Emmanuel Angelicas (1963) grew up in Marrickville, Sydney. On his seventh birthday in 1970, he was given a plastic Diana camera by his father. Photography would then and there become his friend and his way to communicate with people and document the environment he lived in. With a spontaneous and straightforward approach, he wandered around his native Marrickville and recorded the migrant communities and street life. For almost half a century, Angelicas has been capturing images of Marrickville without avoiding its darkest facets. His square black and white work is documenting his family, friends and neighborhood. He graduated from the University of New South Wales with a Bachelor of Visual Communication in 1984, and a Post Graduate diploma in Professional Art Studies in 1985. In 1993 he graduated from the University of Sydney with a diploma in Secondary School Education – Visual Art. Managing a chronic illness for more than twenty-five years, he is still working in Australia and Bali. His work has been widely collected and exhibited.
Instagram: emmanuel.angelicas
Sanja Marušić (1991) is a Dutch-Croatian artist based in Amsterdam. She studied photography at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) and graduated with honors in 2013.
Since then, Marušić travels extensively to create otherworldly images. Her technique originates from photography with a shift towards painting and collage techniques, resulting in mixed media art. Through photography, she captures miniature performances in which a human figure (often Marušić herself in her own costumes), sometimes accompanied by someone else, mysteriously moves through a surreal landscape. The stories she creates often stem from her personal life. She manipulates her images, making the landscape and the moment itself more abstract, giving rise to a new world. She uses this surreal world as a form of escapism for both herself and the viewer.
Folk art and naive art serve as significant wellsprings of inspiration for Sanja. The distinctiveness and authenticity inherent in the unique worlds crafted in these art forms consistently fuel her creative process, influencing aspects such as composition, color palette, and intuition. The intricate blend of cultural identity, simplicity, craftsmanship and unbridled creativity found in these traditions sparks a creative spark within Sanja, guiding her in the harmonious interplay of composition, vibrant hues, and an intuitive approach to her work.
Marušić has created more than 15 series over the course of 10 years and has exhibited her work from Paris to Los Angeles, Madrid to Rotterdam. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam (2019) and the Mauritshuis in The Hague (2022). In 2023, Sanja was invited by the Dutch Photography Museum in Rotterdam to showcase her first solo exhibition, providing an overview of her work comprising 95 photos. The exhibition was on display for 5 months and received numerous favorable reviews.
Instagram: sanjamarusic
Elizabeth Rovit was born (1989) and grew up in Crete. Studied sound recording and photography at the IEK AKMI and started working as a photographer in 2012. Her work has has been presented in nternational exhibitions, festivals and has been published in photographic magazines. Her work combines color and black and white photographs, and focuses on on capturing raw reality, isolation and unfiltered moments of everyday life. In recent years, she has expanded her artistic explorations, trying out different forms of expression, such as drawing and art tattoo art.
Instagram: elizabethrovit
“Kristian Schuller’s images capture all the colours, all the exuberance, the fantasy, glamour and brightness, that was lacking from his communist Romanian childhood… …if you want to reach the stars”, he learned at an early age from his father “go and catch them!” (PHOTO France No 490)
Kristian Schuller is a New York and Berlin based photographer. Born in Romania, Kristian emigrated with his family at an early age to Germany. He studied fashion design with Vivienne Westwood and photography with photographer FC Gundlach at the University of Fine Arts Berlin.
After his initial introduction by Isabella Blow to Condé Nast Publications in London, Kristian has continued working internationally with various fashion magazines, commercial clients and on personal projects. He has had photographic exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Krakow, Miami and Hamburg. His published books include 90 Days, One Dream (2010) and Tales for Oskar (2014). Kristian‘s new book Anton’s Berlin has been published in 2020 with Hatje Cantz.
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Telemach Wiesinger, born 1968 in Bielefeld, Germany. He studied Visual Communication at Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel / Germany, Diploma Master of Arts) 1995.
