The purposes of the Kythera Cultural Association (KCA) are the cultural promotion of Kythera, the organisation of cultural events on Kythera and the protection and preservation of the Kytherian cultural patrimony. The association’s activities include the organisation of concerts, exhibitions, lectures, seminars, workshops and congresses; the collection and administration of photographs of historical and artistic value associated with Kythera, as well as the organisation, every October, of the Kythera Photographic Encounters. The KCA shares office space in Chora with the Cinema Club and the Kytherian Studies Association, where a small bookshop is open to the public during the summer months. Administered by the KCA, the Kythera Photographic Archive includes amongst its holdings the complete archive of Panayiotis Fatseas, who was probably the first Kytherian professional photographer.