2 March – 20 May 2012 / Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki

Opening: Friday, 2 March, 20.00
Words and Images: Saturday, 3 March, 17.30
“Notes from the Middle East”: An open discussion with the artists of the exhibition and Fouad Elkoury.

With works by Athina Kazolea (Palestine), Demetris Koilalous (Lebanon), Yiorgos Kordakis (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia), Emmanouil Papadopoulos (Qatar), Paris Petridis (Egypt, Israel).

As part of a commission of the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, the five Greek photographers travelled to countries of the Middle East in 2011 to produce their own original series. In the 100 works of this exhibition the artists invite us to see the countries which they visited and also challenge us to reflect, subvert or confirm stereotypes and ideas on the region.

The exhibition is presented as part of the program “Thessaloniki-Cultural Crossroads” initiated by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism (with the financial support of OPAP).

CVs
Athina Kazolea
Born 1958 in Athens, where she lives and works. She studied French philosophy at the University of Athens and film directing in Paris at the Essec Institute. During 2005-2006 she worked as a photo editor for Passport magazine. Since 1990, a large number of her work has been published in several magazines ( Passport , Kathimerini’s ” K “, Marie Claire , Cinema , Difono , Metro , Ena , Ta Nea , Tahidromos etc). She has participated in many group exhibitions.
www.kazolea.gr

Demetris Koilalous
Born in 1962 in Athens, where he lives and works. He studied Urban and Regional Planning in Edinburgh and Geography in London, and during the same period (1982-1987) he attended photography seminars at the Edinburgh College of Art. He has collaborated with the National Theatre of Greece and other regional and private theatres, as well as with record and advertisement companies and magazines. Since 2005 he has been teaching photography in public and private institutes, including the Greek-American Educational Institution. His work has been shown in three solo exhibitions and he has participated in several group exhibitions. His works belong to private collections and some are also part of the collection of the Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki.
www.dimitriskoilalous.com

Yiorgos Kordakis
Born in 1973 in Athens. He lives and works in Athens and in New York. He studied Car Design in Turin, Italy and Media Management in London. His publications are: Moments in Greece (G.K. 2001), Greek White (Liberi 2003), The new face of Athens (Liberi 2004) and Hellenic Polaroids (Imagenation 2006). In 2007 he won the ECB Annual Photography Award in Frankfurt, Germany. His work has been published in international magazines. His work has been shown in solo exhibitions and he has participated in several group exhibitions. His works belong to public and private collections. He is represented by Karsten Greve Gallery in Paris, Cologne and St Moritz, and by AD Gallery in Athens.
www.yiorgoskordakis.com

Emmanouil Papadopoulos
Born in 1975 in Thessaloniki, where he lives and works. He is the co-founder of Stereosis Photography Center – a collective of photographers founded in 2004, with which he has participated in many photography exhibitions. He has been teaching photography since 2004 and he is also a photo editor for the Intellectum Magazine. He has also worked as director of photography in numerous video productions. His work has been published in several publications, such as K, E, and Parallaxi.
www.stereosis.com

Paris Petridis
Born in 1960 in Thessaloniki, where he lives and works. He studied economics at the Aristotle University and political economy in NYU, New York. He has a PhD in Photography from the University of Sunderland. He has exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad. His works are part of public and private collections. He has published the monographs: Kath’ Odon (Istos, 1998), Wedding Album (Istos, 2002), Notes at the Edge of the Road (Agra, 2006), The Rum-Orthodox Schools of Istanbul (Agra, 2007), Void and the Country (Agra, 2012, forthcoming). He is represented by AD Gallery, Athens.
www.parispetridis.com

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