BIOGRAPHY

YIORGOS (GEORGE) DEPOLLAS

1947
Born May 28, Athens, Greece.

1966 - 1969
Film studies, (Stavrakos school of cinematography).

1974 - 1975
Assistant director in film and television.

1975 - 2013
Founds Image Studio (advertising and travel photography).

1979 - 2005
Co-founder of the Photography Centre of Athens.

1981 - 1984
Secretary General of Greek Union of Commercial and Creative Photography.

1983 - 2013
Co-founder of Editions FOTORAMA

1984 - To date
Teaches photography at VAKALO school of graphic arts.

2003 - 2015
Founds fotoview (image bank of travel photography).

Yiorgos Depollas is one of the main figures of the New Greek Photography movement which promote creative photography in his native country during the 1980s and 1990s, and he remains a highly influential presence. He has been active in both creative and professional photography since 1975, and has often exhibited both in Greece and abroad, including Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the USA and other countries. He was one of the five founders of the Photography Centre of Athens (PCA) in 1979; the PCA was the first Greek institution devoted to creative photography, and as such a seminal focus for photographers of next generations.

EXHIBITIONS

1979
[G] LONELY PEOPLE, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)
[P] SEQUENCES, Phototheque, Thessaloniki (GR)

1980
[P] PORTRAITS, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)
[G] FIVE ATHENIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS, Phototheque, Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] LA JEUNE PHOTOGRAPHIE GREQUE, FNAC Montparnasse (F)

1981
[G] ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHY, Athens Cultural Centre (GR)
[G] THE NUDE, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)

1982
[G] CONTEMPORARY GREEK PHOTOGRAPHY-Europalia 82, Musee de la Photo, Charleroi (B)

1983
[G] SIX CONTEMPORARY GREEK PHOTOGRAPHERS, Heffers Gallery Cambridge (UK)

1984
[G] PRIMAVERA FOTOGRAPHICA, Barcelona (SP)

1985
[G] PRIX PHOTO ‘84-Air France, Ville de Paris, Musee d’Art Moderne (F)
[P] ON THE BEACH, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)
[G] STILL LIFE, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)

1986
[G] FUNF FOTOGRAFEN AUS ATHENS, Dusseldorf (D)
[G] MULTIPLE ORIGINALS, The Photographers’ Gallery, London (UK)

1987
[G] EXPOARTE ‘87, Bari (I)
[G] FOUR GREEK PHOTOGRAPHERS, Photography month, Athens (GR)

1988
[G] ASPECTS DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE GREQUE, Mairie du XV le, Paris (F)
[G] QUOTIDIEN ‘88, Galerie Focal, Nyon (S)
[G] ITINERAIRE A TRAVERS LA COLLECTION DE PARIS AUDIOVISUEL, Mois de la Photo, Paris (F)
[G] LES 100 COUP DE COEUR DES A.G.F., Mois de la Photo, Paris (F)
[G] CONTEMPORARY GREEK PHOTOGRAPHY, Photo Biennale (ISRAEL)
[G] POST CLASSICAL LANDSCAPE, Fotogallery Cardiff (UK) (Touring)

1989
[G] SEPTEMBRE DE LA PHOTO, Nice (F)
[G] FOTOFRAFI GRECI CONTEMPORANEI, Torino (I)
[G] 10+1, 109 Studio,Tokyo (JP)
[G] PHOTOGRAPHY MONTH, Athens (GR)

1991
[G] PSYCHIATRY AND IMAGES / IMAGES OF PSYCHIATRY, Institut Francais, Thessaloniki (GR)
[P] UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)

1992
[G] LA PHOTO CONTEMPORAINE GREQUE, Espace Photo Angle, Montpellier (F)
[G] IMAGES OF A COLLECTIVE MEMORY, Fotofest ‘92, Houston (USA)

1993
[P] UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, Foto-Synkyria, Thessaloniki (GR)

