Belarus: A Fleeting Glimpse

Giorgos Doganis is a freelance photographer based in Athens, Greece.

He was born in Athens (Greece) in 1983 and raised in Kalamata, a small city in southern Peloponnese. He studies at the Electrical & Computer Engineering department of the University of Patras.

He studied Documentary Photography in collaboration and under the guidance of Czech photographer Viktor Kolar at the Department of Photography of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Prague.

His main theme is man and his interaction with his environment with focus on contemporary life, labor, immigration but also ecology, alternative communities and sustainability. His work has been published in electronic media, magazines and the press, foreign and domestic, such as Colors Magazine, the Irish Independent, NRC Handelsblad, Plotki and Kathimerini to name a few. Giorgos collaborates with Sipa Press and Invision Images as well as the Multicultural Center of Prague and several other organizations and NGOs. Corporate clients include Nexans cables and Juwi solar, while he has also worked with theatrical producers and actors, dance performers and directors, musicians and other artists in Greece and abroad.

His criminal record (still) is blank.

Giorgos is available for assignments in Greece and abroad.

\Exhibitions\

(2011) “Human Diversity”, group / travelling exhibition, Greece
(2010) “Berlin-Belarus: Bizarre Realities”, Foundation Centre of Photography – Bielsko Biala (PL), duet exhibition (with Jonnek Jonneksson)
(2010) “In Search of Solidarity”, Brussels Regional Parliament – Brussels (BE), group exhibition
(2010) “Young Greek Photographers”, Athens Photo Festival 2010 – Athens (GR), group exhibition
(2010) “AuthentiCity”, Herakleidon Museum – Athens (GR), group exhibition
(2010) “Peace is…”, Technopolis Gkazi – Athens (GR), group / travelling exhibition
(2010) “Belarus Inside Out”, Theater Eigenreich – Berlin (DE), group exhibition by Plotki Magazine
(2009) “Industrial Silence”, Elefsina (GR), group exhibition
(2009) “Analog Spam”, Galerie Velryba – Prague (CZ), group exhibition
(2009) “Earth Like”, Patras (GR), solo exhibition
(2003-2004)“Photography goes to the streets”, Patras (GR), group exhibition by “Kontakt” collective

\Awards\

(2011) “Human Diversity”, Award by the Hellenic National Comission of UNESCO / NGO “World Without Wars And Violence”
(2010) “In Search of Solidarity”, 3rd Award by PES Group – Brussels Capital Region Parliament
(2010) “AuthentiCity”, Award by Epson / Photografos Magazine
(2010) The Nadar Award, 1st Prize in Documentary and Editorial
(2010) “Peace is…”, Award by the Hellenic National Commission of UNESCO / NGO “World Without Wars And Violence”
(2010) Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3), 1st Prize in Documentary Series (book proposal)
(2010) TOL: From Iron Curtain to Open Shutters, Grand Prize

Giorgos is available for assignments in Greece and abroad.