As photographer he is working for many art books and Solo-exhibitions (selected) : Contemporary Art Center Athens/GR, Centre d’Art contemporain Nîmes/FR, Kunstpalast Lemberg/UA, Kunstforum Waldkirch/DE, Takashimaya Matsuyama/Japan, Photographic Society Lesvos/ GR, Skovegaard Museet Viborg/DK, Smokebrush Gallery Colorado Springs/ USA, Museum für Moderne Kunst Rupertinum Salzburg/AU, Eté Photographique de Lectoure/FR, Centre Culturel Français Freiburg/DE, Galerie Konsumverein Braunschweig/DE, Fotomuseum Hirsmüller Emmendingen/DE, Galleri Eric Axl Sund Stockholm/SE, Kunstverein Schallstadt/DE, Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Tübingen/DE, Galerie Depot K Freiburg/DE, Hallen für Kunst E-Werk Freiburg/DE, Schloss Rotenfels/DE, Zündorfer Turm Köln/DE, L6 Künstlerwerkstatt Freiburg/DE, Uhrenmuseum Furtwangen/DE, Escuela de Arte Granada/ES, Kunstverein Bahlingen/DE, Georg-Scholz-Haus Waldkirch/DE, GEDOK Galerie Stuttgart/ DE, Gare du Nord Basel/CH, DasLabor Berlin/DE, Kunstverein Radbrunnen Breisach/D, Kunstverein Burkheim/D, Guildford House Gallery/GB, Municipal Building Madison/Wisconsin/USA, Meckel-Halle Freiburg/DE, Stadtmuseum Stadtarchiv Innsbruck/AU, Universidad de Granada/ES, Hôtel de Ville Besancon/FR, Salla della Rinascente Padova/IT, Galerie Lezard Colmar/FR, Public Library Madison/USA, University of Surrey Guildford/ GB, Euroairport Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg/FR, Galerie AMC/FR Visiting Lecturer at University of Wisconsin, Akademie für Kommunikation Freiburg, ENSCI Les Ateliers Paris, Institut of Art & Design Milwaukee, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg, L’Institut National des Beaux-Arts Tétouan, Akademie Schloss Rotenfels, Escuela de Arte
Granada, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, ZHdK, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel, University of the Aegean Lesvos, Ústí nad Labem House of Arts Faculty of Art and Design Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Filmcampus Innsbruck, University of Illinois at Chicago and
others.
Telemach Wiesinger`s multiple award winning film works are presented in solo programs or performances on numerous festivals and locations.
Edinburgh International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival Osnabrück, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Black Maria Festival Jersey City, FIFE Île-de-France, Tampere Film Festival, International Seoul Net & Filmfestival, Image Forum Tokio, Media City international festival of experimental film and video art Windsor, Semana International del Cortometraje en San Roque, Festival de film court de Brest, InVideo Milan, Icaro Festival International de Cine Guatemala, Toronto Film Week, Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Blow-Up Arthouse Film Fest, Mire Nantes, Cineramabc Brazil, Leeds International Film -Festival, Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Theater Freiburg, Wisconsin Film Festival, Spanische Botschaft Tokio, Lausanne Underground Film Festival, Int. Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg, Filmoteca Andalucía Granada, Image Filmfestival Toronto, Busam International Short Film Festival, Directors Lounge Berlin, Norwich Radical Filmfest, The International Experimental Cinema Exhibition Denver, Det Danske Filminstitut Cinemateket, Regensburger Kurzfilmtage, Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Te Tuhi Contemporary Art Trust Auckland New Zealand, University of the Aegean Lesvos, Martinique Film Festival, VideoEx Zürich, Underdox München, Artist’s Television Access San Francisco, Venice Film Week, Noordelijk Film Festival, Freiburger Filmfest, IndieCork Ireland, Centre -Culturel de Tétouan, Films Infest Cine de Autor Mallorca, Goddess on the Throne Filmfest Kosova, Arsenal Berlin, Experimental Superstars Film Festival Novi Sad, Media Art Festival Friesland, Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival for Expanded Media, Filmoteca Andalucía Córdoba, Smokebrush Gallery Colorado Springs, ECLAT