International photography symposium NIDA

International photography symposium in Nida is one of the oldest professional photography events in Lithuania. The first symposium took place in 1973. With few missed years the event survived until this day. From the very beginning the event was trying to follow tendencies of festivals in the world – to meet, to exchange ideas, to create, involve local community and their cultural organizations. Those aspects are valued and actual today also. In recent years the symposium is looking actively for new actual ways and forms in order to make culture more accessible, highlight informal educational processes, expand the perception and encourage diversity of photography. Every day of the event has informal gatherings in photography projection areas in public spaces where local community and Nida guests are more than welcome to join. The ideas discussed during lectures and artists talks usually are connected with present culture situation treating photography not like separate field but including it in contexts of contemporary art in general.

Thanks to symposium few artists and theoreticians’ generations grew up in more than 40 years. International photography symposium NIDA attracts visitors not just from Lithuania but also from abroad. We seek Nida to become an important place for photography in Europe where actual processes of art and culture in region are discussed.