{"id":1161,"date":"2024-07-22T17:30:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apw.gr\/yannis-kolesidis\/"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T14:56:08","slug":"yannis-kolesidis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apw.gr\/en\/yannis-kolesidis\/","title":{"rendered":"Yannis Kolesidis"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1161\" class=\"elementor elementor-1161 elementor-1147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a0bcb1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a0bcb1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;_ob_use_container_extras&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_glider_is_slider&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_column_has_pseudo&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f719421 ob-harakiri-inherit de_scroll_animation_no ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f719421\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a9Aggelina Grafakou<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3173d90 e-con-full e-flex e-con 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Biography<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9755d8c ob-harakiri-inherit de_scroll_animation_no elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9755d8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200,&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_text_clip&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Yannis Kolesidis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e03601 ob-harakiri-inherit de_scroll_animation_no elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e03601\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400,&quot;_ob_use_harakiri&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_harakiri_writing_mode&quot;:&quot;inherit&quot;,&quot;_ob_postman_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yannis Kolesidis was born in Athens in 1973 and has been working as a photojournalist since 1994.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b52e82f de_scroll_animation_no elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b52e82f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:600,&quot;_ob_butterbutton_use_it&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_widget_stalker_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_poopart_use&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;_ob_shadough_use&quot;:&quot;no&quot;,&quot;_ob_allow_hoveranimator&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#more\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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in the World Press Photo 2009, in the category &#8220;People in the News&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Other awards include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2017:<\/strong><br \/>Overall winner and first prize in the Photojournalism category of the competition \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/cpn.canon-europe.com\/content\/yourspace\/editors_choice_2017\/winners.do\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canon Editor\u2019s choice contest<\/a>\u201d\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2014:<\/strong><br \/>Third prize in the Picture of the Year International (POYi) competition in the category <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poyi.org\/71\/04\/03.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cNatural Disasters\u201d<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2012:<\/strong><br \/>First prize in the Picture of the Year International (POYi) competition in the category <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poyi.org\/69\/03\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cGeneral News\u201d<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2004:<\/strong><br \/>Award of Excellence in the 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