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A dog lies on the road in front of a police block during a demonstration in the centre of Athens, Greece.

Orestis Seferoglou was born in Athens in 1990.

From 2012 until 2014 he participated in a series of Workshops and Masterclasses by top-class photographers from Greece and abroad, including Anders Petersen, Chris Morris, Davide Monteleone, Stefano De Luigi, Pavlos Fysakis, Kamilo Nollas, in collaboration with the ICP in New York. In 2014, Orestis was selected to participate in the 7-month International Masterclass by VII Photo Agency in Milan.

Seferoglou started his career as a staff multimedia photojournalist in Eleftherotypia National Daily newspaper and EPSILON magazine. Furthermore he has worked for various greek magazines such as BHMAgazino, METRO and more. Since 2015, he is collaborating with SOOC photo agency and he is working as a freelance photographer for VICE Greece.

His photographer have been awarded in international and domestic contests and prizes such as PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris, Territoires en Images festival, Kythera Photographic Encounters.

Since 2013, he has been working on his ongoing project ‘My Name Is’ focused on the current issue of the refugee and migration crisis in Greece.

Orestis Seferoglou is currently based in Athens, Greece.