The First International Meeting of Photography Centres was created to share knowledge and experiences among 20 photography centres from all over the world. The host of the first edition, a pioneer event, has been the Andalusian Centre of Photography, which belongs to the Andalusian Department of Culture. Next edition will be held in Mexico.
The participating photography centres' representatives during the presentation. From left to right Alasdair Foster, from Australia; Gilma Suárez, from Colombia; Martha Hanna, from Canada; Lourdes Socarrás, from Cuba; Edit Molnar, from Egypt; Vaclav Macek, from Slovakia; Roland Laboye, from France; Karkatselis Vassilis, from Greece; Julia E. Martin, from England; and Ruthi Ofek, from Israel.
From left to right Pablo Juliá on behalf of Spain; Shirin Abu Shaqra, from Lebanon; Alejandro Castellanos, from Mexico; Roberto Huarcaya, from Perú; Rui Prata, from Portugal; Olga Nestertseva, from Russia; Leila Klouche, from Switzerland; Diana Wall, from South Africa; and Alejandro Oramas, from Venezuela.
Approaches: First International Meeting of Photography Centres, consisting in a photography exhibition and a publications exhibit, as well as a presentation of a publication of the same name took place during the event.