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Passengers of public transport have recreated moments of daily trips through the photographic lens. 3,150 people responded to the call of the Athens public transport and took part in the photo competition, the main theme being means of public transport.

The contest was held on Facebook in June, and the photographs were evaluated and awarded by a committee comprising professor of photography Aristidis Kontoyorgis, artist Venya Beharaki, and the Director of the International Festival of Digital Technology, Ilias Hadjichristodoulou.

Crazytrain, to Monastiraki. Photographer Dimosthenis Papadopoulos.

The fifteen winning photographs will make up the first mobile photo exhibition in the city that will be presented in the Attiki depot and will travel by public transport in the following months. The awarded photographs are exhibited in the vehicles, in trains, at stations and on screens, in buses and in trolley buses, thus creating an exhibition moving throughout the city and offering passengers a different touch.

And time froze ... Photographer Spyros Nanos.

The Chairman and CEO of the Athens Urban Transport Organisation, Gregory Dimitriadis, noted, among other things: "The photos in the competition show the relationship between citizens, local public transport and the city. The transport in Athens is an integral part of the city and daily life for millions of passengers, and we would like to strengthen this relationship – today through art, tomorrow by a new pricing policy and reorganization of the means of transport".