PERCEPTION versusReality

Friday, May 4th | 7 pm to 9 pmShort Night: An evening of short films*Screening of finalists from our 48-hour short film contestThe Mother of All Cities – Submitted by Alexis ThanassekosI Found You – Submitted by Marina Constantinou#Pseudocracy – Submitted by Philippos BalabanosWhite & Blue – Submitted by Stelios TatakisStripes – Submitted by Yvoni LadaFifth Avenue – Submitted by Anthoula KatsimatidesO Tharraleos (The Courageous One) – Submitted by Demetri DouzenisVariance – Submitted by Sarrah Adamopoulou

*Screening of “The Foreigner”: A short film directed by UCLA Graduate studentAlethea Avramis, shot on location in Greece as part of her MFA thesis film project andsupported by the Greek America Foundation*Screening of “Light Blue and Orange” & Director’s talk: The first film directed by Ste-fanos Sitaras when he was 13 years old. It won over a dozen awards and accoladesat film festivals globally. He will be on hand to talk about his film*.

*The appearance of Stefanos Sitaras from Athens, Greece is made possible by a gen-erous grant from Mr. Manos Petrellis

WHERE: Jackman Hall Theater | Art Gallery of Ontario | 317 Dundas Street West

Saturday, May 5th | 5 pm to 7 pmFoto Exhibit Opening Night*Exhibition and opening reception*Featured photographer and special guest Constantine Manos (Magnum). *Tribute to Chris Hondros (Getty Images)

*Greek wines provided by the Kolonaki Group (Steve Kriaris). Food by Chris Kalisperas,Executive Chef of Brassaii Restaurant

WHERE: The Burroughes Building | 639 Queen Street West

Sunday, May 6th | 1 pm to 3pmD-Day (Documentary, that is) *Screening and talk of “Krisis”: featuring the acclaimed Greek documentary and pres-entation by filmmakers Nikos Katsaounis and Nina Maria Paschalidou.

WHERE: Jackman Hall Theater | Art Gallery of Ontario | 317 Dundas Street West

*The appearance of Katsaounis and Paschalidou from Athens, Greece is made possi-ble by a generous grant from Dr. Marie Bountrogianni & family

Opening Weekend Schedule

PUBLIC: CELEBRATING STILL AND MOVING PICTURES

This year, the call for submissions to photographers for Greek Film and Foto Week askedto consider understanding reality through perception, taking as a starting the idea of'the image' from Plato's The Allegory of the Cave.

In the story, the Ancient Greek philosopher describes a situation where prisoners arechained to a wall in a cave, unable to turn their heads and look around. A fire burnscasting shadows of puppets that a puppeteer is holding in front of the flames. The pris-oners see only the shadows cast by the puppets, never the objects creating these im-ages. Their understanding of form and reality is based on what they see and hear.

This year the CONTACT Festival investigates public, and social and political issuesshaped by experiences of 'publicness'. The thoughtful selection of exhibitions, installa-tions and events builds a Festival that "highlights how photography shapes collectiveexperience and makes things public" – a celebration of the medium that is proven tobe able to influence our collective identity.

Exhibit Theme

Exhibition Schedule

May 6-12, 2012Exhibition Open to the General Public

Sunday, May 6, 201211 am to 6 pm

Monday, May 7 through Friday May 11, 201210 am to 6 pm

Saturday, May 1210 am to 12 pm

WHERE: The Burroughes Building | 639 Queen Street West

Maria Kanellopoulos received a BDes from the Ontario College of Art and Design.She has worked as an Exhibitions Coordinator since 2009.

Her experience includes mounting and touring exhibitions, and hosting program-ming events including film screenings, musical and theatre performances, and ed-ucational tours workshops.

Exhibition Curators

After an eight year career in marketing Voula Monoholias left the corporate worldto pursue her passions for photography, travel and people.

Her desire to photograph street life in cities around the world is the focus of herpractice: "I have a lot of love and intrigue for city life; how and where citizens live,their daily rituals, and interactions with each other in the public space. My photoscapture the human side and emotion of a city. It’s a visceral experience and onethat I share through photography. The street is life."

Greek Film & Foto Week 2012 brings together work by over 20 contemporary artistsof Hellenic heritage to celebrate the still and moving image.

