About

Antonopoulos Yiannis is a documentary photographer based in Athens, Greece. He is the winner of the 1st Athens Photo World Award (2019).

He learned the technique of photography next to his father, photographer Antonopoulos Giorgos. He latter attended seminars of aesthetics and history of photography, at the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the University of Athens, where from 2016 until 2020 he served as instructor of photographic history. He is a graduate of the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts of University of West Attica. Currently attending the MSc in Photography: Research and Methodology of the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts.

CV

Selected awards, exhibitions, presentations, curating

2020 International photography Grant, Talent of the year - Nominee “South east of Eden” Project
2020 the provinces platform - presentation of “Monuments” project
2020 Another Place Magazine - presentation of “West side” project
2020 Photologio magazine - interview (in Greek)
2019 LIFO - presentation of “West End” Project
2019 Book - “Photographic Sector” (collective)
2019 Athens Photo World Award - Winner, “South east of Eden” project
2019 “Exhibits” project , as part of the Department of Photography’s and Audiovisual arts of the University of West Attica exhibition -Athens Photovision 2019 (group show)
2019 Photologio magazine- presentation of “South east of Eden” project
2019 Vasia.exe, Sort Film directed by Aimilios Velia (director of photography)
2019 P.S.C.A.S.U.A. Annual Exhibition, organized by the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (co-curator)
2018 P.S.C.A.S.U.A. Annual Exhibition, organized by the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (co-curator)
2017 “On Display” - Django, Art Space, Thessaloniki (solo exhibition)
2016 Cultural Society “Kedros” group show, Athens (curator)
2016 P.S.C.A.S.U.A. Annual Exhibition, organized by the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (co-curator)
2015 Analogue photography, organized by the municipality of N. Heraklion, Athens (group show)
2015 Cultural Society “Kedros”, Athens (group show)
2014 P.S.C.A.S.U.A. Annual Exhibition, organized by the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens (group show)
2014 Analogue photography, organized by the municipality of N. Heraklion, Athens (group show)

Teaching Experience

2015 to today – Instructor of photographic history, technique, and theory of photography, at the Photographic Sector of the Cultural Association of Students of the University of Athens.
2016 – 2020 Instructor of photographic history, technique, and theory of photography, at the “Kedros” Cultural Association, Athens, Greece