BIO
My name is Makis Makris. I was born and have been residing in Kavala, Greece.
I studied “Greek Civilization and Culture” alongside Graphic Arts on “Interior Decoration”.
My first steps into photography were in 2009, when i attended a photographic seminar which organized by the Photoclub of Kavala, of which i am an active member until now.
From January 2017 i also am a member of the BULB Photo Collective (Bucharest Urban League of photographers for the Balkans), which is based in Bucharest, Romania.
Education
-Bachelor Degree in Studies in «Greek Civilization and Culture», Hellenic Open University"
-Graphic Arts on “Interior Decoration”
-One-year Course in Photography, Photoclub of Kavala
Awards
-Portfolio Contest Parallel Voices 2021/ Photometria International Photography Festival, Ioannina, Greece
-PEP’s Photographic Exploration Project, «NEW TALENTS 2020» Berlin, Germany
-Honorable Mention in the "Street Photography" category at Siena International Photo Awards 2020, Italy
-Photometria Awards / International Photography Festival 2019 «I have a Dream», Ioannina, Greece
-Finalist of the Miami Street Photography Festival 2018, USA
-Finalist at Exibart Street, 2018 - Street Photography Contest, Italy
-Life Framer, “Street Life” Editors’ Pick, 2018
Exhibitions
2020 - Photographic Exploration Project exhibition «NEW TALENTS 2020», B-Part Exhibition Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2020 - International Photo Awards 2021, Siena, Italy
2020 - International group exhibition "ISOLATION. LIVING ONESELF", LoosenArt Mag/Gellery, Rome, Italy
2019 - Solo photo exhibition at Space Place Gallery, Nizhny Tagil, Russia
2019 - Xposure International Photography Festival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2019 - Photometria Awards | International Photography Festival, Ioannina, Greece
2019 - Street Photo Milano/ International Street Photography Festival, Milan, Italy
2018 - Photoclubkavala group exhibition, Municipal Tobacco Warehouse, Kavala, Greece
2018- Miami Street Photography Festival, Miami, USA
2018- MoPP- Months of photography Paphos, THE WALL 2018 open air exhibition, Paphos, Cyprus
2018-Photo Synthesis, group exhibition Bulb Collective, Sofia, Bulgaria
2017- London Photo Festival, The Retro Wall, London, England
2014 - Photoclubkavala group exhibition, Municipal Tobacco Warehouse, Kavala, Greece
2014 - Photoclubkavala group exhibition, PHOTOFESTIVALMES, Mesologgi, Greece
2013 - Photoclubkavala group exhibition- Theatrical Photography, Theater Antigone Valakou, Kavala, Greece
2012 - Photoclubkavala group exhibition, Kavala Mall, Kavala, Greece
Features/ Magazines/ Interviews
-Fisheye Magazine, Interview- Presentation "Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
-Phases Magazine, "Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
-Seen Magazine,"Intimateness" series
-Discarded Magazine,"Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
-Fotodemic,"Down in the Mouth" series
-CTypemag Volume 3, "Apples and Oranges'' series
-Fotonica,"Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
-CTypeMag,"Apples and Oranges'' series
-Life Framer, "Intimateness" series
-Sarab Collective Magazine, "Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
-EXP. 21-International Festival on Experimental Photography, Chimera
-Bulb Collective, Photo Stories
-Eye-Photo, Issue #09, September 2018
-Aeonian Magazine, The issue No.2
-Luminous Eye Zine, "Intimateness" series
-Eyeshot Magazine, Issue "The Mirror" Paper edition.
-Eyeshot Magazine, "Essence of Moments" series
-Kiosk of Democracy,"Intimateness" series
-Life Is Street, "Essence of Moments" series
-IFocus Magazine, "Intimateness" series
-Photographic Mercadillo, Photo presentation
-Photologio Magazine, Interview
-Photologio Magazine, "Odysseus' Clepsydra" series
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