Presented in the historic revival Burroughes Building during CONTACT, GFFW 2012is the Foundation's second annual public exhibition of artists working in a photo-based medium.

The Film presentation introduces acclaimed shorts and the feature documentaryKrisis, a 62-minute feature documentary addressing the economic crisis in Greece.

The Foto component features photographers who consider the camera image asmediator of public reality – the selection of work celebrates heritage, personalidentity, international landscapes, and stories of Greece.

Featuring prints by acclaimed Magnum Photographer Constantine Manos, and aspecial tribute to photojournalist Chris Hondros (1970-2011), works include con-ceptual projects, photojournalism, street photography and iPhoneography.

This year CONTACT Festival investigates social and political issues shaped by ex-periences of 'publicness'. Our hope is that the selection of work presents storiesintending to promote discussion about our role as public citizens.

Raised in a Greek household with strong connections to Greece, our upbringinghas been largely influenced by a lifetime of exposure to Greek culture, education,tradition and many experiences and memories.

Today as we see Greece fight through di!cult times, we are consumed with con-flicting messages of the idyllic country that many know and love. We aim to re-mind the world of the positive impact from Greece and its citizens, and continueto explore new ideas to contribute in positive, creative ways.

This exhibition is presented by the Greek America Foundation, along with Lee Poly-dor and The Burroughes Building. Thank you to Getty Images, Gregory Pappasand Despina Kreatsoulas for making this possible.

Special thanks to all photographers.

Maria Kanellopoulos, Curator

Voula Monoholias, Curator

In honor of Chris Hondros, Senior Getty Images Photographer (1970-2011)

Curatorial Statement

The Greek America Foundation is a non-profit organization that I founded in 1997with a mission to "promote, preserve and perpetuate the Greek culture, historyand heritage in the Americas."

With a series of publications, programs, concerts, special events and institutionalendeavors, the Foundation seeks to bring elements of Greek culture, history andheritage—also known as Hellenism—to the forefront of mainstream America, mak-ing it a relevant component of our followers' everyday life.

Our goal from the beginning has been to break stereotypes, not plates.

The ideals we espouse as an organization are central to our DNA as Greeks. Theyare core components of our heritage like innovation (kainotomia), paideia, andphilanthropia—things we often take for granted as we allow baklava and Zorba toovercome our psyche and define our character.

The Hellenic Legacy Scholarship fund sends students to Greece for full-semesterstudy abroad experiences at US-accredited academic institutions and our intern-ship program o"ers life-changing experiences to students to live and work abroadfor an entire summer, simultaneously expanding their professional networks andopportunities for personal growth. Paideia and personal growth for the youngpeople of our community is core to our mission.

The Gabby Awards (Greek America’s Best and Brightest Stars) have become oursignature event that celebrates arête (excellence) and honors individuals who havetouched their industries and those around them.

Our Forty Under 40 awards recognize young leaders from throughout NorthAmerica who not only strive for excellence in all they do, but who serve their com-munities through emphasis on philanthropy and community service.

Our National Innovation Conference is an international gathering of opinion lead-ers, business people and innovators who, together with an audience of like-

From Gregory C. PappasFounder & ChairmanGreek America Foundation

minded people, create a modern day Athenian agora where ideas are exchanged.

The Foundation also publishes Greek America Magazine, the continent’s mostwidely circulated periodical for followers of all things Greek. The magazine is pub-lished four times a year and features a diverse range of stories consistent with themission of the Foundation, as well as news and announcements for the Founda-tion's donors and supporters.

We have received broad support by thousands of donors, supporters and thosewho share our vision throughout North America, making the Greek America Foun-dation one of the most progressive and active organizations on the continent.

This festival—now in its second year and growing, was the brainchild of a founda-tion supporter from Toronto: Lee Polydor, whose vision and support have enabledthe growth of Greek Film & Foto Week into a major cultural institution. None ofthis would be possible without his personal vision and support, as well as that ofhis company, Queen Street Partners.

Furthermore, without the additional support from Dr. Marie Bountrogianni and herfamily and Manos Petrellis, this dynamic series of events that complement theweekend could not have been possible.

We are thrilled with the new relationship we are forming with the Hellenic HeritageFoundation, who are also financial sponsors of our e"orts and important partnersin what we strive to accomplish.

