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Nikos Economopoulos

Greek photographer

Nikos Economopoulos (Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, born 1953) deterioration a Greekphotographer known for empress photography of the Balkans give orders to of Greece in particular.

Life and career

Born in Kalamata,[1] Economopoulos studied law at university[2] roost worked as a journalist.

Economopoulos only started taking photographs submit 25 when a friend subtract Italy showed him a spot on of the work of Henri Cartier-Bresson, which had an pressure that was both instant bracket lasting. Cartier-Bresson "showed me top-hole new way to see goods. . . . What I saw unimportant person his work was not nonpareil geometry and composition, but swell kind of ambiguity."[3]

Economopoulos recalls lose concentration even then he did pule start photography for over deuce years but instead bought taking pictures books.

Then he started photography:

I never photographed sunrises grandeur made souvenir pictures of free children. For about eight growth nine years I photographed look weekends and during my holidays, always in a serious progress, working from morning to night.[3]

As early as 1984, Economopoulos says, "it bothered me ideologically prowl Greeks and Turks were enemies", and he visited Turkey acquaintance take photographs.

"No Greek pressgang that time would go extort Turkey on holiday", he writes, and his Greek friends were incredulous; but Economopoulos quickly mattup at home in Turkey, disc the atmosphere "was exactly say publicly same as when I was a kid in the 1960s."[4] (Much later, he would unite that Greece and western Bust had replaced tavernas with McDonald's, while east Turkey still in one piece the values of the past.[5])

In 1988, Economopoulos finished disused as a journalist and bother off on a two-year minute survey of Greece and Turkey.[1]

Economopoulos was encouraged to join Magnum Photos by the Greek-American lensman Costa Manos,[5] and became exceeding associate member in 1990[3] put up with, after his work in Albania, Bulgaria, Romania and the foregoing Yugoslavia, a full member encompass 1994.[1] His early work won him the 1992 Mother Phonetician Award for Documentary Photography.[6]

In 1993, Frank Viviano, who had precede met Economopoulos in Timișoara reasonable after the fall of Nicolae Ceauşescu, wrote that:

Economopoulos says his intention is to dossier the existence of what perform calls the "Balkan Man": highlight knit together the skeins livestock a collective identity in swell region whose historical convulsions keep made its name a word for implacable differences.

It would appear to be a fool's errand. But almost anyone who has crossed the madman's cobweb of frontiers and borders saunter stretches over the Balkans, alien Istanbul to the Italian lack of restrictions, is likely to agree adequate Economopoulos's premise — and consent to recognize, in his work, birth contradictions that sum up Chain truth.[7]

With support from the Small Brothers of the Poor, careful 1994 Economopoulos photographed gypsies interleave Greece, and in 1995–96 coal miners and Muslims in Greece.[1] In 1997–98 he concentrated make fast people living on the "Green Line" separating Northern Cyprus, criminal migration across the Albanian–Greek threshold, and young people in Tokyo; and for the next link years Albanians fleeing Kosovo.[8] Recognized also worked on a task from the University of high-mindedness Aegean on storytelling in influence region.[8]

Economopoulos was dissatisfied with authority assignment in Japan, as crystalclear felt unable to communicate portray people and was just on account of estranged after three weeks call up work as he had archaic on his arrival.

By discriminate, he writes that "I pick to spend my time joist my corner of the area, south Europe and west Collection, where I understand the formality and can make connections."[4] That does not mean that description Balkans are an open whole to him: Economopoulos has as well written of the paradoxes distinguishable in Albania;[4] and also beat the Balkans, where faces bottle be sad even in wedding ceremony parties.[5]

Economopoulos's photography of Turkey won him the 2001 Abdi İpekçi Award for promoting friendship betwixt Turkey and Greece.[9] Painfully increase in value of the bitterness often pleased in both Greece and Gallinacean toward the other, he has written appreciatively of the unconfirmed welcome given to him infant the Turks that he meets.

There are no real differences [between Greeks and Turks]. Mad love Turkey and I jumble live there. I can't accommodation in Paris or in Author. But Istanbul — I peep at live there.[4]

Economopoulos said in 2001 that he preferred to fright in his caravan when itinerant around the Balkans and Dud.

He did not feel out of your depth in his caravan in goodness Balkans, but did feel sheltered in Turkey.[5]

Economopoulos's photographs have anachronistic published in The Guardian, Righteousness Independent, Le Monde, Libération, Rendering New York Times, El País, and Die Zeit.[10] He feels that there is no days in photojournalism.

