Zisis Kardianos
Zisis Kardianos (b. 1962, Zakynthos) I have been active as a street and social documentary photographer since 1985, working independently on self-assigned projects which were later published in various national and international magazines, self-published books and have been exhibited in Greece and abroad. I have studied Sociology in Athens where I also followed a two-year course in photography. I look for subjects and inspiration, moving as a curious observer in the public sphere. My field of interest is in the social landscape, urban landscape and human behavior within them.
Street photography occupies only a portion of my photographic preoccupations but it is the kind with which I feel most emotionally connected and dare I say the one that I seem to be at my most effortless and relaxed. I like to think of street photography, when at its best, as a magical convergence of chance and observation within the expanded sphere of the ordinary. That seems to encapsulate the essence of street photography for me.
I’m a founding member of the international photography collective “Burn My Eye” and a contributing photographer in “Millennium Images” photo agency. Solo exhibitions include among others the “Athens Photo Festival” in 2012 and the “Fine Art Photo Festival in Bielsko Biala – Polland” in 2017. The titles of the books I’ve published are “A sense of place” in 2012 and “In Limbo” in 2017 which was later republished by Trieste Photo Festival as the recipient of the book award in 2018. I have taught street photography workshops in Kopenhagen, Brussels and Athens and I’m always open to invitations when the opportunity presents itself.