Finally, the people of the Greek America Foundation who donate their talents andtime to our cause is what di"erentiates us from everyone else. We have an armyof dedicated people who support this vision, including Toronto natives VoulaMonoholias and Maria Kanellopoulos who have meticulously curated this show.They have spent endless time selecting, writing, corresponding with artists andensuring that Greek Film & Foto Week is a world-class exhibition.

O KritikosTom 'ThanaZ' Avramis

A first generation Greek-American, born in Tucson, AZ, Athanasios Avramis (akaThanaZ) grew up in a traditional Greek-American community retaining strongGreek values. ThanaZ proudly holds strong nostalgia for his childhood, arising fromhis strong Greek upbringing. Avramis describes his Cretan Sfakian / roots as con-tributing to the perfect merging of warrior/poet, and are a strong influence in hisartistic practice.

Coming from a lineage of priests, Avramis was ordained an Orthodox priest in hismid-twenties. Believing he has more potential to give to his community as a layperson, he now works in the social services non-profit sector, giving back to soci-ety and the most vulnerable of persons. His love of photography is his focal point,his anchor, and refuge.

Avramis takes thousands of images of his favorite subjects: Greeceand people whose eyes reflect the depth of Hellenic history andheritage: "My two passions when I peer through a camera lens.”

Avramis now calls the San Francisco Bay Area his home.

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© Tom Avramis 2011

Maldives #4. From the series Maldives LightElena Balkos

Elena Balkos has been capturing images for 15 years. She states: "I see the worldthrough a viewfinder. When exploring far out places, I am never without camera.Di"erent cultures and di"erent places excite me. Perspective is everything. Withthis in mind, I set out to capture the commonplace, the unusual and everything inbetween."

Elena lives and works out of Toronto, and is a lawyer by trade.

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© Elena Balkos 2011

Maldives LightSERIES:

Minds PrecipiceJanelle Magdalene Burch

"When she closes her eyes, her mind is flooded with abstract fractals, flowing intoand out of each sequence – wild ideas she could never hope to capture, scintil-lating scenes impossible to recreate." Janelle Burch invests her energy into focusingon the more quiet moments in life: subtle romance inherent in stillness. She is anemerging photographer working in wedding and fine art photography with a back-ground in literature and photography.

Janelle's origins lie in Lesvos, Greece - the birthplace of Sappho.

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© Janelle Burch

Soldier BugKaterina Chronopoulos

Katerina Chronopoulos graduated from the Ontario College of Art and Design Uni-versity in 2006. She pursued a career in the Advertising Industry and was hired onas an art director and designer at Gee Jeo!rey and Partners. Afterwards, she trav-eled to Bermuda for career opportunities while also exploring the island as a Pho-tographer. Inspired by her trip, she returned to Toronto eager to continue herawoken passion of photography in her own city. She quickly met opportunities,including working with JPC Post Studios to organize a Fashion Photo Shoot event,which included three distinct models wearing clothing and accessories providedby Fashion Crimes and fiveoseven.

Katerina was also the sports photographer for indoor soccer league USIL for thewinter season. Her artistic interests primarily include Toronto scenes and thebeauty of nature. She was proud to have been an artist amongstthe GAF's first group exhibition of Greek Foto Week during CON-TACT 2011.

Currently, Katerina exhibits her work in artists galleries, various Star-bucks locations across the GTA and most recent in Madfactory Bou-tique & Salon.

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© Katerina Chronopoulos 2010

UntitledIrene Dongas

Irene Dongas is an artist born and currently residing in Toronto, Canada. She at-tended the Toronto School of Art and a graduate of the University of Toronto un-dergraduate Visual Studies program with a focus on painting, photography, andinteractive media.

This is her first public exhibition outside of the academic field. Her influences in-clude 15th and 16th century European portraiture, classical comedies, contempo-rary satire. Having pursued various careers outside her artistic practice, she iscurrently returning to painting and photography, working on her thesis that looksat the interaction between architectural spaces and the personal, spiritual connec-tions with the bodies that occupy them.

For more information, feel free to contact via email at irenedongas@gmail.com.

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© Irene Dongas

Battleship GreyConstantina 'Koko' Exarhos

Constantina Exarhos is a 1st Generation Greek Canadian. It defines who she is per-sonally and professionally, having strong community ties both Greek and other-wise. Koko studied film and photography in College, and received her BA fromConcordia in Human Relations, exploring the human element of socialization, cor-porate attitudes and organizational development.

