Alexandra Athanasiadou is a researcher in image theory and art professional with an interdisciplinary approach to photography. Her theoretical background includes communication and mass media, history of conceptual art, and philosophy. She has currently founded a Philosophy Photography Lab, a platform which will bring together philosophers and photographers in order to explore the intertwining of philosophy of perception, aesthetics and photographic practice. She was awarded along with a group of three more women philosophers a European Grant for Young researchers and is currently collaborating with two professors from Aalto University for an experimental project on the intersection of photography, philosophy and digital humanities ; she is also head of a research team on a project subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and Sports. She has had more than ten years experience in the photography world by working at the Museum of Photography in Thessaloniki, Greece, in Candlestar, London, and most recently in Central Asia, by setting up and curating a photography award, upon commission from IOM CA. She collaborated with Transeurope Photography Project (EU program) as a co-curator, instructor and portfolio reviewer. She has written articles and curatorial texts on photography, collaborated with galleries, institutions and festivals and has been a jury member in international awards. She holds a Phd in Philosophy (Aesthetics), and is a graduate of Oxford University (St.Hilda’s College), of Courtauld Art Institute, London, and of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.