Vasileios Papageorgiou was born in Athens in 1987. He studied Greek Literature and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Business Administration. In 2005, he joined the photography team at the University of Athens, where he first developed an interest in documentary photography. From 2012 to 2015, he worked as a photojournalist in collaboration with various agencies in the field. Since 2016, he has been working as a freelance photographer.

Awards/exhibitions 

– “Athens Photo Festival: Young Greek Photographers”, 2022, Benaki Museum – “EISA Maestro Photo Contest 2015:Family”, 1st place in Greece 

– “Photo Contest for the Rights of the Child”, FIAP commendation (FIAP 2013/197), Unesco, FIAP, EFE, 2013 – “Energy Athens 2013”, exhibition, European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies in collaboration with Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design (2013-2014, Europe and America) 

– “Street Photography” exhibition, Athens South Sector Regional Unit, Kallithea Municipal Gallery and Mikis Theodorakis Cultural Centre, 2013 

– “Athens Photo Festival. 

– “Peace Is”, UNESCO, 2009, 4th place

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