BIO
FREELANCE CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER:
06.04 - Present
GEO, La Stampa, Corriere della Sera/ Io Donna magazine, El Mundo / Yo Dona magazine, GIOIA, Diario magazine, National Geographic Magazine / Greece, Kappa magazine /Kathimerini News Paper, Epsilon magazine / Eleftherotipia News Paper, Vimagazino magazine / Vima News Paper and more.
WEB:
LENS BLOG NYTIMES:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/02/life-along-a-road-in-tajikistan/
LENS BLOG NYTIMES:
http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/in-the-grecian-caves-where-time-slows-down/
VERVE PHOTO:
http://vervephoto.wordpress.com/2010/09/13/myrto-papadopoulos/
Books:
Book- Best Sports Photos 2005 (Action Images, photo agency/ Staff Photographer)
Book – Shift book 2007 (ICP, N.Y)
Book- Thrace Muslim Community( to be published - a printed version with photos and stories)
EXHIBITIONS AND PRIZES:
17.01.2012
Prix Pictet
Nominated for the fourth cycle of the Prix Pictet for the series “The new plastic road”
28.11.2011-2.12.2011
STORY DOC 201
Pitching the selected documentary THE NEW PLASTIC ROAD at Story Doc 2011.
02.11.2011-15.11.2011
APhF 2011/Athens Photo Festival 2011
A one man show from the project "The New Plastic Road'', within the central exhibition of the Athens photo festival.
23.09.2011- 25.09.2011
DUMBO Arts Festival 2011 Brooklyn, NY
Participation in the Dumbo Arts Festival, with the ''Kale'' project.
16.03.2011- 20.03.2011
EDN (European Documentary Network) 2011
Selected to present the project in development ‘’The Bandits’’, at the pitching forum Docs 2011, which took place in conjunction with the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival – Images of the 21st Century.
30.09.2010 - 4.11.2010
GD4Photo Art Award, Italy
Selected to participate within the exhibition
at the "Pinacoteca Nazionale" in Bologna.
11.06.2010 - 13.06.2010
LOOK3 festival
Nominated to present a personal project at LOOKbetween this june, along with other artists nominated by groups as diverse as PDN, National Geographic, Humble Arts, Burn magazine and numerous others.
05.2010
Prix Pictet
Nominated for the third cycle of the Prix Pictet for the series "2006-2009 Kale" and " A dream in transit".
Launched in 2008, the Prix Pictet is the worlds first prize dedicated to Photography and sustainability. The Prix Pictet is sponsored by Pictet & Cie in association with the Financial Times.
01.10
Word Press Photo
Nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass
07.11.09 -06.11.09
APhF 09/ Athens photo festival 09
"A brave new world"
A main exhbition within the Athens photo festival
22.09.09 - 22.11.09
Musee du Quai Branly- Paris
Chosen to participate at the "2em biennale des images du monde"/ PHOTOQUAI 2009, Paris/ Museum Quai Branly
3.9.09
BIENNALE 09/ XIV bjcem -SKOPJE 2009
Chosen to participate within this year “Biennale of young artistes of Europe and the Mediterranean”, in Skopje
13.5.09 - 17.05.09
NYPH 09/ New York Photo Festival
The Future of Contemporary Photography/
Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
4.09
SCAN 09/ Latent Talent 2009/ Spain
Nomination
11.08 - 8.12.08
APhF: 08/ Athens Photo Festival 08
“Panorama” exhibition/ Hellenic Center of
Photography
20.10.08
Memorial Mario Giacomelli 2008/
Grazia Neri
VII Premio Fotografico/ Honorable mention for the “Kalé” series
28.10.08 - 19.12.08
Mois off de la Photo /FET ART / "Circulations" 2008/ Paris
For the 2008 Mois de la photo, FET ART and EPSON organized within the month of November in Paris, exhibitions of young European photographers around the theme -Circulations regards de jeunes photographes européens
09.10.08 - 01.11.08
APhF: 08/ Athens Photo Festival 08
Chosen to participate in the Central program of the Athens photo festival ,One man Show
09.07.08 - 04.08.08
Photography Museum of Thessaloniki/
''10 Creators interacting''
Five Greek and five Spanish photographers interacting, chosen by their portfolio reviews from the Thessaloniki Photobiennale 08 and the Photoespagna 07
04.08
Cedefop Photomuseum Prize 2008/ 1st Prize
The Cedefop Photomuseum award is an International award which revolves around the notion of work and aims at collecting works with social content and interest
17.04.08 - 19.04.08
Portfolio Reviews/ Epson Exceed your vision award/ 1st Prize
Photobiennale international meeting Thessaloniki.
15.04.08 - 31.05.08
Museum of Byzantine Culture/ ECB Annual Photography Award, “Greece Today”
Participation in the Photobiennale – 20th International Photography meeting in Thessaloniki - exhibition
29.10.07 - 14.11.07
Culture Days of the European Central Bank/ Frankfurt/ ECB Annual Photography
award
Through the years a digital collection of contemporary photography is built up from the competition entries submitted from the various EU countries
18.09.07 - 20.09.07
Milano Incontra La Grecia/ Una cultura giovane di 3000 anni/ (Piccolo Teatro)
A three day festival of artistic and cultural exchange between Italy and Greece, exhibition at the Piccolo Teatro
23.06.07 - 19.08.07
ICP ,International Center of Photography,N.Y
“Light proof” exhibition