Nicolas Iordanou

BIOGRAPHIE

Nicolas Iordanou, photographer and filmmaker, was born in Paphos, Cyprus. He studied Photography at Columbia College Chicago. In 2000 he was assigned as a photographer in ‘CITY2000’ (Chicago in the Year 2000) a project about the social and cultural aspects of Chicago, which was exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago in 2001. From 2001 until 2007 he worked as a photojournalist, dealing with conflict and postwar photography in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Uganda, Lebanon and also covered the September 11 attacks in New York City. He also collaborates pro bono with the United Nations (UNHCR). In 2005 he was invited by the Goethe Institut as a reviewer in the Photography Festival of Berlin. In 2007, he was assigned to photograph an international project called ‘Challenging Walls’ in collaboration with Akademie der Künste – Berlin and Sibylle Bergmann, whose goal was to bring conflicted communities closer, having a common vision of peace and coexistence. This project was exhibited in Abu Dis, Israel/ Palestine. In October 2009 he had his first solo exhibition titled ‘Prologue’ in the Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 2010 he worked as a Director of Photography in the Italian film ‘From Father’s Eyes’. In 2013 he participates in the exhibition ‘Catharsis/Rebirth’ in Paphos, Cyprus and co-directs a short film presentation from it, which was selected and presented in the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of the Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition ‘Annee Un – Le Paradis Sur Terre’. From 2011 he has directed and produced several films and documentaries that were screened and awarded internationally. He has collaborated with the European Capital of Culture Pafos 2017 (Cyprus) and Aarhus 2017 (Denmark) through which he has created and produced major projects. In 2017 he has curated and participated in a photography exhibition in Paphos titled ‘The Alien Trail’ with photographers Antoine d’Agata, Nikos Economopoulos and Bieke Depoorter. Additionally, he has curated and participated in a public art exhibition titled ‘The Cementography Project’ which is installed permanently in Paphos’ city center in Cyprus. He is the co-founder of Kimonos Art Center in Paphos and the co-director of the Paphos International Film Festival.

FILMOGRAPHIE