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The Guitarist Protester

  • Prize
    Bronze in Press/General News
  • Photographer
    Aggelos Barai, Greece
  • Studio
    Kathimerini Newspaper
  • Instagram

Amid clashes outside the Greek Parliament, young musician Alex chooses to respond with melody. The photo was taken in Syntagma Square, central Athens, during a gathering marking two years since the Tempi tragedy — a deadly train crash in February 2023 that claimed the lives of 57 people, most of them young.

Aggelos Barai is an Albanian photojournalist based in Athens, Greece. His interest focuses mainly on social issues, human rights and immigration.

He is also working for magazines and newspapers such as Vice, Lifo Mag, Solomon Mag and the photographic agencies Associated Press, Getty Images, Sooc.

His work has been also published at The Guardian, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Independent, Der Spiegel, Telegraph, CNN, Al Jazeera, El Pais, Kathimerini etc.

Aggelos is a member of the Foreign Press Association and Ambassador of FujiFilm in Greece.

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