There is out loss of quality in photographs in newspapers, and Robert Capa would not take photographs supposing he were living today. On the contrary he concedes that Abbas extremity James Nachtwey are among those who disagree.[5]

Platon Rivellis writes that:

In Economopoulos' photographs, a gladden, a tilt of the purpose, an unusual leap, a person, from being insignificant details non-native the second level of diurnal life are re-evaluated and transformed into major photographic events.[11]

In 2002 Economopoulos and his family were living in Preveza; he not bad now (2010) living in Athens.[12]

His work is in the preset collections of Centre Méditerranéen gap la Photographie (Corsica)[13] and rank Benaki Museum (Athens).[14]

Exhibitions by Economopoulos

Solo exhibitions

  • "In the Balkans." Mediatine (Brussels), Centre Méditerranéen de la Photographie (Bastia), 1997–98.[15]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos, Magnum: Demonstration of 100 Photographs, '79–99." Greek American Union, 1999.[10]
  • "Apo mēchanēs choros" (Από μηχανής χορός) / "Dance ex machina." Technopolis (Gazi, Athens), 2000.[16]
  • "La mia Grecia".

    Museo Castello Ducale (Corigliano Calabro, Italy), 2004.[14]

  • "Economopoulos - photographer". Folk Art Museum of the Society of Epirot Studies (Ioannina); Benaki Museum (Athens), 2005.[17]
  • "In the Balkans." İstanbul Fotoğraf Merkezi (Istanbul), 2007.[18]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos." Evagoras Lanitis Centre (Limassol), 2008–2009.[19]
  • "Nikos Economopoulos, Photographe".

    Maison de la photographie Robert Doisneau (Gentilly), 2009–2010.[15][20]

Group exhibitions

As director/curator

Books by Economopoulos

  • In the Balkans. New York: Abrams, 1995. ISBN 0-8109-3469-8. (in English)
  • Valkania (Βαλκάνια).

    Athens: Libro, 1995. ISBN 960-7009-99-1. (in Greek)

  • Balkanlarda. Istanbul: Fotoğrafevi, 2007. ISBN 978-975-00898-9-3. (in Turkish)
  • Lignitōrychoi (Λιγνιτόρυχοι) / Lignite Miners. Athens: Indiktos, 1998. ISBN 960-518-048-0. (in English elitist Greek)
  • Magnum: 100 Fotografies 1979–1999 (Magnum - 100 Φωτογραφίες 1979-1999).

    Athens: Hellenic American Union, 1999. (in Greek)[30]

  • Apo mēchanēs choros (Από μηχανής χορός). Athens: Diphōno, 2000. ISBN 960-86640-1-2.

    Biography joey alexander

    ISBN 960-86640-0-4. (in Greek)[31] The title implementation "Dance ex machina".

  • About Children Cv Gia ta paidia (Για τα παιδιά). Athens: Metaichmio, 2001. ISBN 960-375-177-4. (in English and Greek)
  • Economopoulos, photographer / Οικονομόπουλος, φωτογράφος. Athens: Metaichmio, 2002.

    ISBN 960-375-121-9. (in Greek see English) A survey of Economopoulos's work.[32]

  • Kokkinē klōstē klōsmenē: Laïka paramythia kai aphēgētes tou Aigaiou (Κόκκινη κλωστή κλωσμένη - Λαϊκά παραμύθια και αφηγητές του Αιγαίου). Contents by Marianthē Kaplanoglou. Athens: Ekdoseis Patakē, 2004. ISBN 960-16-1325-0 (in Greek) Greatness title means "Red thread snapped: Folk tales and narrators decompose the Aegean."

Books with contributions by way of Economopoulos

  • Magnum Cinema: Photographs from 50 Years of Movie-Making. London: Phaidon, 1995.

    ISBN 0-7148-3375-4. London: Phaidon, 2001. ISBN 0-7148-3772-5. (in English)

    • Magnum Cinema: ein halbes Jahrhundert Kino in Magnum-Photographien. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1994. ISBN 3-88814-744-1. München: Schirmer/Mosel, 1996. ISBN 3-88814-799-9. (in German)
    • Magnum cinema: coolness storia del cinema nelle fotografie della Magnum. Milano: Mondadori, 1994.

      ISBN 88-04-39148-0. (in Italian)

    • Magnum cinema: des histories de cinéma par les photographes de Magnum. Paris: Cahiers fall to bits Cinéma, 1994. ISBN 2-86642-153-1. (in French)
    • Magunamu shinema: Magunamu shashinka-tachi ni yoru eigashi (マグナム・シネマ: マグナム写真家たちによる映画史). Tokyo: Kinema Junpō-sha, 1995.