Stuttgart, Kalinigrad Filmfestival, University of Mytilini, monografica Cagliari, Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, Confluencias IV Huelva, Centrum för fotografi Stockholm, Videofestival Saarbrücken, Mannheimer Filmwoche, Filmmuseum Frankfurt, Löwen-Lichtspiele Kenzingen, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Filmschau Baden-Württemberg, Milwaukee Institut for Art & Design, Kunsthalle Baselland, Tanzhaus Zürich, Gare du Nord Basel, Museum Smallingerland, Hauser+Wirth Zürich, Filmoteca Andalucía Almeriá, E-Werk Hallen für Kunst Freiburg, Cinemathèque Leipzig, Lilian Gish Film Theatre Ohio, Kommunales Kino Freiburg, Imagedo Seoul, Cairo Videofestival, Lichtblick Kino Berlin, Instituto Cervantes de Tánger, kinemathek Karlsruhe, Reina Sofia Madrid, Kino im Sprengel Hannover, Galerie depot.k Freiburg, Polvo en los Ojos Festival de Cine Experimental Quito, Filmzwerge Oldenburg, Aureolustheater Brecklenkamp, 16mm Harkat Mumbai, Atelier Grammophon
Hannover, Sound of Stockholm, AckerStadtPalast Berlin, General Public Berlin, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art Tokio, Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, Kunstverein Schallstadt, Confluencias Huelva, Galerie Allgemeiner Konsumverein Braunschweig, Georg-Scholz-Haus Kunstforum Waldkirch, Vienna Independent Shorts, Mehrspur Music Club generator#14 Zürich, Filmkollektiv Frankfurt, Kumedi Riegel, Comedia Mundi Zeltheater Frankfurt a.M., downstairs – Das Filmcafé Berlin, Hell Chess Festival, Theaterhaus Stuttgart, Heinrich-Heine-Institut Düsseldorf, Manifesto Film Festival Amsterdam, cresc… Biennale für Moderne Musik Frankfurt Rhein Main, Escuela de Arte Granada, Caligari Filmbühne Wiesbaden, Cinéma Christine 21 Paris, National Library Wales, Haus Fischerzunft Bad Säckingen, Hintergrund Festival Strasbourg, Guildhall Guildford, Melbourne International Film Festival, The Kinochrome Sessions Toronto, Faculty of Art and Design Ústí nad Labem, Diametrale Wien, Musée des civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée Marseille, Process Festival Riga, Near Nazareth Festival, Festival de Portoviejo, Openeyes Filmfest Marburg, Film i Samtidskonsten Stockholm, Avanca Film Festival, Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, Experimental Forum Los Angeles, Experimental Superstars Novi Sad, Filmzeit Kaufbeuren, Minikino Film Week Bali, Bideodromo International Experimental Film and Video Festival Bilbao, PSSST! – Silent Film Festival Zagreb, Filmz – Festival of German Cinema, Kinoskop Belgrad, 180’ Berlin Filmfest, Kasseler Dokfest, 4th Festival ECRA 2020 Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Madurai Int. Documentary and Short Film Festival, Le Prince Int’l Film Festival Caracas, Chhatrapati Shivaji Aji Pune, Hollyworms Short Film Festival, Papaya Rocks London, Findecoin Puerto la Cruz, Västerâs konstmuseum Stockholm, The Moving Image Salon Mia screens London, SorsiCorti Short Film Festival, Couch Film Festival Canada, Converge Festival Cineramabc 2016, Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival, On Art Poland, Ultracinema Mexico, la lumière collective Microcinéma Montréal, The Vast Lab Experimental Film Festival Los Angeles, Festival Internacional de Cinema de Lleida Visual Art (Spain), Intermediacones Muestra de Videoarte y Video Experimental, Festival VII Cinemistica Granada, Fourth The Buddha Int’l’ Film Festival Pune, Maharashtra, India, 6th Inca Imperial International Film Festival Lima Peru, AVIFF Cannes Art Film Festival, 3th FLIGHT / Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, Etherea Art Gallery Genova, BilbaoArte, 17 Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground, Fotogenia Film Poetry & Divergent Narratives Festival vol 3 Mexico, 17th Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground Argentina , 3th Ribalta Experimental Film Festival Vignola, Fisura / 3rd Festival Internacional de Cine y Video Experimental, Mexico City, 7.Filmfest Bremen Kunsthalle Bremen, 28. