‘The debate rests mostly in the esthetic disagreement of photography as a form of art, whereas the sociological notion of the photographic art receives little attention.’ Both worlds, artistic and photographic, have given Benjamin’s argument enough thought to form a convincing response. Of course, our relationship to photography cannot be summarized in one sentence. In our ordinary experience, photography is a replacement of reality, a reality that is replaced. It helps us retrieve knowledge and controls our perception of reality; it documents major events and serves as a memento of daily life; it is a collective form of image-making behavior and is a part of social ritual. It is a witness of family histories, a mold for individual and collective memories, and a building block of the iconography of history. Since the day of its invention, photography has spilled beyond the boundaries of the definition of art. LIPF 2007 will examine the significance of photography beyond the aesthetic, focusing on ‘photography as experience’. Photography will not be considered merely as the art of photography, nor will it be analyzed as a form of fine art or an artistic medium. We will explore how photography alters our experience of reality as a visual-perceptual mechanism. Therefore, the experience of photography will strikingly demonstrate the concept of ‘photography we live by’, with focus on the photography as the expression of the quotidian, the ideology behind photography, existentialism in photography and its anthropological implications.The exhibitions are Thematic Exhibition: Theater of Time,Documentary Exhibition: Photography as Experience,Experimental Exhibitions: Metaphotography, and Open space: Invitational Solo Shows on 8th-22th,Nov.