A protester uses a tennis racket to volley back a tear gas canister during clashes with riot police in the Bois de la Cambre park in Brussels, Belgium on May 1st, 2021. People gather at the Bois de la Cambre for the unauthorised #LaBoum 2 festival, a protest against the COVID-19 restrictions.
Alexandros Michailidis is a photojournalist based in Brussels. Born in Volos, Greece on 1985, he attended photography courses at school of photography "Stereosis" in Thessaloniki and has been reporting since (Phasma- Thessaloniki - 2010, SOOC - 2013, DEPO Photo Agency Istanbul - 2015, ), mainly on breaking news and politics since 2008. Having collaborated with several international newswires. His pictures on the Greek crisis, European Politics and migration crisis have been widely published by the biggest national and international magazines, newspapers, journals and news outlets including fr
Awards Siena International Photo Awards, 3rd place in category Documentary - Photojournalism. (2019)
Honorable Mention in the 2019 Moscow International Photography Awards - MIFA in category Ed- itorial - General News. (2019)
Honorable Mention in Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Px3 Paris Photography Prize in cate- gory Press - Political. (2019)
3rd place and two honorable mentions in the 2020 Moscow International Photography Awards - MIFA in category Editorial - General News. (2020)
3rd place in category Press - Political and two honorable mentions in category Press / General News in Le Prix de la Photographie de Paris - Px3 Paris Photography Prize in category Press - Political. (2020 )
FEP Awards 2021 Distinction & Merit
Federation of European Professional Photographers. (2021)
1st place in category General News in Visions International Photo Awards - VIPA (2021)