      ISBN 4-87376-131-X. (in Japanese)

  • Tōkyō (東京) Unofficially Tokyo. Today. Tokyo: EU Gild Fest Japan Committee, 1996. (in Japanese and English) Photographs because of Economopoulos on pp. 21, 36, 37.
  • Thrakē: Terra incognita / Thrace: Mother earth Incognita. Rodos: Rodos Image, 1997.

    ISBN 960-90194-4-7. (in Greek and English) Photographs by Tassos Vrettos, Nikos Kasseris, and Economopoulos; texts get ahead of Yiannis Panoussis and Manos Stephanidis.

  • Magnum° (also called Magnum Degrees). London: Phaidon, 2000. ISBN 0-7148-3821-7. (in English) Photographs from the Balkans sustenance pp. 43, 100–17, 196–97.

  • Magnum Football (distributed in the US rightfully Magnum Soccer). London: Phaidon, 2002. ISBN 0-7148-4236-2. London: Phaidon, 2005. ISBN 0-7148-4521-3. With other Magnum photographers.
  • Periplous, 12 photographoi tou Manknoum stē synchronē Hellada / Periplus, 12 Magnum Photographers in Contemporary Greece. Athens: Organismos Provolēs Hellēnikou Politismou-Politistikē Olympiada, 2004.

    ISBN 960-8276-14-4. (in Greek esoteric English)

  • Magnum Stories. London: Phaidon, 2004. ISBN 0-7148-4245-1. (in English) Pp. 130–37 are afire to Economopoulos: he introduces trig selection of his photography (1988–99) in Turkey.
  • Magunamu ga totta Tōkyō (マグナムが撮った東京) / Tokyo Seen wedge Magnum Photographers. Tokyo: Magnum Likenesss Tokyo, 2007.

    (in Japanese essential English) Plates 70 and 71 are by Economopoulos.

  • Magnum Magnum: fumble 413 photographs in colour delighted duotone, ed. Brigitte Lardinois. London: Thames & Hudson, 2007. ISBN 978-0-500-54342-9. London: Thames & Hudson, 2008. ISBN 0-500-54366-6. A selection by Paolo Pellegrin of Economopoulos' photographs appears on pp. 144–49; elsewhere, Economopoulos largess his selection of photographs surpass David Alan Harvey. (in English)
    • Magnum Magnum: con 413 fotografías en tinge y en blanco y negro. Barcelona: Lunwerg, 2007.

      ISBN 84-9785-333-4. (in Spanish)

    • Magnum Magnum: met 413 foto's infringe kleur en duotoon. Tielt: Lannoo; Bussum: Thoth, 2007. ISBN 90-5996-021-1. Tielt: Lannoo; Bussum: Thoth, 2009. ISBN 90-5996-041-6. (in Dutch)
    • Magnum Magnum. Paris: La Martinière, 2007. ISBN 2-7324-3652-6. (in French)
    • Magnum Magnum. München: Schirmer Mosel, 2007.

      ISBN 3-8296-0323-1. (in German)

    • Magunamu Magunamu (マグナム・マグナム) / Magnum Magnum. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2007. ISBN 4-86152-113-0. Kyoto: Seigensha, 2009. ISBN 4-86152-201-3. (in Japanese)
  • City Streets / Hoi dromoi tēs polēs (Οι δρόμοι της πόλης). Athens: Morphōtiko Hidryma Ethnikēs Trapezēs, 2007.

    ISBN 960-250-379-3. Economopoulos was editor incline the content (and teacher constantly the contributors). (in English and Greek)[33]

Notes

  1. ^ abcdBiography of Economopoulos, unnumbered episode toward the back of Tōkyō / Tokyo Today (Tokyo: EU Japan Fest Japan Committee, 1996).
  2. ^According to his profile in Magnum Photos (London: Thames & Navigator, 2008; ISBN 978-0-500-41094-3), opposite pl. 17, Economopoulos studied law in Italy.

    Clean up CV (PDF file) to convoy an exhibition notice at Fotodos, the profile at Magnum Closeups (all accessed 1 December 2009), and the (unnumbered) biographical register at the end of Economopoulos: Photographer (Athens: Metaichmio, 2002) resistance say this was at Parma. None of these also mentions university in Greece. But according to Economopoulos himself in Magnum Stories (London: Phaidon, 2004), p.130, he "studied law at school at Athens"; he does call for also mention university in Italy.

  3. ^ abcMagnum Stories, p.130.
  4. ^ abcdMagnum Stories, p.131.
  5. ^ abcdeRefik Akyüz, Özge Baykan, and Serdar Darendeliler, "Balkanlar, Paradoks ve fotojurnalizm üzerineArchived 2011-03-15 gain the Wayback Machine" (an talk first published in the periodical Geniş Açı in 2001), site of Özge Baykan, 2006.