1994
[G] ANTHROPOS, Centre de la Photographie, Geneve (S)
[G] VUE SUR MER - 33 Photographes Regardent la Méditerranée, Aubagne en Vue (F)
[G] PHOTOGRAPHS AND THEIR MATTER, Photography Centre of Athens(GR)

1995
[P] ON THE BEACH, Foto Fair, Goteborg (SW)

1996
[P] RETROSPECTIVE 1975-1995, 9th Foto Synkyria, Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] THE INVENTION OF LANDSCAPE, 9th Foto Synkyria, Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] THE INVENTION OF LANDSCAPE, Beijing (China)

1997
[G] IMAGE AND ICON 1975-1995, M.M.C.A., Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] AEGEAN TRAJECTORIES IN LIGHT AND TIME, Photography Centre of Scopelos (GR)

1998
[G] LA PHOTOGRAPHIE HELLENIC, Gallerie FNAC (Monaco)

2000
[G] 13 STRANGE DEATHS, Foto Synkyria, Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] TRANSPHOTOMETAFORES, M.M.C.A., Thessaloniki (GR)

2001
[P] 13 STRANGE DEATHS, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)
[P] HOMAGE TO YIORGOS DEPOLLAS, ART TOWER, MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY Athens (GR)
[G] PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE GREEK LANDSCAPE, 53.FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE (D)

2003
[P] INLOOK, Photography Centre of Athens (GR)

2005
[G] FATA MORGANA Foto-Synkyria, M.M.C.A., Thessaloniki (GR)
[G] CIRCUM(DE)SCRIBED WORLDS, Hellenic American Union, Athens (GR)
[G] Synopsis (The Greek photography) Helsinki and tour exhibition, (Finland)

2006
[G] POST - DOCK., Foto Synkyria , Thessaloniki, (GR)
[G] 5 Utopias in the 70s. , Patras, (GR)
[P] Cultural Center of Xanthi, (GR)

2008
[G] H.E.R.O.E.S (Velvet Festival) BIOS, Athens, (GR)
[G] ALTINKOZA PHOTOFESTIVAL, Adana, (TR)
[G] IMAGES DU CORPS, Musee de Serignan (F)

2009
[G] China 13th International Photographic Art Exhibition & 2009 China Lishui International Photographic Cultural Festival, Multiple Elements, Multiple Points of View (China)

2013
[G] Greek Seas, (Curator: Costis Antoniadis), BENAKI museum, Athens (GR)

 

[G] = Group, [P] = Personal

AWARDS

1984
PRIX PHOTO ’84 - Air France.

1995
Prize of the best exhibition (by half with Gianni Berengo Gardin 9th Foto Synkyria, Thessaloniki (GR)

2003
Award "ΜYLOS" 2003 for the best Greek Photographic book of the year for his monograph "On the beach", Photography encounters of Kythera. Yiorgos Depollas’ Books

Yiorgos Depollas Books: CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
  • YIORGOS DEPOLLAS Photographs 1975 - 1995
    ISBN : 960-12-0512-8
    (trilingual, greek - English - french), UNIVERSITY STUDIO PRESS
  • ON THE BEACH
    ISBN: 960-7524-13-6
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
  • 13 STRANGE DEATHS
    ISBN: 960-7524-10-1
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
  • INLOOK George DePolla (collectors edition)
  • ASYLUM
    ISBN: 978-960-7524-23-2
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
Yiorgos Depollas Books: TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY
  • AEGEAN VOYAGE
    ISBN : 960-7524-02-0, FOTORAMA
    REISE IN DIE ÄGÄIS
    ISBN : 960-7524-03-9, FOTORAMA
  • A GREEK JOURNEY
    ISBN : 960-7524-06-3
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
  • RETURN TO ARCADIA
    ISBN : 960-7524-07-1
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
  • GREECE - Wandering through time
    ISBN : 960-7524-12-8
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA
  • ICARIA
    ISBN : 960-7524-18-7
    (bilingual, greek - english), FOTORAMA

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