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg, XXV Rencontres Internationales Art expérimental Traverse Toulouse, Ciné Tonia Marketaki Thessaloniki Port, AFF Gallery Berlin, 6th edition Fracto Experimental Film Encounter Berlin, MAIIIM Media Art of the III Millennium – Centro internazionale d’arte contemporanea multimediale, Home Movies Bologna, Independent Film Show 22th edition: Belvedere Museo Nitsch Napoli, GIFF 25th Festival Internacional de Cine Guanajuato Mexico City, 12th Oxaca Filmfest Mexico, 26th Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival, VIII Festival Cinemistica Granada, PSSST! 16th Silent Film / 16th Festival Nijemog Filma, Zagreb Croatia, KINOSCOPE Analogue Experimental Film Festival, Belgrad, Konglomerat Dresden, Shortfilmmarket 2023 Clermont-Ferrand, In the Palace 20th Int Short Film Festival Sofia, Filmhaus Nürnberg, Under the Radar Vienna, KoKi/ Kunstverein/Kunsthaus Hannover, 2nd South Sound Experimental Film Festival Seattle Oregon USA, 5th FilmArte Madrid, X Muestra Super 8 y 16mm San Roque, Mientras tanto CINE Convocatoria 2023 cine experimenta Montevideo, 8th FECSC Santa Cruz International Film Festival Argentina, MuMaBox Le Havre 2023, 8th INCA IMPERIAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Lima, Tramway Film Festival Poland 2023, TRANÅS AT THE FRINGE International Arts Experimental Films and Filmpoems Festival Sweden 2023, 6th PHOTOMETRIA IN MOTION Greece, 3rd Cinema4Screen Festival Mumbai Maharastra India, 13th ON ART Film Festival Poland, 9th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival / CineAutopsia, 9th International Festival Signs of the Night Bangkok Thailand, 47. OPEN AIR WEITERSTADT Germany, 21th International Festival Signs of the Night (Signes de Nuit) Paris, 24th LECCE Film Festival / Italia, 21th TIRANA International Film
Festival VIDEO ART & EXPERIMENTAL, 9th DOBRA int. Exp. film festival 2023 at Cinemateca do MAM Rio de Janeiro& at CCSP in Sao Paulo, 31th ALEXANDRE TRAUNER ART/FILM FESTIVAL Ungarn, XII ULTRAcinema Tijuana, Mexicali and Ensenada, and in Mexico City, Xalapa, Puebla, Oaxaca, Mexico, 22nd edition of the LAUSANNE UNDERGROUND Film & Music Festival Lausanne Switzerland, 6th ENGAUGE Experimental Film Festival at Northwest Film Forum Seattle USA, 9th EXPERIMENTAL SUPERSTARS in Novi Sad / Serbia Nov, KINO PLEME KINO PLEME / LIVESOUNDTRACK 2023 Belgrade / Serbia, 7° Festival internazionale Segni della Notte Urbino, 5th VASTLAB Experimental Los Angeles – VLX5, 6th edition PRISME – Experimental film festival Nantes, 6th edition PRISME – Wandering Screening / La Roche-sur-Yon, International Festival Signs of the Night / Bangkok 2023, 13th BLOW-UP Arthouse Film festival Chicago, 5th FLIGHT Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova, LIVE SOUNDTRACK KINO PLEME 2023 Novi Beograd, 5th KINOSKOP Festival, the Art Bioskop Kolarac Belgrade Serbia, 5th FOTOGENIA, INTERNATIONAL FILMPOETRY, AND DIVERGENT NARRATIVES FESTIVAL Mexico City, Short Film Market Clermont Ferrand 2024, Filmhaus Köln, XI MUESTRA Super 8 & 16mm San Roque Cadiz, third edition of Ribalta Experimental Film Festival, 34th Mediawave International Film and Music Festival Ungarn, 7th MA/IN Italia, 77th Edinburgh International Film Festival, 8° Festival Internacional Signes da Noite Urbino, Filmfest Weiterstadt, 8th Photometria in Motion Ioannina, Celaya Experimental Film Guanajuato, MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering Hungaria, 10 thExperimental Superstars Novi Sad 2024, XX Festival Transterritrial de Cine Underground Buenos Aires, Festival International Signes de Nuit – Paris 2024
SELECTION of 16mm Films
12 ASTERISCI (2024), 60 Min
TRANSIT (2024), 15 Min
KYKLOP (2023) Music: Alexander Grebtschenko, 15 Min
TURBULENCE (2022) Music: Alexander Grebtschenko, 15 Min
1:1 (2020/2021), Music: Alexander Grebtschenko, 30 Min
RONDO (2020), silent, 7 Min
SIGNAL (2020), silent, 10 Min
ABRACADABRA (2019), Music: Manu Mühl, 3 Min
DOPPELGÄNGER (2018), Music: Martin Bergande, 3 Min
TRANSFORMATION (2017), Music: Alexander Grebtschenko, 12 Min
