{"id":1845,"date":"2024-08-06T17:43:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T14:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apw.gr\/mixalis-patsouras-nikitis-vraveioy-fotoreportaz-athens-photo-world-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:47:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:47:36","slug":"michalis-patsouras-winner-of-the-athens-photo-world-2022-photojournalism-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apw.gr\/en\/michalis-patsouras-winner-of-the-athens-photo-world-2022-photojournalism-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Michalis Patsouras, winner of the Athens Photo World 2022 photojournalism award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1845\" class=\"elementor elementor-1845 elementor-1575\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b71972 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0b71972\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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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>My name is <strong>Michalis Patsouras<\/strong>, I live in Athens and I am a professional photographer. Before I got professionally involved in photography I worked for 10 years as a civil servant at the Greek Ministry of Commerce, while at the same time I studied photography and video art at the schools Focus and the Greek Leica Academy.\u00a0In 2000 I resigned in order to dedicate myself professionally to photography.<\/p><p>In 2001 I was hired as a chief photographer of the magazines of a large publishing group. In 2005 I started working with advertising agencies. All these years I have also been involved in travel reporting. Since 2009 I have been working as a freelance photographer, mainly on long-term anthropocentric projects, focusing on contemporary social issues. The way I like to work is experientially. From 2017 to 2021 I worked as a photography teacher for the Greek Leica Academy. I am a member of the Hellenic Photojournalist Association and FIVOS (collective organization for the protection of copyright in Greece).<\/p>\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-3f4e686 elementor-align-right elementor-mobile-align-center elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"3f4e686\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:400,&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=\"https:\/\/apw.gr\/en\/category\/apwa-winners-archive\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon icon-right-arrow\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">APWA WINNERS ARCHIVE<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e64ce6 ob-harakiri-inherit elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e64ce6\" 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<h3>\u201cStill human\u201d<\/h3><p>I met Stathis and Sylvia coincidentally, through a mutual friend, who thought that their life and the environment in which they lived would be of photographic interest to me. And indeed, the canvas of their lives, although damaged, brought out textures of great interest, just like themselves as personalities. In these people I saw a couple who, like many other couples around us, after years of being together, remain companions for each other, fellow travellers who\u2026 are exemplary of \u201cCan\u2019t live with them and can\u2019t live without them\u201d. She, a woman in love, full of sensitivity, who likes to write, listen to music and take care of him. He, the male, the \u201chunter\u201d, who (in his own way) will take care of their living, seeking to remain her hero forever. A giving person, who, despite the difficulties they face, doesn\u2019t mind sharing with you what they have, just\u2026 so as to please you. The photo shooting has been carried out over a period of about two years, during the quarantine. At some point their house burned down, which meant that for a short time they lived among the rubble, with only salvaged items the frame with the portrait of Stathis\u2019s mother, the photo albums with their souvenir photos and a silver cross, a keepsake from the period when Stathis worked as a silversmith. The photographic story ends when the couple, through a friend, finds accommodation in a caravan in a seaside area of Athens. In the society we live in, everything that annoys us may become invisible, but people like them continue to exist alongside us, continue to struggle for survival and remain human. 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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><strong>Byron Smith<\/strong> is an American freelance photographer based in Athens, Greece. Before moving to Athens in the summer of 2019, he worked as a stringer in New York City since 2011.<\/p><p>His work has been published in The New York Times, Getty Images, Le Monde, Lib\u00e9ration, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and The Wall Street Journal, among others. Byron was a part of The New York Times Portfolio Review in 2017 and has been selected for the same review in 2020. He was named a second runner-up for the 2020 Athens Photo World competition and is currently shortlisted for the 2022 competition for his recent work in Ukraine. Now, Byron is a Fellow with The VII Academy.<\/p><p><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2px;\">His work has been published with: Getty Images, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, and VICE.