With her iPhoneography now on Greeting Cards, Koko draws inspiration from theability to Give. Her company, 3 GRACES GALLERY is the culmination of her yearsexperience, values and hopes for a meaningful existence.

Koko lives and works in Montreal, QC.

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© Constantina 'Koko' Exahros 2011

Section ClosedNiko J. Kallianiotis

Niko Kallianiotis was born in Kozani, Greece, in 1973. In 1997 he moved to theUnited States where he studied photography at Luzerne County Community Col-lege and Marywood University. He started his career as a newspaper photographer,first as a freelance photographer at The Times Leader, in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and thenas a sta! photographer at The Coshocton Tribune in Coshocton Ohio, and thenat The Watertown Daily Times in Watertown New York, near the border withCanada.

After leaving the newspaper business he continued to be an editorial freelancephotographer. He is currently enrolled in the Photography, Video, and RelatedMedia M.F.A. program at the School of Visual Arts in New York, and a freelancephotographer for The New York Times.

He currently works on a documentary project about Astoria, theGreek community and investigates the diversity of this unique place,once the center of Hellenism in North America. Another ongoingproject is street life in America in relation to street life in Greece.

Niko lives and works in New York City.

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© Niko J. Kallianiotis 2011

AstoricaSERIES:

Alexander WatchesGeorgia Kirkos

Georgia Kirkos has been a professional photographer for over fifteen years, workingin various aspects of the field. Georgia works with a range of corporate and privateclients including Rogers Cable, Molson Coors, Scotiabank, CHUM Radio, Toyota,the Nuremberg Opera House, Skazmos Theatre, Gaiety Magazine, and MansfieldPress. She has been entrusted with shooting luminaries, including PresidentGeorge W. Bush, premier dancer Rex Harrington, singer Jann Arden, writers RobertMunsch and Wayson Choy, political activists Kevin Bourassa and Joe Varnell (theCanadian couple behind the world’s first legal gay marriage), and Ontario ProvincialPolice Commissioner Julian Fantino.

Kirkos worked as the studio manager of Reportage Photography, Canada’s firstdocumentary photo studio, which holds the largest archive of weddings shot in aphotojournalistic style. In this position, she gained experience in thebusiness aspect of the field, managing major photo shoots and ateam of twenty photographers.

Georgia currently teaches photography in Toronto, and is workingon a series about the Greek community of Toronto.

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© Georgia Kirkos

Nicholas Komodore is a Greek poet, photographer and filmmaker. He was born inNew York, and grew up in Athens, where he earned his B.Sc in international politicsand economics from the University of Piraeus. He returned to New York to studycinema and photography at Brooklyn College.

In 2011 he earned his M.F.A in Directing at San Francisco State University. Nicholasis the artist behind Mayakov+sky, an audiovisual, collaborative platform where hefuses his compositions in music, photography, poetics and cinema. He is also theauthor of the forthcoming book Amphoteric Poems, and in the Fall of 2012 plansto publish the first issue of the poetry journal Ύβρις Ακατα*αύστως (HubrisRestlessly).

Nicholas currently lives and works in Oakland, CA.

TITLE:AstoricaSERIES:

AntistasisNicholas Komodore

© Nicholas Komodore 2011

Gallery 045Tony Koukos

Travel photographer Tony Koukos has visited 38 countries including Italy, Cuba,Australia, Thailand, Morocco, Japan, Turkey, Croatia, Brazil, and Argentina. He reg-ularly ventures to corners of the world to find inspiration and seek new subjectmatter. Every year he returns to Greece to revisit his roots and capture beautifulimagery of the Greek Isles. As a world travel photographer Tony is looking forwardto travelling to Africa and India, and continue to captivate his audience with newimages.

Tony currently lives and works in Toronto, ON.

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© Tony Koukos 2011

The PathChrissa Markos

Chrissa Markos was born in Boston to a Greek immigrant family from Sparta. Aftercompleting high school she moved to Greece immersing herself in her native cul-ture and language. Chrissa completed college at La Verne University in Athens.She studied business, taught Greek and English, and worked as a translator for var-ious publications.

