Collecting Sun

• Photographer
  Alexandros Katsis, Greece
• Studio
  Alexandros Katsis Photography

Tasos Sismanoglou. Uninsured and unemployed. Was diagnosed with lymphoma non Hodgkin. He
entered to Evangelismos Hospital of Athens for chemotherapy. "Whey charged me without
knowing it. In the third chemotherapy i found a debt of 13,000 in the accounting
department and they told me that would transfer it to the Tax Office. In his youth he was
a street musician. Going round the cities and played music. Contrary to a conventional
reaction perceived his illness as ability to change lives. "He scared me. The day I got
the biopsy looked up again.Tasos supports alternative medicine. These days winds his bass
and getting ready for a live performance with his band, knowing how to take advantage of
each second of his stay in life

• Awards
  2009 – 3rd position in Global Competition of Metro magazine (Metro magazine) 2011 – Winner of the Fight Discrimination in Europe photo contest (Amnesty International) 2011 – Award in International Photo Contest “Peace Is” (Greek National Comitee of UNESCO and the Greek Ministry of Culture. The subject was “Human Diversity. The competition is annually organised by the members of the NGO World Without Wars and Violence in Greece)