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Vasilios Sfinarolakis

Vasilios Sfinarolakis

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Profession: Photojournalist, Document
Status: Right Place, Wrong Time.
Location: New York City , United States ( JFK )
Home base: New England
URL: http://vasofoto.com
URL: http://vimeo.com/vasofoto/
Email: •••••••• (private)
Mobile email: •••••••• (private)
Languages spoken: English, Greek
Organization: Freelance, Self-Employed
Journal: http://vasoword.com
Skype: Vaso vaso.lakis
Mobile phone (while in New York City): 203.217.9718
Mobile phone: 203-217-9718
Home phone: 203-263-3806
Work phone 203-217-9718
Emergency notes: Contact 1-203-263-3806.
Emergency Contact – Steve or Eva.
Last login: over 2 years ago
Member since: 15 Apr 2008 17:04

About

Vasilios Sfinarolakis is a photojournalist, filmmaker, and multimedia producer. His dedication to documenting fading and contemporary cultures – at their intersection – comes from his own unique multilayer upbringing having both an uniquely American and Greek identity. This perspective has allowed Vasilios’ and his work to dig beyond superficial cultural distinctions and show the humanity inherent in all human activity. Vasilios’ sensitive eye and empathetic outlook have allowed him to connect with his subjects on a more authentic level, which is a signature of his work.

“Everything I photograph is in a shade of gray. Seldom does a situation have a clear ‘right’ or ‘wrong‘ answer. What is perceived as terrorism to one is freedom fighting to another. It is essential to understand the idea of ‘perspectives.’ To truly understand that others do not share your perspective because they are not you, well, that is empathy. Photography is one of the means – however flawed – that allows me to relay this message. A ‘bad’ person could have easily been a President, and if I can help people understand this I will be tremendously humbled.”

Vasilios has been published in The New York Times Sunday Edition, David Alan Harvey’s Burnmagazine, FWAphoto, The37thFrame, et al. He has had his work shown in Galleries in New York, Italy, and Connecticut and has won numerous competitions including the National Soho Photo Competition (2009). In 2007, Vasilios was afforded the opportunity to study with Master Photographer and Conflict Photojournalist Michele Pero, whose work in Kosovo during the Balkan War was widely praised for its sensitivity and authenticity.

Vasilios has photographed, documented, and produced films in countries all over the world – from Africa to Asia Major to Europe and the United States. He has worked for such prestigious institutions such as Ken Burns’ Florentine Films, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and has worked closely with influential National Geographic veterans such as Jamie Bernanke, Eric Taylor, Gordy Waterman, among others. Most recently Vasilios was in Louisiana covering the mysterious ‘disappearance’ of the oil from the BP Oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.

Currently, Vasilios is the executive producer and director of photography of The Guarani Project, a multimedia exploration of the worlds current largest freshwater aquifer in South America. He has also self-produced a month-long reportage on Navajo Nation in Gallup, New Mexico, which is an ongoing effort.

Please feel free to contact Vasilios with assignment proposals, questions, concerns, or for some photo.osophy.

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Project Development - Tips of methods

Hey People – I am having an issue that I hope some of you may be able to shed some light on (instead of capturing) – Get it?? ;)

…anyways, I’ve done several short-and-long term reportages since 2009 and have come back with a wealth of images and stories that are (still) waiting to be edited/told.

However, when confronted on how to put something meaningful together – a story, for that matter – I run into a series of self-defeating ideologies:

Practically:
1) How do I tackle a library of 3 – 4 k images and make something sensible?
2) How can I organize images/thoughts so there’s a coherent thread?
3) When you have 3k+ images, and you dwindle those down to 12 images – how can you realistically be with the massive amount of baby killing you’ve done?

Philosophically:
1) Has this been told already and who cares,
2) There already enough content clogging the ether – why add more?

I apologize if these questions seem to be coming from a neophyte – I am, for all practical purposes, still emerging as a photographer.

So any advice from the guys I know and those that I don’t about your methods, experiences, and insights would be grand – and hopefully it can help some of the other relatively green photographers trying to find a place in these times.

Feel free to answer all – some – or none of the questions posed. The overall tone of this thread is more to exchange methodologies and provide perspective.

Thanks, Grazie, Obrigato, Merci, Evhxaristo, Mh-goi, Gracias …

Vasilios

09 Nov 2010 13:11 | 5 replies

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