Her interest in photography grew while traveling extensively around the Greekcountryside, purposefully seeking remote villages and lives. In 2003 she returnedto Boston to attend New England School of Photography and pursue her passionprofessionally.

Today, Chrissa resides in Boston with her husband and son and works as a profes-sional photographer.

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© Chrissa Markos

Thira ColoursGeorge Notis

George Notis was born in Toronto Canada, to Greek immigrant parents who in-stilled strong family support structure, placing value in Greek heritage and culture.George believes this was the catalyst for his interest in the arts. Throughout aca-demia his interest in art and my heritage grew together. An influential text Georgeoften returns to is: “εἰ µὴ οἶσθα ὁ*όθεν ἔρχῃ, οὐκ οἶσθα ὅ*οι ἔρχῃ.” / “If YouDon't Know Where You Come From, You Don't Know Where You're Going”. Aftercompleting his BFA at York University, George began travelling to Greece each sum-mer exploring his family past and heritage more in depth. He then began travellingaround Europe and North America.

Since then George has developed and created a social media brand-marketingplatform for venues in Canada and Europe – iClub. Further exploring social mediamarketing, Sip Click was created to advertise and create brand loy-alty for several fashion lines.

His current focus and passion is in Fashion and Special Event pho-tography, but still enjoys landscape photography for days of leisure.

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© George Notis 2011

KelseyAlexi Papalexopoulos

Born and raised in San Francisco, CA, Alexi Papalexopoulos, found his passion at ayoung age. Working in photography or film production, Alexi stays focused on pro-ductive and creative projects.

Alexi studies the work of his mentor, who influences, inspires, and guides himthrough his lifelong journey as an artist. His care and understanding towards thearts and storytelling helped discover and develop his unique artistic style at anearly age. He has an outstanding ability to tell stories through his directorial vision,voice, and photography background.

Alexi has received awards for his short films, and placed in numerous film festivalsnation wide.

Currently, he is finishing his last year at The USC School of CinematicArts. Upon graduating, Alexi plans to develop his first feature lengthmotion picture.

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© Alexi Papalexopoulos 2012

Make-Up #4Krist Papas

Krist Papas is a photographer from Toronto, Canada. In 2008 Krist was selected toparticipate in the first Magnum photo agency workshop in Toronto. He has usedthe portrait to communicate what is presented by individuals in their everydaylives. Through his blog www.whatsyourpersona.com, Krist has photographed over300 portraits documenting the street fashion of people across Toronto. Krist hasexhibited his portrait project in Toronto and has contributed to various publicationssuch as the Photography Youth Music Culture Archive UK and Vogue.com.

Krist lives in Toronto.

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© Krist Papas 2011

Make-UpSERIES:

LullChristine Roditis

Christine Roditis is a photographer and traditional artist based out of Ajax, Ontario.She is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto with a BA in Studio Art. Oftendrawing inspiration from themes within Romantic and Modern literature, her workis an exploration of both the vast landscapes of nature and of the mind. Her workconfronts issues of and relationships between conceptions of reality, transience,space and the self.

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© Christine Roditis 2007

LonescapesSERIES:

The Cloud of the EdgeJames Roditis

James Roditis originally studied photography and video/film at Seneca College inToronto. He began with an apprenticeship in product photography but laterchanged career paths to the pre-press and graphic design industry. In recent years,his passion for photography has been rekindled and now devotes most of his timetoward artistic endeavors.

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© James Roditis 2012

Sunny South Facing Views of LakeKirk Stratakos

Kirk Stratakos is a self taught photographer, who enjoys the solitude of the art. Hedescribes, "When I grip my camera my pulse slows, my pupils dilate. I have beendoing this for years. I will be doing this for much longer. I will remain a student ofthe craft.

Kirk lives and works in Toronto, ON.

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© Kirk Stratakos 2010

DecommissionedSERIES:

ElephantDean J. Tatooles

Dean J. Tatooles is a Greek American photographer based in Chicago, Illinois. Heis the proud descendant of the Tatoulis family hailing from Kastri on his father’sside and the Korbakis family from Tripoli on his mother’s side. Specializing in fineart panoramic landscape photography, wildlife photography, and indigenous por-traiture from remote locations around the world, Dean has travelled across allseven continents.

