you can't go home again, 2014 - 2024
In you can’t go home again, Antigoni Papantoni reflects on her experiences of the past decade, feeling like a sailor adrift between cultures, gradually losing her sense of belonging. This sense of disorientation inspired her to develop an intuitive, autobiographical photography practice that explores elusive concepts of home and identity. The book unfolds as a visual road movie, mirroring a journey from unfamiliarity to intimacy. It acts as a navigation guide through the challenging process of seeking a place of refuge – a haven to come home to.
Photobook developed and published in collaboration with
ZOETROPE Athens ( @zoetrope.athens ), 2024
Limited edition 350 copies
Offset Printed by Future Format ( @thefutureformat )
Antigoni Papantoni lives and works between Lausanne (CH) and Athens (GR). Having studied computer science, film theory & aesthetics, she graduates from the Photography School of Vevey (CH) in 2014. Ever since, she is focusing her artistic and professionnal practices on visual storytelling and personal narratives.
Her work has been shown in various group shows, festivals and publications in Europe, while her first photobook, you can’t go home again, was published in collaboration with Zoetrope, Athens and released during Polycopies 2024. She is currently developing her second photobook, KAIROS, in collaboration with Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccini.
She has participated in various photography workshops as well as engaged in associations promoting contemporary photography. Since 2023, she has also founded a photography & nature workshop based on collective creativity practices on the island of Anafi, Greece.
Parallelly, she is curating and producing independent creative documentaries and works as a cultural manager for prestigious film festivals and coproduction markets, while having founded a collective, self-managed cultural space in Athens, Greece.
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Awards
- 2025Shortlisted for the Void x FUTURES 2025
- 2024Shortlisted, APhF Dummy Award feat. Witty Books, Athens Photography Festival (GR)
Exhibitions
- 2025Pure Identities Festival - HERizons, MOMus, Thessaloniki (GR)
- 2024Stammtisch by Collectif Le Salon, Journées Photographiques de Bienne (CH)
- you can’t to home again, SPACE PLACE gallery (RU)
- 2023Verso of Perception, Photobook Exhibition, Zoetrope, Athens (GR)
- Past & Present : Weekend at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Der Greif (DE)
- near x Musée d’art de Pully, Voyage au Fil de l’Eau, Pully (CH)
- 2021Balkans Today. The present of a wounded landscape, Athens (GR)
- 2019a sea to rest, Cinélux, Geneva (CH)
- 2018à la recherche du cartographone, Fête de la musique Yverdon-les-bains & Nyon, Switzerland
- 2017SAFE ZONE, Galerija Siva, Zagreb (HR)
- 2016NEAR by Night, Cinéma Bellevaux, Lausnne (CH)
- Þíða - Thaw, Fjúk Arts Center, Húsavík (IS)
- Carte blanche à NEAR, Biennale de la Photographie 2016, Mulhouse (FR)
- 2015Strates 25, Strates Galerie, Lausanne (CH)
- 2014Hordes et Nuées, Festival Images, Vevey (CH)
- On fait du lourd, Oblo Cinema, Lausanne (CH)
- Don't Look at The Beast, La Nuit des Images, NEAR x Musée de l'Elysée (CH)
- 2013The Way Beyond, théâtre Arsenic, Lausanne (CH)
Publications
- 2025Safelight Paper, Borders and Boundaries (DE)
- 2024you can't go home again, photobook, published with Zoetrope Athens
- 2022Artcore Magazine (GR)
- 201917 shots #2 edition, Swiss Salon, Venice Biennale 2019 (IT)
- 2016Whitelight Rooms, Contemporary Greek Photography Online Platform (GR)
- Atelier Magazine, School of Architecture, EPFL, Lausanne (CH)
- HOTEL #3 Art Magazine (GR)
- Der Greif, Online Magazine, Guest-room by Jörg Colberg (DE)
- Kiosk of Democracy Blog (DE)
- 2013The way beyond, Collaboration between CEPV and Théâtre Arsenic, Lausanne (CH)
Awards
- 2025Shortlisted for the Void x FUTURES 2025
- 2024Shortlisted, APhF Dummy Award feat. Witty Books, Athens Photography Festival (GR)
Exhibitions
- 2025Pure Identities Festival - HERizons, MOMus, Thessaloniki (GR)
- 2024Stammtisch by Collectif Le Salon, Journées Photographiques de Bienne (CH)
- you can’t to home again, SPACE PLACE gallery (RU)
- 2023Verso of Perception, Photobook Exhibition, Zoetrope, Athens (GR)
- Past & Present : Weekend at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Der Greif (DE)
- near x Musée d’art de Pully, Voyage au Fil de l’Eau, Pully (CH)
- 2021Balkans Today. The present of a wounded landscape, Athens (GR)
- 2019a sea to rest, Cinélux, Geneva (CH)
- 2018à la recherche du cartographone, Fête de la musique Yverdon-les-bains & Nyon, Switzerland
- 2017SAFE ZONE, Galerija Siva, Zagreb (HR)
- 2016NEAR by Night, Cinéma Bellevaux, Lausnne (CH)
- Þíða - Thaw, Fjúk Arts Center, Húsavík (IS)
- Carte blanche à NEAR, Biennale de la Photographie 2016, Mulhouse (FR)
- 2015Strates 25, Strates Galerie, Lausanne (CH)
- 2014Hordes et Nuées, Festival Images, Vevey (CH)
- On fait du lourd, Oblo Cinema, Lausanne (CH)
- Don't Look at The Beast, La Nuit des Images, NEAR x Musée de l'Elysée (CH)
- 2013The Way Beyond, théâtre Arsenic, Lausanne (CH)
Publications
- 2025Safelight Paper, Borders and Boundaries (DE)
- 2024you can't go home again, photobook, published with Zoetrope Athens
- 2022Artcore Magazine (GR)
- 201917 shots #2 edition, Swiss Salon, Venice Biennale 2019 (IT)
- 2016Whitelight Rooms, Contemporary Greek Photography Online Platform (GR)
- Atelier Magazine, School of Architecture, EPFL, Lausanne (CH)
- HOTEL #3 Art Magazine (GR)
- Der Greif, Online Magazine, Guest-room by Jörg Colberg (DE)
- Kiosk of Democracy Blog (DE)
- 2013The way beyond, Collaboration between CEPV and Théâtre Arsenic, Lausanne (CH)