SYRIA

• Prize
• Photographer
  Giorgos Moutafis, Greece
• Studio
  Giorgos Moutafis
• Website
  http://www.giorgos-moutafis.com

The Syrian revolution began gradually,a protest in Damascus( "Day
of Rage" on March 15, 2011) the detention of teenage anti-regime
graffitists in Daraa, and the subsequent mass rally for their release
that led to a strong military reaction happened over just a few
days and slowly sparked protests across the country with still no
clear end in sight. More than 80,000 people have been killed in
Syria's conflict years since the revolution began, the Assad regime
may still be in power but Syrian society has transformed
dramatically.

• Biography
  Giorgos born in Athens - Greece (1977) had his first encounter with photography at the 18+ Photography Team in 2006 and graduated from the Focus School of Art Photography in 2007. Today, based in Athens, he works as a photojournalist for some of the most renowned Greek magazines. His work has been published in Newsweek,Time, New Yorker,Foto8, Panorama, Die Zeit, Der Spiegel,Guardian,International Herald Tribune ,The New York Times,Courrier International. In 2009 he got the first prize in the Young Greek Photographers Contest and he was the finalist in Luis Valtuena Humanitarian competition. In the same year, he was also nominated for the Joop Swart Master Class. In 2010, he won the 1st prize in the Vilnius Photo Festival. His work has been presented in the Lodz Photo Festival, in the Photography Days Istanbul and in the Humankind - New York Photo Festival. Giorgos has worked in Libya,Kosovo, Gaza Strip, Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia,South Sudan and Haiti