6x6.com | T: +357 25354810

"The Self-Portrait" Documentary Screening

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6x6 Centre for Photography supports the 15th Lemesos International Documentary Festival and presents the screening of the documentary feature “THE SELF-PORTRAIT”, by Espen Wallin, Margreth Olin, Katja Høgseth. Monday, September 21st, 20:00
Lanitis Carob Mill (Ceronia Hall), by the Medieval Castle of Limassol
Subtitles: English, Greek
Duration: 80'
Tickets: €5 (Please acquire tickets at the Festival Box Office Monday - Friday 10:00 - 15:00, 18:00 - 19:00 Weekend: 10:00 - 15:00, 16:00 - 17:00 at Lanitis Carob Mill, or call 99 517 910. No box office service at other hours or during the screenings)
Attendance: Please arrive 30' prior to the screening
Festival screenings programme: www.filmfestival.com.cy

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/EBCHRlop-hg

Synopsis:
The film is a portrait of an artist and a portrait of a deadly disease, severe anorexia. During the last years, Lene Marie Fossen (1986-2019) became recognized as a world class photographer. She had a unique photo-project: to expose the shame and to confront the disease. Her photo art is naked and honest and the audience gets to meet an unusual girl in a raw and poetic film.

Awards:
1. Audience Award for Best Film — Biografilm Festival, Italy, 2020
2. Human Values Award — Thessaloniki Documentary, Greece, 2020

«Food Sovereignty and Youth in Cyprus» Photography Exhibition, by Kyriakos Hadjielia

Friends of the Earth Cyprus present the photography exhibition "Food Sovereignty and Youth in Cyprus", at 6x6 Centre for Photography in Limassol. The exhibition opens this Wednesday, 26th of August 2020, at 7.30p.m. with the presence of Friends of the Earth Cyprus and Kyriakos Hadjielia who will discuss food sovereignty and art. A limited number of visitors will be admitted simultaneously, abiding by the government decree for admittance per square meters. Visitors MUST reserve their slot at 25347042. The exhibition will remain open for the public until the 1st of September. Τhe use of mask is mandatory.

The event is part of the European program "Growing Together" and aims to highlight topics of food sovereignty, through the eyes of the youth in Cyprus. The way food is produced, distributed, and consumed and the rights arising from this chain are projected through the photographs of Kyriakos Hadjielia.

Kyriakos Hadjielia deals academically and professionally with photography and specifically with the field of documentary and visual anthropology, combining art with socio-political and environmental issues, such as urban living, buffer zone, migration and climate change.

Free Entrance

The exhibition will comply with COVID-19 protection measures.

A limited number of visitors will be admitted simultaneously, abiding by the government decree for admittance per square metres. All visitors MUST reserve their slot at 25347042.

Part of the proceeds from the sales of photographs will be donated to Friends of the Earth Cyprus.

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 13:00 & 15:00 - 19:00, Saturday 10:00 – 14:00 

«Famagusta, August 2019» Photography Exhibition

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ACHEON AKTI POLYTHEMATIC MUSEUM

presents a photographic exhibition titled

«Famagusta, August 2019»

in memory of Alexis Ghalanos, late mayor of Famagusta

Photographs taken from the sea along the coastline of the fenced-off town of Famagusta, by Cyprus News Agency's photographer Katia Christodoulou and amateur photographers Charis Chadjiiordanis and Elias Pantelides, will be exhibited.

Dr. Simos Ioannou Mayor of Famagusta, will open the exhibition on Wednesday the 4th of March 2020 at 7:00 p.m. At the opening, Mr Christos A. Ghalanos will deliver a short speech. The exhibition will be hosted by Vassos Stylianou at 6x6 CENTRE FOR PHOTOGRAPHY in Limassol, and it will remain open until Saturday the 14th March 2020.

Sponsors: Families of Peter G. Economides and Elias P. Pantelides

«Wild East»: An Overland Journey from Cyprus to China PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION

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Photographer Elena Constantinou presents her first solo photography exhibition, titled «Wild East», an Overland Journey from Cyprus to China.

 The exhibition will open on Thursday, 12th of December 2019, at 19:00, and it will remain open for the public until December 23rd.

Opening Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 - 13:00 & 15:00 - 19:00, Saturday 10:00 - 14:00
A long journey, from Cyprus to Western China via Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, using exclusively overland transport, is what inspired photographer Elena Constantinou to collect images of people and landscapes, capturing a different East. Different from the one presented in mass media of the western world. Within 90 days, using trains, buses and hitchhiking, about 12,000 km were covered, with more than 50 stopovers along the way.

The photographer mentions: The title «Wild East», sarcastically refers to the "imaginary East", shaped in my head by ugly rumors, terrifying images and strange stories, but also by the humanly fear of the unknown. At the same time, this unknown, exudes from inside of me a real passion for traveling, a need to explore and to observe even the most insignificant details. All these, along with my trust in humanity and the experienced traveler that accompanied me, led me all the way to the Xinjiang region of China.

The most amazing experience I gained during this long road trip was the ability to gradually experience the changes of space, climate and culture. The environment, the faces, the costumes, the habits and the languages changed gradually right from the moment I left Limassol.

Most of the photos I present are human-centred, since most of the time I chose to spend my time with people I met, trying to follow their rhythm, thus omitting the notorious monuments of the list. By observing everyday life, I perceived elements that connected me rather than separated me from these people.

With the «Wild East» of her imagination as the trigger, along with the material gathered along the way, the photographer shares the experience of the journey through photography, presenting a different world, a direct and a real one. Pictures that will take you on a journey through the rugged landscapes and the vastness of Asia into the normality of everyday life, through a look, and a genuine smile, show another aspect of the «Wild East».

Photographer's Bio:

Elena Constantinou was born in Limassol, Cyprus in 1987. She graduated from the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Constantinou developed a special interest in photography during her studies, where she had the opportunity through the photography classes to experiment with both analog and digital photography. After graduation, she worked as a product photographer in London, UK for several years. During this time, along with her love for photography, she also developed an intense interest for traveling; the recording of cultures through visual narration and the search for unique moments that can generate powerful emotional responses. In 2016, Constantinou worked with a photographer in Italy at which time, she focused on commercial photography, enhancing her knowledge in the field. Constantinou currently lives and works in Limassol.