Alexandros Zafeiridis

Alexandros Zafeiridis was born in 1994 in Philadelphia- U.S.A., where he lived until the age of six. In 2000 he moved back to Greece. He graduated from medical school from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2018. He has been attending contemporary photography seminars in Stereosis School for contemporary photography in Thessaloniki. He has participated in seminars by Stratos Kalafatis and Todd Hido. He was selected in the Casual Thursday event, hosted by Athens VOID, for the publishing of a photo-zine under the title “So Much Love” in 2019. His work was also included in “Parallaxis Magazine” (2019), Huffington Post (2020), as well as in the photobook and group exhibition “LOGLINE” in February 2020. In September 2020 his work (“So Much Love”) was exhibited in the Benaki Museum, as part of the Young Greek Photographers section, in the Athens Photo Festival 2020 (APF:20). In October 2020 he took part in the group exhibition “Anthropause”, in MOMus (The Metropolitan Organisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki). His work was also included in the group exhibitions “FAKE” and “MEMORY” at CTypeMag Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand in March and November 2022 respectively, which was also published in the form of an online zine. In June 2022 he was part of the PHOTO MATCH, satellite program of Fotofestiwal, Lodz Poland.

Vasilis Ntaopoulos

Born in 1984, my name is Vasilis Ntaopoulos and I am a social scientist and a photographer based in Larissa, Greece. My educational background derives from my studies in Social Anthropology (BA & Msc) and Gestalt therapy. My relationship with photography started in 2013, and since then I had the chance to be a member of Larissa’s Photography Club and a member of “f plus” photography group as well. I have participated in several workshops (selected lecturers: P.Petridis, G.Karailias, G.Prinos, N.Christia, L.Zotou) and group exhibitions in Greece (selected “Young Greek Photographers” Athens Photo Festival 2019), and my photography work has been featured in online and printed publications (selected: Urbanautica, Map 6 Collective, The Provinces, Lifo, Photologio, Kiosk of Democracy, Pop Sonality).

Tobias Gambaro

Tobias Gambaro, photographer, visual artist, media consultant. Lives and works in Zug/Switzerland and Heraklion/Greece.

Born in Hamburg/Germany. Childhood in Kenya. Studied architecture in Vienna/Austria. Early photographic section lines – the father lets him participate soon to his own photo reportage work and the preparation of the photo processing lab. However, out of this young years imprint he developed his very own point of view in the photographic documentation of his environment.

The approach and the confrontation with humans, whom he perceives and scans, remains important motivation. Formal and structural images form another major focus of his photographic works. They also reflect the recovered vision as an former architect and designer.

Exhibitions inter alia, in Austria, Germany, China, South Korea, Netherland, Italy.

O-Young Kwon

Gaining a Bachelor degree in urban economics and city planning, O-Young Kwon decides to pursue his dream and make photography his full-time profession. A decade full of extensive work as a freelance lighting assistant and digital operator for advertisement campaigns and fashion photo productions all over the world followed and allowed him to derive valuable knowledge about the industry, making him realize a relentless urge for more sincere authenticity.

His perception of photography led him to look into different cultures and made him aware of certain social issues, which are often rooted in political circumstances. So he inevitably turned into a conscientious photographer following ethical principles, who has been apolitical, but not anymore.

The more stories he produces, he feels that his work is not really about taking photos: “Actually I just use the camera as a tool to engage with social studies, where indeed the result is seen in forms of pictures, sounds and words, but the real body of my work is so much more than that. It’s about empathy and building up trust, how to get involved in subcultures, where you don’t have any connections to at all. To respect others without prejudices and to never stop to question yourself and your origin. It’s a little bit like therapy, getting aware of your own self.”

Oskar Alvarado

Oskar Alvarado born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Oskar Alvarado is a visual artist currently living in Barcelona. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at Basque Country University (UPV), a MA on Curatorial and Cultural Practices in Art and New Media at Higher School of Design (ESDI) in Barcelona and a Graduate Diploma in Management, Preservation and Dissemination of Photographic Archives at Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (UAB).