KALEIDOSCOPE (2015), Music: A. Grebtschenko & more, 82 Min
PATENT No. DE 1037274 B (2015/1992), Sound: A. Gogol, 13 Min
”10” (2013), Music: Cornelius Schwehr, 65 Min
EUROPA (2012), Sound: Andreas Gogol, 20 Min
MOTOR (2011), Sound: Andreas Gogol, 20 Min
DIE ANKUNFT EINES ZUGES (2011), Sound: Andreas Gogol, 3 Min
PASSAGE…S (2008), silent, 30 Min
PASSAGE (2008), Sound: Tobias Schwab, 30 Min
3×1 (2007), Sound: Tobias Schwab, 10 Min
LANDED RE-EDITION (2007), 35 Min
DER KLANG DES MEERES with Wolfgang Lehmann(2004),silent,15Min
MEER with Wolfgang Lehmann(2004), Music: M. Mochizuki, 15Min
DISTRIBUTION
Lichtbild Wiesinger (www.telemach-wiesinger.de)
Most films are distributed by Light Cone, Paris
https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-1572-telemach-wiesinger
AWARDS
Award for KYKLOP:
„primer premio 16 mm“ XI Muestra de Cine Super 8 y 16 milímetros San Roque Spain Febrero 2024
Awards for TURBULENCE:
„Eisenstein Award – Best Experimental“ Blow-up Arthouse Film Festival, Chicago USA 2023
„2nd price“ category Video Art ON ART POLAND 2023
Awards for 1:1:
„”Best Experimental Abstraction” Winner Experimental Brasil 2024 & „Primer Premio en la categoría de 16mm“ X Muestra de Cine Super 8 y 16 mm San Roque Cadiz / Spain 2023 & „MÁXIMOS GALARDONES: LA LUPA Y EL IMÁN“ CATEGORÍA VIII Festival Cinemistica Granada 2022 & „Best Short Experimental“ Malta Film Festival 2022 & „Best experimental short film“ 7th Bayamón International Film Festival / Puerto Rico 2022 & „Special Mention“ Experimental Superstars 2021 / Novi Sad, Serbia „1:1“ Nominated for the „Preis der Deutschen Filmkritik 2021“: „Best Experimental Film“
Awards for SIGNAL:
„mencion especial / Honorable Mention: “ Muestra Super8 y 16mm San Roque 2022 & „Mención especial: Diploma“ Cinemistica Granada 2021
Award for ABRACADABRA:
„BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY“ Winner / Couch Film Festival 2020
Award for TRANSFORMATION:
„PRIMER PREMIO 16mm“ 7° Muestra de Super 8 y 16mm de San Roque
Awards for KALEIDOSCOPE:
„Experimental Feature Award“ 6th Inca Imperial International Film Festival Lima Peru 2021 & „BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM“ Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2016 & „Special Jury Award – Best Outstanding Arthouse Film“ BLOW UP ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL CHICAGO 2016 & „Major pelicula experimental international“ Films InFest 2017 Mallorca & „honorable mention“ Los Angeles Experimental Forum 2016 & „diploma“ Madrid Hell Chess 2017 Award for MOTOR BEST CAMERA AWARD („Premio Kinova a la Mejor Fotografia“) XXXVI Semana International del Cortometraje San Roque Febrero 2014
Award for EUROPA:
Honorable Mention „mencion especial“ XXXV Semana Cortometraje San Roque 2014
Award for DIE ANKUNFT EINES ZUGES:
2nd PRICE „secundo premio“ at 4. La Muestra Super8/16mm Cadiz 2015
With the musician Andreas GOGOL he received the TEAM-WORK-AWARD 2007 for the film and music live performance LANDED TAKES & SOUND TIMES at Filmwinter, Int. Festival for Expanded Media Stuttgart
As photographer he is working for many art books and Solo-exhibitions: Contemporary Art Center Athens, Centre d’Art contemporain Nîmes, Kunstpalast Lemberg, Takashimaya Matsuyama, Photographic Society Lesvos, Skovegaard Museet Viborg, Smokebrush Gallery Colorado Springs, Museum für Moderne Kunst Rupertinum Salzburg, Eté Photographique de Lectoure.
Visiting Lecturer at University of Wisconsin, Akademie für Kommunikation Freiburg, ENSCI Les Ateliers Paris, Institut of Art & Design Milwaukee, University of Wales Aberystwyth, Evangelische Hochschule Freiburg, L’Institut National des Beaux-Arts Tétouan, Akademie Schloss Rotenfels, Escuela de Arte Granada, Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg, ZHdK, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel, University of the Aegean Lesvos, Ústí nad Labem House of Arts Faculty of Art and Design Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Filmcampus Innsbruck, University of Illinois at Chicago and others.