He hopes his work will transport his audience to another time and place, and bringa sense of adventure and freedom. His company, Southern Cross Galleries isnamed after the constellation and is only visible from below the Equator.

He works with professional Nikon DSLR equipment for wildlife and portraiture, andLinhof Technorama 617 SIII panoramic camera for landscapes. Hecreates each individual print in his own lab for full creative control.

To see more of Dean’s work or purchase his art, visit his website atwww.southerncrossgalleries.com

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© Dean J. Tatooles 2011

Untitled (Le Bateau Lavoir)voulavous

Voula Monoholias is a business marketing graduate who left the corporate worldto pursue her passion for the arts. She visits various cities pursuing her passionsfor photography, people and travel - living her dream and inspiring others to livetheirs. This is the first show Voula has participated in as a curator.

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© voulavous 2011

Constantine Manos was born in South Carolina to Greek immigrant parents. Hisphotographic career began when he was 13, in the school camera club, and withina few years he was a professional photographer. At the age of 19 he was hired asthe o!cial photographer of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Tanglewood. Dur-ing this time he attended the University of South Carolina, graduating in 1955 witha BA in English Literature.

After military service, he moved to New York, where he worked for Esquire, Lifeand Look. His book Portrait of a Symphony, on the Boston Symphony Orchestra,was published in 1961. For the next three years, he lived in Greece, producing workthat resulted in A Greek Portfolio, first published in 1972 and an award-winner atArles and at the Leipzig Book Fair. In 1963 Manos joined Magnum Photos.

Manos's work is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art inNew York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston,the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the George East-man House in Rochester, and the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

His book Bostonians, which celebrates the people of that city, was published in1974. A new edition of A Greek Portfolio was published in 1999, accompanied bya major exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens. In 1995 Manos's AmericanColor was published, and in 2003 he was awarded the Leica Medal of Excellencefor his continuing work on that project.

CONSTANTINE MANOSFEATURED PHOTOGRAPHER

Gifted photographer and philanthropist, Chris Hondros died while on assignmentin Libya in 2011. He was an American Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalistborn in New York City to immigrant Greek and German parents. Chris coveredmost of the world's major conflicts since the late 1990s, including wars in Kosovo,Angola, Sierra Leone, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Kashmir, the West Bank, Iraq, andLiberia. His work appeared on the covers and pages of dozens of acclaimed mag-azines and major American newspapers.

Hondros received numerous awards, including multiple honors from World PressPhoto in Amsterdam, the International Pictures of the Year Competition, the VisaPour L'Image in France, and the John Faber award from the Overseas Press Club.In 2004 Chris was a Nominated Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Pho-tography for his work in Liberia. In 2006 he won the Robert Capa Gold Medal, warphotography's highest honor, for his work in Iraq. Chris was named a 2007 "Heroof Photography" by American Photo magazine, and was a 2008 National MagazineAward finalist. He was a senior sta" photographer for Getty Images.

This tribute, supported and authorized by Getty Images, includes three of his iconicimages of a young Liberian soldier, in the heat of battle during that country's civilwar in July of 2003. The second and third images in the series are of the sameyoung man, when Chris returned to Liberia in October of 2005 after the war. Hon-dros-- typical of him to care so much about those he filmed photographed theyoung Liberian soldier-turned-student at the same location after paying his tuitionso that he could complete high school. Getty's editors selected these images be-cause they compliment the work of the Greek America Foundation's scholarshipfund, which also places a value on young people's education.

The images on display at Greek Film & Foto Week will be auctioned and proceedswill be split between the Greek America Foundation's scholarship endowmentfund and the Chris Hondros Fund, which supports young people following in Chris'footsteps with grants and scholarships.

Visit the auction at www.biddingforgood.com/gaf

CHRIS HONDROS(1970 - 2011)

TRIBUTE

© Getty Images

Congratulations to our finalists ofour 48 hour short film contest.

These filmmakers were given thechallenge to shoot, edit and com-plete a short film in 48 hours or lessnot knowing in advance what therequired elements were, nor thedate they would have to com-mence shooting.

Symbolically, the contest tookplace over the weekend of March25th - Greek Independence Daythroughout the world and the re-quired component was a Greekflag.

