'Soil is our mother'

• Photographer
  Dimitris Sideridis, Greece
• Category
  Asia
• Website
  http://www.dimitrissideridis.com/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/sideridisdimitris/

The traditional form of wrestling (kushti) dates back thousands of years and holds a special place in India’s sporting culture
Hundreds of young men from mostly poor rural areas move to the city of Kolhapur every year with the goal of becoming kushti champions Doing so will bring prestige fame and money but it’s an arduous journey
The wrestlers train for years several hours a day, seven days a week in tough conditions
Sharing tiny spaces, they all cook together in groups and sleep on the floor
United by their shared dream, they forge deep bonds that transcend the boundaries of a wrestling pit.

D.Sideridis is a Greek photographer/filmmaker/visual artist whose award-winning work has appeared in some of the world’s biggest digital publications.He is the founder of Imagefields Lab, Athens-based film production company which focuses on producing documentary films, mixed media artworks, & organizes educational workshops.He has collaboration with Al Jazeera as a photo-editor and photojournalist.He also collaborates with CNN.He produces content on a wide range of social and anthropological issues.He holds a MA in “Photography and Visual Language” from Middlesex University, London.

Awards
2024
TIFA: Silver & Bronze W Soil is our mother
BIFA: Gold & Bronze W Soil is our mother
PX3 - State of the World: CSShortlist Soil is our mother
PX3: HM Soil is our mother
DODHO Mag.: The 100 Best Images of the Portrait Photography Aw.

2023
Monovisions B/W Phot. Aw.: HM Women Refugees
9th Fine Art Phot. Aw.: Nominee Women Refugees
MUSE Phot. Aw.:
Platinum & Gold W Memory & Loss
Silver W As Long As It Lasts
Annual Phot. Aw.:
HM Passage/Women Refugees/Workers on Lunch Break
LICC-London Int. Creative Comp.:
Off.Sel.Short Video Memory & Loss
reFocus B/W Aw.: Nominee Women Refugees
Monochrome Phot. B/W Aw.: HM Women Refugees

2022
TIFA: Bronze/Off.Sel. W Women Refugees
Chromatic Aw.:
2nd Hidden
HM Seaweeds
BIFA:
Silver W Loss & Memory
Bronze W Passage
HM Women Refugees
10th Olympic Photo Circuit:
GAP HM 6 Hermes Salon Break
Nominee’s Apollo Salon Break/Women Refugees
PX3: Bronze W Women Refugees
reFocus Aw.:
People’s Vote W:
Women Refugees/Break-Rafael Trejo – Dukes on the Ropes
Nominee’s:
The woman and her dog/Seaweeds/Place and Memory/Arab Night At The Souq/ Passage/Break/Women Refugees

2021
MIFA:
Silver W Rafael Trejo-Dukes on the Ropes (Book/Doc)
HM Hellenikon
PX3: Bronze W Hellenikon

2020
PX3: Gold W Rafael Trejo-Dukes on the Ropes (Book/Doc)
7th Fine Art Phot. Aw.:
Nominee Rafael Trejo-Dukes on the Ropes (Photojournalism/Series)
Annual Phot. Aw.: HM Rafael Trejo-Dukes on the Ropes
TIFA:
HM Rafael Trejo-Dukes on the Ropes (Book/Doc)
HM Hellenikon
BIFA: HM Hellenikon
Chromatic Aw.: HM Arab Night At The Souq

2019
IPA-Int. Photo Aw.: HM Arab Night At The Souq

2018
PX3: HM Nicosia Airport
Monovisions Phot. Aw.: HM Nicosia Airport