Vassilis Vasileiou (1983)
2006: Degree in Law (National and Kapodistirian University of Athens)
2008: Master in Law (Ludwig Maximillians University, Munich)
2016 until today: Member of the photography collective “Camera Work” (Αthens) – www.camera-work.org
2018: Group Exhibition “Portraits” (Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece)
2019: Group Exhibition “Cityscape” (Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece)
Website: vasileiou.photo
Instagram: vassilis.vasileiou
Justine Tjallinks (The Netherlands, 1984)
The unusual is often ignored or disapproved of by the public. The work of Justine Tjallinks gives expression to the fact that it is ok to be different and that this is something to be embraced and encouraged. She aims to capture the uniqueness of individuals and the diversity of human beauty.
Inspired by the craft of various master painters, from the Golden Age to the Magic Realistic painters from the 20th century, her artworks feature muted colours, detailed surfaces and balanced compositions. Fashion is often used as additional means of expression. These means, corresponding with the normative idea of beauty, serve to encourage the viewer to come closer to the uniqueness of the depicted individual than he or she would maybe do in real life.
Although Tjallinks’ works depict different models, they are also self-portraits. They reflect the way she deals with events that take place in her life. The most tangible part of the artist lies in the typical gaze, which often breathes a sense of melancholia. This emotional state has always interested Tjallinks. In art history, the gaze has always been one of the most important means to build up a relationship between an artwork and its viewer, and therefore between the artist and the viewer. Like in many old master paintings, the individuals depicted by Tjallinks often look at the viewer, no matter his or her standing point. Even though her work shares this quality with the masters of the past, her aim is to always remain within the contemporary zeitgeist and to create her own language.
After sketching, scouting and shooting, Justine spends countless hours editing an image. The same way a painter keeps on adding and changing brush strokes of paint, Justine keeps on adding and changing digital brush strokes until a balance is reached and a work comes alive. Only then a work is finished and becomes a self in its own right.
Website: justinetjallinks.com
Instagram: justinetjallinks
Terje Abusdal (1978) is a photographer and visual artist from Norway working on projects in the intersection of the relationship between fact and fiction. In 2017, his story on the Forest Finns – Slash & Burn – won the Leica Oskar Barnack Award and Fotogalleriet’s Nordic Dummy Award. Slash & Burn was published in cooperation with the publisher Kehrer Verlag in 2018. He has also published the books Radius 500 Metres (2015) and Hope Blinds Reason (2019) on Journal. His work was recently exhibited at Noplace and Henie Onstad in Oslo.
Website: terjeabusdal.com
Instagram: terjeabusdal
Vassilis Konstantinou was born in 1979 in Athens where he currently lives. He studied Physical Education and Sport Science in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His involvement with photography started in 2007. Since then he has attended the following seminars conducted by Platon Rivellis “Introduction to Art Photography” (annual), “Photography Critique” and “Portfolio Critique”. Since 2014 he is studying Photography and Audiovisual Arts at the University of Western Attica.
Group exhibitions:
October,2020: ”Balkans Today” ,participation with Southern Province project,Balkan Can Kino (Athens).
September,2020: ”Stalk Me”, Photometria International Photography Festival (Ioannina)
February,2018: ”Selfimages” , participation with ”Family Frames” project , Museum of Photography (Thessaloniki)
May, 2014: ”The Seas” , Gallery Box (Athens)
May 2013: 2nd International festival of Art and Creation (Zakynthos)
July, 2012: ”Greek Photographic forms”, 1st International Biennale of Santorini (Santorini)
Solo Exhibitions:
May,2021 : ”Pregnant Pauses” at Photoszene International Festival (Cologne,Germany).
January,2021: ”Family Frames” at, Space Place Gallery (Nizhny Tagil,Russia)
Website: vassiliskonstantinou.com
Instagram: vasileios_konstantinou
Panayotis Papadimitropoulos was born in Thessaloniki where he obtained his first degree as a civil engineer in 1982. Then he moved to Paris where he lived until 2006. He studied fine arts and photography at the École d’arts décoratifs and at the Université Paris 8, where he obtained his doctoral thesis. He worked as a freelance photographer for advertising and communication agencies as well as for the Wostok photojournalism agency. He was a correspondent photographer in France for the magazines Ena, Flash and collaborated with magazines Ιδέες και Λύσεις (Home, Ideas and Solutions) and Deco Figaro.
Since 2006 he works as a Photography Lecturer and Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece. In 2010 his book Le sujet photographique was published in France by L’Harmattan, in 2013 Journal Parisien by Thermaikos (Greece), in 2014 Le sujet photographique et sa remise en question (Alfred Stieglitz, Robert Frank, William Klein, Raymond Depardon) by Presses Académiques Francophones (France), in 2016 Metaphotographs by University Studio Press (Greece), and in 2020 Raymond Depardon et la philosophie, by L’Harmattan (France).
Michael Pappas is a Greek Photojournalist who travels all over Greece. He studied photography at the Academy of Leica in Athens.
His work (job) has been published internationally, including National Geographic and partnered with brand names such as Canon, organizations such as UNESCO and other more.
References
– Images are published internationally, including National Geographic, VICE and more.
– Partnered with Canon, Blue Star Ferries, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, UNESCO.
– Digital archive is held and safeguarded by the Benaki Museum(Athens, Greece).
Exhibitions
– Greece, Athens, The Benaki Museum, Nov6 2018 – Jan13 2019, ETHOS.
– France, Grasse, Musee Fragonard, May25 – Sep22, 2019, ETHOS.
Teaching
– 2015 – 2021, Athens
Website: michaelpappas.com
Instagram: michael_pappas
Mariya Kozhanova was born in 1986 in Kaliningrad, Russia. Mariya’s work have been featured in numerous exhibitions, including FotoFest Houston, Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Seoul Photo Festival, Paraty em Foco Festival, Festival de la Luz, Singapore International Photography Festival, Kaunas Photo, Photovisa, Les Boutographies, Tokyo Photographic Art Museum, Hellerau Photography Award, Backlight, Brandts13, Galerie Alles Mögliche Berlin, Museo Histórico Buenos Aires, Fotomuseum Winterthur, among many others.
Mariya was selected for the World Press Photo Joop Swart Masterclass 2016. Her works have been published in Le Monde Magazine, New York Times International, Vision Magazine China, Foto Magazine Czech Republic, Emerge Magazine Germany, fotoMagazin Germany, SHOTS magazines, and others.