Photo : Damian Ivanovic Hadjinicolaou (c)

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Stefanos Kouratzis (b. 1975, Athens, Greece) is an award-winning multidisciplinary photographer / columnist living and working in (The Republic of) Cyprus since 2000.

 

​​He studied at Focus, School of Art Photography, Video and New Technologies (Athens, Greece) and years later, he took online courses at MoMA (Museum of Modern Art, New York) and Magnum Photos.

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​In 2018, he participated at the 16th Venice Biennale of Architecture, part of the Cyprus Pavilion (I Am Where You Are) with three photographic projects.

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In 2021, he was invited by the curatorial team and contributed with a series of photographs at the first retrospective exhibition “Past-forward: Stavros Economou Unarchived” at “SPEL”, The State Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Cypriot Art, Nicosia.

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In 2022 he curated both exhibitions of photographer Sebastian Rich "Fleeing to Safety"at Kasteliotissa Hall in Nicosia (June) and at the University of Cyprus (October) for UNHCR Cyprus country office and Universitas Foundation, .

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His latest project “ELLE - Cyprus in the Feminine”, for P.I.O., opened the Nicosia International Festival 2022 and it was exhibited at the Austrian National Library in Vienna on January of 2023.

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​Selected awards include Gomma Photography Grand 2021 (Finalist), PDN (Photo Annual), IPA (International Photography Awards), PX3 (Prix de la Photographie, Paris) and Fujifilm EuroPress Awards (Cyprus).

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Over the years has collaborated with international media organizations including AFP, Reuters, Associated Press, Xinhua, France24, Arte (France) and BBC Radio.

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His photos are in private collections in Cyprus, Greece, Spain and Brazil and in books and catalogues, including Press and Information Office’s publications (Republic of Cyprus)

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His articles (on Photography and Journalistic) have been published in Cyprus, Greece, USA, England and Poland.

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He is a full member of the Union of Cyprus Journalists, of IFJ (International Federation of Journalists) and member of the Performance Evaluation Committee of the THYMELI Scheme (EAP) of Deputy Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus. 

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​"Photography unlocks the chains of reality"