Konstantinos Tsakalidis was born in 1986 in Serres, Greece. He graduated from the Department of Informatics of Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki and from the Stereosis School of Photography. He is a freelance photojournalist based in Thessaloniki, Greece.
He documented the Greek crisis related issues since 2011 as well as the 2015 Greek bailout referendum. In 2015-2016 he documented the route of thousands of refugees from the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea to central Europe through the Balkan countries, as well as their life in the improvised camp of Idomeni at the Greek – North Macedonia borders. In August 2021 assigned from Bloomberg News to cover the wildfires in Athens and Evia island.
With his photo from the wildfires in Evia, recognized as World Press Photo 2022 Singles category Europe regional winner, 79th POYi Spot News Second Finalist and was featured in TIME magazine cover as one of the ten best photographs of the year.
Tsakalidis currently is a co-founder member of the collective Greek photo agency SOOC Images and contributor for Bloomberg News in Northern Greece since 2013, covering breaking news, social and political issues with a focus on Greece, Eastern Europe and Turkey.
Member of the Greek Photojournalist Association.
Based in Thessaloniki, Northern Greece.
Available for photo and multimedia assignments.
contact
e | k_tsakalidis [ a ] hotmail [ . ] com
t | +30 6944 256 749
exhibitions
2023 - ‘Climate Change’ | Gallery for Photography (GAF), Hanover, Germany
2022 - Istanbul Photo Awards 2022 Exhibition
2022 - Open Air Photo Art Gallery of the Palacio de las Aguas, Buenos Aires
2022 - World Press Photo 2022 Exhibition
2020 - Anthropause | MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
2019 - ‘Frozen Hopes’ | Part of Athens Photo World 2019, Greece
2018 - ‘Frozen Hopes’ | Featured at 6th LUMIX Festival, Hannover, Germany.
2016 - Another life: Human flows / Unknown Odysseys | MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece
awards
- 2022 - BarTur Photo Award Photojournalist of the Year Award - Evia on Fire - Third Place
- 2022 - Siena International Photo Awards - Photographer of the Year
- 2022 - Society of Professional Journalists - Sigma Delta Chi Awards Breaking News Photography (100k+ circ. publication)
- 2022 - Photo Contest by Educational Foundation of the Association of Editors of Daily Newspapers of Macedonia - Thrace - First Place
- 2022 - Athens Photo World - Evia on Fire - Third Place
- 2022 - All About Photo - Third Place
- 2022 - Istanbul Photo Awards - Photo of the Year - Single News
- 2022 - World Press Photo - European Winner - Singles Category
- 2022 - NPPA Best of Photojournalism - First in Breaking News
- 2022 - 79th POYi - Spot News category Second Finalist
- 2017 - TIFA - Third Place Winner, Editorial - General News
- 2017 - Public Moments Awards - Frozen Hopes - First Award (Jury Yannis Behrakis - Thanasis Stavrakis - Thodoris Markou)
- 2017 - PX3 - Gold Winner - General News Category
- 2017 - PX3 - Bronze Winner - General News Category
- 2015 - PX3 - Silver Winner - General News Category