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d149254 ob-harakiri-inherit elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d149254\" 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<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Awards<\/span><\/h3><p>2021 VII Academy Fellow 2020 Athens Photo World second runner up 2020 Visa Pour L\u2019image Screening Participant \u201cRefugees in Greece\u201d 2020 New York Portfolio Review Selected Participant 2019 Vogue Italia Portfolio Review Attendee 2019 New York Press Photographers Association Best in Show 2018 Yunghi Grant Recipient 2018 New York Press Photographers Association Best in Show 2017 New York Times Portfolio Review 2017 PhotogrVphy Magazine &amp; Grant: Finalist Mosul Offensive 2016 2017 En Foco Fellowship 2016 New York Press Photographers Association \u2022 News Picture Story: 1st place \u2022 National \/ International News: 1st &amp; 3rd place 2011 New York Press Association \u2022 Feature \u201cOccupy Wall Street Protesters on the No.4 Train\u201d 1st place 2011 National Press Photographers Association Monthly News Clip Contest \u2022 Feature\/Multiple Picture: \u201cSpringfield\u2019s Deadly Tornadoes\u201d: 2nd Place 2008 New Jersey Press Association Better Newspaper Contest (Internship) \u2022 Spot News: 3rd place 2007 Boston Press Photographers Association College Photojournalism Contest \u2022News: 1st &amp; 2nd place \u2022Photo Story: 1st &amp; 3rd place Education 9\/2004 -5\/2008 Boston University Boston, MA \u2022Graduated with a B.S. in Journalism, Photojournalism Emphasis<\/p><h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cTestament \u201822\u201d<\/span><\/h3><p>Since Russia invaded Ukraine, already, nearly 4 million refugees have fled the country. The invasion, which began on 24 February, has ensnared the nation of forty-four million in a war with one of the largest and most sophisticated armies in the world. Though Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s military initially focused on shelling military sites, it is now evident that he intends to break the civilian population by bombarding populous cities and rural towns. This, in turn, has created the fastest growing global humanitarian crisis since World War Two. Many of the refugees now find themselves without a place to go after fleeing Ukraine. Some Ukrainian women have left their husbands, sons, brothers, and fathers behind, as men between the ages of eighteen and sixty have been banned from leaving the country to fill the ranks of the national military; others have voluntarily stayed behind to join the frontlines in cities across the country. As the United States and the European Union impose stiff sanctions on Russia, Ukrainians continue to inspire the world with their demonstration of patriotism, compassion, and battlefield successes. In the southern area of Odessa, citizens are filling sandbags and fortifying streets as they prepare for Russian advances. In the western city of Lviv, an outpost known as the cradle of Ukrainian nationalism, volunteers spend hours making camouflage nets, anti-tank steel barricades, and Molotov cocktails for the army. With much unknown at the moment, the Ukrainian people during these days will be remembered as valiant. Not because they knew how to fight, but because they showed the world that their unity, compassion, and humanity toward each other is all that there is to fight for in the end. These images are intended to be a personal testament highlighting humanity amid all the senseless tragedy. 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He graduated from the Department of Informatics of Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki and from the Photographic Centre Stereosis.<\/p><p>He is a freelance photojournalist based in Thessaloniki, Greece. He documented the Greek crisis related issues since 2013 as well as the 2015 Greek bailout referendum. In 2015-2016 he documented the route of thousands of refugees from the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea to central Europe through the Balkan countries, as well as their life in the improvised camp of Idomeni at the Greek \u2013 North Macedonia borders. In August 2021 assigned from Bloomberg News to cover the wildfires in Athens and Evia island.<\/p><p>Tsakalidis currently is a co-founder member of the collective Greek photo agency SOOC Images and contributor for Bloomberg News in Northern Greece, covering social and political issues with a focus on Greece, Eastern Europe and Turkey.<\/p>\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-e1cad59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e1cad59\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&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<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b00c45a ob-harakiri-inherit elementor-invisible ob-has-background-overlay elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b00c45a\" 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<h3><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u201cEvia On fire\u201d<\/span><\/h3><p>Greece, August 2021. Amid the hottest and most long-lasting heatwave in the last 30 years, with temperatures reaching 47\u00b0C, hundreds of forest fires broke out across the country. According to the Hellenic Fire Service, 428 forest fires were recorded throughout the country, with the strongest of them in Attica, Peloponnese and the island of Evia. In northern Evia, where the fires were burning the tinder-dry pine forests uncontrollably for a week, more than 2,000 residents and tourists were forced to evacuate their villages by boat. The negligence of the state mechanism to control the fire of Evia when it started, giving priority to the extinguishing of the fire that threatened at the same time the northern suburbs of the capital, resulted in more than 50,000 hectares of forest area turning to ashes, along with agricultural land, dozens of houses and animals. It is the largest forest fire recorded in the modern history of the country. 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