Κόντος Γιάννης

Studies Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork Professional activity Other activities Member of organisations national or international Teaching experience Rewards - Distinctions

Year of birth:

1971

Place of birth:

Ioannina

Place of Residence:

Athens

Phone:

6932639299

Studies

Zosimaia School of Ioannina
He received a BA degree in Photography at the Faculty of Graphic Design and Applied Arts of Athens’ Technological Educational Institute in 2001 and a BA degree in Physical Education at the Department of Physical Education and Sports Science of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1995.

MA at the University of Westminster in London in Photojournalism.

Personal exhibitions (national or international) / Artwork

Recent assignments include coverage of the Iraqi conflict, the Athens Olympics, North Korea, Sierra Leone, the US-Mexican border, the Kosovo war in 1999, the October 2000 revolution in Yugoslavia till the fall of Milosevic, the devastating earthquake in Turkey in 1999, the pyramid crisis in Albania in 1997, the conflict in Macedonia in 2001, the G8 anti-globalization protests in Genoa in 2001, the crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the tensions over the disputed Kashmir, the funeral of Pope John Paul II, the London attacks in July 2005, South Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Egypt, Japan, Western Sahara and Iran.

Exhibitions:

IDENTITY, 8th Joop Swart Masterclass exhibition, Nederlands Foto Institute, Rotterdam 2001.
THE HUMAN CONDITION: AFTER EFFECTS, Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York 2003.
KURDISTAN: In the Shadow of History, Bellevue Art Museum, Washington 2000.
KURDISTAN: In the Shadow of History, PhotoESPANA, Madrid 2000.
KABUL PHOTOGRAPHERS, Thessaloniki, Photosynkyria 2004.
MY BROTHER’S IMAGE, Thessaloniki, Photosynkyria 2002.
PHOTOREPORTAZIN, Athens 1998.
THE CHRONICLE OF DISASTER, Thessaloniki, Photosynkyria 2000.
YANNIS KONTOS: PHOTOJOURNALIST, Kythera Photographic Encounters 2005.
YANNIS KONTOS: PHOTOJOURNALIST, Photosynkyria 2005.
YANNIS KONTOS: PHOTOJOURNALIST, Athens, 12th International Month of Photography 2005.
YANNIS KONTOS: PHOTOJOURNALIST, Foundation Of Thracian Art & Tradition 2005.

Has reported the recents wars of Irac, Afghanistan, Cosovo, Slobodan Milosevic, the earthquakes in Turkey at 1999, the demostrations againist the globalization at Genova at 2001, the Olympic Games in Athens, the funeral of Pope John Paul II , the terroristics aggressions in London at 2005 etc

Professional activity

He began shooting as a freelance for the Sygma Photo News and Gamma Presse Images. Since its creation in 2002, he is actively involved with Polaris Images producing photojournalism and feature work, covering major stories worldwide.
A freelancer reporter.

Other activities

His photographs have been published in: Time, Newsweek, Life, The New York Times, US News & World Report, Smithsonian Magazine, People, Columbia Journalism Review, Stern, Der Spiegel, Focus, Nouvel Observatuer, Paris Match, L’Express, Figaro magazine, Le Monde, Liberation, Le Figaro, The Independent, The Sunday Times Μagazine, The Observer, GEO, L’ Espresso, Panorama, La Republica, El Pais and other well known publications around the globe.

Seminars:
Hostile Environments & HSE-Approved Emergency First Aid Training Course, Centurion Risk Assessment Services, Αγγλία 2001.
Constantinos Manos / Magnum & Ed Kashi / National Geographic, Σκόπελος, Αύγουστος 1997.
Βιοχημικού Πολέμου, Σχολή Ειδικών Όπλων Ενόπλων Δυνάμεων, Αθήνα 2003

Member of organisations national or international

Photos and reportage of him have been publishing at: Time, Newsweek, Life, The New York Times, US News & World Report, Smithsonian Magazine, People, Columbia Journalism Review, Stern, Der Spiegel, Focus, Nouvel Observatuer, Paris Match, L’Express, Figaro magazine, Le Monde, Liberation, Le Figaro, The Independent, The Sunday Times Μagazine, The Observer, GEO, L’ Espresso, Panorama, La Republica, El Pais κ.α.

Teaching experience

Lectures:

“Photojournalism, In the era of the Digital Image”, Athens’ Technological Educational Institute, June 2001.
“Yannis Kontos, about work and life”, Kythera Photographic Encounters, October 2004.
“Yannis Kontos, presenting his work”, School of Art Sciences, University of Ioannina, March 2005.

Rewards - Distinctions

Διεθνή:
World Press Photo, First Prize, Contemporary Issues Singles, 2006.
Life magazine’s Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards, News Category, 2000.
Pictures of the year, First Prize, Magazine Feature Picture, 2006.
N.P.P.A. The Best of Photojournalism, First Prize, Feature Picture Story, 2001.
Fujifilm European Press Photographer of the Year, Features, 2004.
Fujifilm European Press Photographer of the Year, Europe, 2005.
Pictures of the year, Third Prize, Portrait, 2001.
Pictures of the year, Third Prize, Feature Picture, 2003.
Pictures of the year, Award of Excellence, News Picture Story, 1999.
Pictures of the year, Award of Excellence, Global News, 1999.
Pictures of the year, Award of Excellence, Issue Reporting Picture story, 2001.
DAYS JAPAN International Photojournalism Awards, Readers’ Prize 2006.
UNICEF Photo of the Year Award, Honorable mention, 2001 & 2002.
Grazia Neri, Yann Geffroy Award, First Prize, 2003.
National Mental Heath Association’s Media Awards, First Prize, Photojournalism, 2004.
Fujifilm Euro Press Photo Awards, National winner 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004 & 2005.

Ελληνικά:
Fujifilm Euro Press Photo Awards, National winner, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006.