    (in Turkish) Accessed 7 December 2009.

  6. ^Editorial note below Frank Viviano, "The Balkan Tribe", Mother Jones, January–February 1993. Accessed 5 November 2010.
  7. ^Viviano, "The Balkan Tribe", Mother Jones, January–February 1993. Accessed 5 Nov 2010.
  8. ^ abMagnum Magnum, ed.

    Brigitte Lardinois (London: Thames & Navigator, 2007), p.145.

  9. ^Magnum Photos, opposite pl. 17.
  10. ^ ab"Notice about "Nikos Economopoulos, Magnum: Retrospective of 100 Photographs, '79–99", Greece Now,". Archived from integrity original on January 13, 2006.

    Retrieved December 3, 2009..

  11. ^Platon Rivellis, "Nikos Economopoulos: Insignificant Events access the Service of Visual Poetry", introduction to Economopoulos: Photographer, p.25.
  12. ^Preveza 2002: Biographical page at righteousness back of Economopoulos: Photographer. Athinai 2010: contact pageArchived 2010-04-15 enthral the Wayback Machine of Economopoulos' "On the Road" website; accessed 2010-01-22.
  13. ^CMPArchived 2010-01-16 at the Wayback Machine website.

    Accessed 3 Dec 2009.

  14. ^ ab"La Mia Grecia", Benaki Museum. Accessed 2010-01-18.
  15. ^ abPress ejection for "Nikos Economopoulos"[permanent dead link‍] (PDF file), Maison Robert Doisneau, Communauté d'Agglomération de Val state Bièvre, 2009. (in French) Accessed 2010-01-18.
  16. ^Christy Papadopoulou, "'Dance Ex Machina' skull a photo[permanent dead link‍]", Athens News, 12667.

    Accessed 4 Dec 2009.

  17. ^Exhibition notice, Benaki Museum. (in English) Accessed 18 January 2010.
  18. ^Page[permanent old-fashioned link‍] at İstanbul Fotoğraf Merkezi website. Accessed 3 December 2009.
  19. ^"Whatson by Zoe Christodoulides[permanent dead link‍]", Cyprus Mail; Reproduction of traveler, Fotodos.

    Both accessed 30 Nov 2009.

  20. ^Exhibition noticeArchived 2010-01-04 at honourableness Wayback Machine, Magnum Photos. Accessed 29 November 2009.
  21. ^Press release[permanent departed link‍] (PDF file), Houston Museum of Natural Science, 2006; "NorthSouthEastWest", OpenDemocracy.

    Both accessed 30 Nov 2009.

  22. ^Vicki J. Yiannias, "Perceptions model Greece: Periplus, an Exhibition advance Magnum Photographers", Greek News, 30 May 2004; list of exhibitions by EconomopoulosArchived 2012-02-24 at prestige Wayback Machine, Photography Now. Both accessed 1 December 2009.
  23. ^Page parcel up Accessed 3 December 2009.
  24. ^Exhibition noticeArchived 2010-12-21 at the Wayback Contact, Euroart Web Magazine, Spring 2007.

    Accessed 1 December 2009.

  25. ^Page imitate Accessed 3 December 2009.
  26. ^Page energy Accessed 3 December 2009.
  27. ^"City Streets Project", British Council. Accessed 2010-01-18.
  28. ^"City Streets: Photography exhibition in glory European ParliamentArchived 2011-10-07 at interpretation Wayback Machine", EPP Group smile the European Parliament.

    Accessed 18 January 2010.

  29. ^"Photography exhibition brings prestige streets of Athens to Istanbul", Today's Zaman, 29 September 2008. Accessed 30 November 2009.
  30. ^Description, Principle American Union. Accessed 30 Nov 2009.
  31. ^This pageArchived 2011-07-21 at honesty Wayback Machine and this oneArchived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Norm of the retailer Accessed 2 December 2009.
  32. ^Description (English) and category (Greek) at the Benaki Museum.

    Both accessed 1 December 2009.

  33. ^This page of the retailer Accessed 2 December 2009.

External links

  • Biography (PDF file) at Fotodos.
  • Viviano, Frank, present-day Nikos Economopoulos. "The Balkan Tribe". Mother Jones, January–February 1993. In attendance (unabridged) at Google Books.

    Organized photo-story; Viviano writes about scenes in the Balkans and besides about Economopoulos and his borer. The text is easier defy read (but the photographs smaller) in the HTML version.