Artists
Androniki Christodoulou
Greece
SMILE
50×50cm
photographic print in a frame
ANDRONIKI CHRISTODOULOU
PHOTOGRAPHER
1968 Born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Based in Japan since the end of 2004
Working mainly for international magazines and newspapers.
STUDIES:
“BA on Photography” at T.E.I. (Technological Educational Institute of Athens). Faculty of Art and Design department of Photography. Athens, Greece.
“Postgraduate Diploma on Photojournalism” at the London College of Printing (now called London College of Comunication). London, U.K.
WORK:
1995
Started working freelance, mainly as a documentary and portrait photographer.
2004
Worked as an accredited photographer for the organization of the Olympic Games ATHENS 2004, Athens Olympic Committee (ATHOC), photographing the Torch Relay and the Olympic Games in Greece.
Based in Tokyo since December 2004, working free lance for international magazines and newspapers such as The Independent, The Telegraph ,The Times and The Guardian UK newspapers, The Irish Times Irish newspaper, Der Volkskrant Dutch newspaper, Eleftherotypia and Kathimerini Greek newspapers, The South China Morning Post Hong Kong newspaper, Kapa and Epsilon Greek magazines, The Independent on Sunday UK magazine, Businessweek US, Nouvele Observateur French magazine, Marie Claire Australia, TRANSIT Japanese magazine, and several other publications
Represented internationally by the New York based photo agency Aurora Select (section of Aurora Photos) in Germany by the photo agency FOCUS and is a member of the photographers’ collective SHA-DO that is based in Tokyo.
EXHIBITIONS:
Solo:
2009
OTAKU ROOMS Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
2007
TOKYO FETISH Gallery FCB New York, USA.
MY TOKYO The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
1998
ANASTENARIA (or firewalkers) “Alaja Imaret”, during the PHOTOSYNKYRIA 10+1 photo festival. Thessaloniki. Greece
1994
EYES “Mirovolos”. Thessaloniki. Greece
Group:
2009
YABUSAME, KAMAGASAKI & OTAKU ROOMS – (awarded pictures) at The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand.
2008-9
TOKYO YOUTH SHADO photographers’ collective exhibition at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. Tokyo, Japan
2004
ATHENS 2004 Two of my photos of life in Athens were part of the exhibition organized by the “Athens Olympics 2004” in the city of Athens, covering the front of several buildings in the center of Athens. Athens, Greece
2003
SUBWAYS Photos in the Athens, Tokyo and
London metro “THE SPIRIT OF GLOBALIZATION”. International exibition at the “Photography center of Skopelos island”, Skopelos, Greece.
2002
BEYOND THE DARKNESS – Blind National Greek Football team (as part of the FOOTBALLISSIMO group exhibition) “Spitz Gallery”, London, U.K.
2001
PALESTINE (as part of an exhibition organized by The Sunday Times for photojournalists who were finalists in the “Ian Parry Scholarship” photographic
competition) “Tom Blau Gallery”, London. U.K.
2001
LIFE ON THE EDGE Women of the Intifada “London College of Printing”, London. U.K.
KISS 9 “Gallery K”, London. U.K.
1999
AVEBURY “Art House”, Thessaloniki. Greece
1996
ANASTENARIA (fragment) “The Friday Play”. Athens. Greece
1996
RYTHMIK GYMNASTICS TRAINNING during the “rhythmic gymnastic games of Kalamata”.Kalamata. Greece
1994
EYES (fragment) “Moshato old factory”. Athens. Greece
AWARDS:
2009
PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR award from the photography contest of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Thailand
BOOKS:
2008
Cover photo for Hans Van Der lugt’s Geketende democratie book published by Prometheus publishing in Holland.
2004
Photos from the OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY published in a book about the International Torch Relay of the Athens Olympics 2004.
Photos from ATHENS, published in a book about Athens as part of the publications of the Athens Olympics 2004.
2002
Part of my work is published in a book on GREEK PHOTOJOURNALISTS Greece.
CD-COVER:
2007
Cover photo for the music CD THE RIVER AND THE FENCE of the band KEENE, released by the Greek record label Poeta Negra.