In his work, he creates visual worlds where people appear to interact in intimate spaces. In bounded territories to explore our identity. Places to show our fragility. The permanent duality in which we live: the conflict between what we appear to be and our true selves. He put the focus on the moment that consciousness and unconsciousness are found, where reality and fiction blur the border and coexist in the mind in a recreation of two parallel worlds that make up our essence. His motivation is to continue exploring new emotional landscapes. Stagings of the strangeness, of the everyday life dramas hidden in suburban existence.

Alvarado’s work has been recognized in awards and mentions as: Sarajevo Photography Festival, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award, Festival Images Gibellina, OpenWalls Arles, Flow Photofest, Lucie Foundation Fine Art Scholarship, Santiago Castelo International Photography Award, Life Framer Photography Award, Helsinki Photo Festival, Art Photo Bcn, Restart Lithuanian Photographers Association, Tokio International Foto Awards and IPA International Photography Awards.

His work has been selected and exhibited in several international photography festivals such as: Fotonoviembre Atlántica Colectivas (Spain), Photo Is:rael (Israel), Foto Arica Festival Internacional de Fotografía (Chile), Verzasca Foto Festival (Switzerland), Chambre 07 (France), Addis Foto Fest (Ethiopia), Solar Foto Festival (Brazil), BFoto Festival (Spain) and Voies Off Awards (France).

 

Website: Oskar Alvarado

Instagram: oscaralvarado.photography

Fotini Zaglara

Fotini Zaglara is a graduate of the Kindergarten Pedagogy Department of the University of Ioannina and a self-taught photographer with a special love for the art of self-portraits. She explores the world of fantasy with a strong presence of surrealism in all her works and finds the balance with reality through the interpretation she wants to give to each of her images. She has been awarded in global photography competitions, with the latest award being the National Prize of the Sony World Photography Awards 2022. Her works have been exhibited in galleries in Europe and America.

 

Website: foteini zaglara

Instagram: foteinizaglara

George Skouloudis

George Skouloudis (Athens 1983), grew up in Ancient Olympia where he lives and works as a videographer. He is a graduate of the photography and audiovisual department of the University of Western Attica.

From 2022 he is a student of the postgraduate program “research and methodology” of the University of Western Attica.

Every year, for a few months, he resides in Athens where he carries out his personal photographic project. These mainly focus on the life of the center of Athens (Omonoia, Metaxourgeio, Socratus street) and specifically on the groups of people who live within these areas. His approach maintains Documentary characteristics and at the same time is a subjective version of how the photographer shapes the reality he photographs as a consequence of his personal truth.

His main  projects are:

Houses (2014-2018)

Alice (2017-2019)

Socratus street (2019-2023)

Cinzia Laliscia

Cinzia Laliscia (b. 1999) is an intimate photographer born and based in Italy. Through the images she recounts her personal experience relating to her family and her memory. In 2020, during her second year at university, her work Lost and found (a story about youngsters) was published by Canon in the book Encourage after being selected for the Student Development Program during the Visa Pour l’Image Festival. In 2021 she graduated with honours in Visual Arts at the European Institute of Design in Rome. In 2022 her work Finalmente posso andare was chosen for several exhibitions, including the PhotoVogue Festival in Milan, the Incadaqués International Photo Festival in Cadaqués and the Liquida Photofestival in Turin. Recently, she has been chosen for the International Photobook Masterclass by Phmuseum.

 

Instagram: cinzialaliscia

Ariadne Fytopoulou

Ariadne Fytopoulou lives in Athens. She grew up in Corfu island and she studied History and Philosophy of Science in Univercity of Athens, she got certificated in Arts Management course (Central Saint Martins, UAL). During the last years she has been working in culture, at “Fournos Centre for Digital Art”, the first alternative theatre scene in Athens. She is a self-taught photographer and photography is a part of her everyday life. It is her way to experience the world and to express herself with her point of view.

 

Instagram: ariadnesonicu

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