Dr. Ioannis Galanopoulos Papavasileiou is an Associate Professor of Art at Zayed University, UAE, and a contemporary visual artist. His photographic work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and institutions in UAE, Europe, the US, Australia, China, and Japan. Most notably at Athens Photo Festival, the Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts in Japan, the Venice Biennale, the Florence Biennale, the Exposure Festival in Sharjah, UAE, the Pingyao International Photography Festival in China, the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art in Korea, and the Eyes on Main Street Festival in the USA. His work has been acquired by private and public collections. His expanded photography work examines the relationship between ideated, geographic, and virtual place, as well as the connections between objects, artists, media, viewers, and society. Ioannis writes on photography and film and is a regular contributor to scholarly research journals and publications such as Taylor and Francis; The Journal of Visual Practice Research and Photography & Culture, CGRNet’s On the Image and the Canadian Review of Comparative Literature.
Instagram: yiannis_galanopoulos
Dr. Yannis Kontos is an award-winning documentary photographer and artist with over 25 years of international experience in visual storytelling, media, and the creative industries. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the United Arab Emirates University, specializing in Visual Arts and Creative Industries.
Kontos has documented wars, conflicts, and pivotal global events, capturing the defining moments of history in more than 50 countries. He holds a PhD in Documentary Photography and a Master of Arts in Photographic Journalism, emphasizing his deep commitment to truth and artistic expression. His photography has earned him 20 prestigious international awards, including first prize in the World Press Photo Competition. His work has been widely published, appearing on the covers of Time, The New York Times, L’Express, Nouvel Observateur, Le Monde, and The Sunday Times.
In addition to his photographic career, Kontos is the author of two critically acclaimed books, Possible / Impossible: Aporias and North Korea: Red Utopia, which explore diverse societies through compelling visual narratives. His work is part of both private and public collections and has been exhibited worldwide in galleries, museums, and major art festivals.
Evolving beyond photojournalism, Kontos now explores the transformative power of visual storytelling in contemporary art. His recent work delves into pressing global concerns, particularly environmental sustainability and humanity’s impact on the planet. Through his multidisciplinary approach, he challenges perceptions, fosters dialogue, and engages with the complexities of human existence and ecological change. His artistic vision continues to push boundaries, offering speculative narratives that question the future of humanity and its relationship with the natural world.
Instagram: yanniskontos
Yiorgos Depollas is one of the main figures of the New Greek Photography movement which promote creative photography in his native country during the 1980s and 1990s, and he remains a highly influential presence. He has been active in both creative and professional photography since 1975, and has often exhibited both in Greece and abroad, including Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the USA and other countries. He was one of the five founders of the Photography Centre of Athens (PCA) in 1979; the PCA was the first Greek institution devoted to creative photography, and as such a seminal focus for photographers of next generations.
Instagram: yiorgosdepollas
Myrto Papadopoulos has spent nearly two decades developing long-form visual narratives that investigate themes of identity, belonging, and the evolving relationship between people and land. Rooted in cross-disciplinary research and immersive fieldwork, her practice critically engages with historical consciousness, collective memory, and cultural resilience.
Her projects often unfold over several years, integrating original photography, social practice, archival materials, video, and text. Through this layered approach, she challenges dominant narratives and offers alternative perspectives. Working closely with diverse communities, she explores how land informs cultural identity and personal histories, weaving connections between past and present. Her work also navigates the boundaries between fact and fiction, questioning how stories are constructed, transmitted, and reinterpreted over time.
Originally from Athens, Greece, Papadopoulos studied painting and photography at the School of Visual and Applied Arts at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. In 2006, she pursued further studies in documentary photography at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, where she was awarded a scholarship.
Her work has been commissioned and published by major organizations and media including the Smithsonian, The New York Times, Time Magazine, National Geographic, Bloomberg, and Dior, among others. She has presented her work in a range of contexts, including cultural institutions, academic settings, and public forums such as TEDx, the European Parliament, and Princeton University’s Global Seminar in Athens. Her projects have been exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions at leading cultural institutions and photography festivals.
Papadopoulos was an IMEDD Fellow (2019, 2021), with the support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, and has been nominated for the Prix Pictet, the Magnum Foundation Grant, and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award.
Instagram: myrtophoto