The finalists and winners were se-lected by an international jury:

Maria NicolacakisCo-DirectorSan Francisco Greek Film Festival

Kleon SkourtisCo-DirectorSan Francisco Greek Film Festival

Nikos FranghiasDirectorChicago Greek Film Festival

Theo AlexanderActor

Peter EconomidesOwner & Founder, Strategic BrandConsultancy, Felix BNI

Kary AntholisPresident, HBO Miniseries & Oscarwinning filmmaker

George BovisFilm a!cianado

48 hour short film contest

You can view all of these short films on our website atwww.greekamerica.org/g!w

Short Film Finalists

The Mother of All CitiesSubmitted by Alexis Thanassekos

I Found YouSubmitted by Marina Constantinou

#PseudocracySubmitted by Philippos Balabanos

White & BlueSubmitted by Stelios Tatakis

StripesSubmitted by Yvoni Lada

Fifth AvenueSubmitted by Anthoula Katsimatides

O Tharraleos (The Courageous One)Submitted by Demetri Douzenis

VarianceSubmitted by Sarrah Adamopoulou

Constantine Manos (Magnum)

Images from his “Greek Portfolio” series are available for sale after the exhibition. Please visitwww.greekamerica.org to purchase. Proceeds to benefit our scholarship endowment fundand other worthwhile projects of the Greek America Foundation.

Constantine Manos (Magnum)

Images from his “American Color” series are available for sale after the exhibition. Please visitwww.greekamerica.org to purchase. Proceeds to benefit our scholarship endowment fundand other worthwhile projects of the Greek America Foundation.

Online Auction

Artist: Alexi PapalexopoulosTitle: Ari (Marina Del Rey, CA)Medium: Digital PrintDimensions: 2’ x 3’Date: 2012Value $250 USD

Artist: Chrissa MarkosTitle: The PathMedium: Digital PrintDimensions: 16” x 20"Date: 2005Value $500 USD

Artist: George NotisTitle: Thira ColoursMedium: Cold Press BrightDimensions: 30" x 20"Date: 2011Value: $400 USD

Artist: James RoditisTitle: The Cloud of the EdgeMedium: Inkjet on Epson archival paperDimensions: 42” X 22"Date: 2012Value $490 USD

Visit the auction at www.biddingforgood.com/gaf

Participating photographers generously donated a piece for an online auction which will run through theend of the exhibition. All proceeds will benefit the Greek America Foundation’s philanthropic programs.Specific details about frame, size and paper are available at www.biddingforgood.com/gaf

Artist: Dean J. TatoolesTitle: Moraine Lake, Alberta, CanadaMedium: Large Format Panoramic Print, Linhof Technorama 617S IIIDimensions: 48" x 16" Date: 2006Value: $1,250 USD

Artist: Krist PapasTitle: Make-Up #4Medium: C-PrintDimensions: 11” X 14”Date: 2011Value:

Artist: Nicholas KomodoreTitle: Antistasis (Athens, Greece)Medium: Digital PrintDimensions: 12" x 18"Date: 2011Value: $500 USD

Artist: Constantina "Koko" ExarhosTitle: For The GloryMedium: Photo PaperDimensions: 18" x 18"Date: 2011Value: $400 USD

Online Auction

Artist: Yiorgos KordakisTitle: HIPLA #1Medium: Inket Albument printDimensions: 12” X 12”Date: 2012Value: $1,200 USD

Visit the auction at www.biddingforgood.com/gaf

Artist: Janelle BurchTitle: VirginDimensions: 16" x 20"Date: 2009Value: $160 USD

Artist: Tony KoukosTitle: Island TexturesMedium: Canvas Giclee printsDimensions: 14" x 14"Value: $250 USD

Additional pieces are up for auction online at Bidding for Good

SPECIAL THANKS

Lee Polydor, Founder & CEO, Queen Street Partners

Hellenic Heritage Foundation

Dr. Marie Bountrogianni and family

Manos Petrellis, Founder & CEO, INNOClean Inc., GumGone, Gra!tiGone, Canfran Global

Chris Kalisperas, Executive Chef, Brassaii Restaurant

Steve Kriaris, CEO of the Kolonaki Group

Talin Maltepe and Sevan Art Gallery for framing services

Getty Images

Despina M. KreatsoulasDirector of Projects and Exhibitions

Greek America Foundation

Brandon A. WilsonChief Operating O!cer

Greek America Foundation

Marina Bifsha, Intern

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