Yannis Behrakis
Encyclopedia
Yannis Behrakis (born 1960), is a Greek
photojournalist and Chief Photographer of Reuters
.
He has taken part in many group exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki, London, Edinburgh, New York, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid and Dubai while he has presented solo exhibitions as well.
In 2000, Yannis Behrakis was wounded in the ambush
in Sierra Leone
where the American reporter Kurt Schork
and Spanish cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora
of Associated Press Television were killed. He and the, also wounded, South African cameraman Mark Chisholm managed to get away from the attackers and survive, thing which later attributed to the grueling hostile-environment training they had had five years earlier.
He has also won in 2004 and 2009 awards in the China International Press Photo Contest.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
photojournalist and Chief Photographer of Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...
.
Biography
Yannis Behrakis was born in 1960 in Athens, Greece. He studied photography in the Athens School of Arts and Technology and received his BA (Honours) from Middlesex University. He worked as a studio photographer in Athens in 1985-86. In 1987 he started work for Reuters and in late 1988 he was offered a staff job with the agency based in Athens. His first foreign assignment was to cover Libya crisis on January 1989. Since then he documented a variety of events including the funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, the changes in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, the civil conflicts in Croatia, Bosnia and Kosovo, the wars in Chechnya, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afghanistan, Lebanon the first and second Gulf wars the Arab Spring in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. He has also covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for many years, earthquakes in Kashmir, Turkey, Greece and Iran and major news events around the world. He has also covered four Summer Olympics, the 1994 World Cup in the US and many international sports events. He has moved with Reuters in Jerusalem as the chief photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2008/9. in 2010 he moved back in Greece to cover the financial crisis.He has taken part in many group exhibitions in Athens, Thessaloniki, London, Edinburgh, New York, Rome, Barcelona, Madrid and Dubai while he has presented solo exhibitions as well.
In 2000, Yannis Behrakis was wounded in the ambush
Ambush
An ambush is a long-established military tactic, in which the aggressors take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack an unsuspecting enemy from concealed positions, such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops...
in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...
where the American reporter Kurt Schork
Kurt Schork
Kurt Schork was an American reporter and war correspondent. He was killed in an ambush while on an assignment for Reuters in Sierra Leone together with cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora of Spain, who worked for Associated Press Television...
and Spanish cameraman Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora
Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora
Miguel Gil Moreno de Mora was a Spanish cameraman and war correspondent, working for Associated Press.After a successful career as a corporate lawyer in Barcelona, Spain, Miguel became a freelance war correspondent first in Sarajevo and later, an award winning cameraman for AP Television.Leaving...
of Associated Press Television were killed. He and the, also wounded, South African cameraman Mark Chisholm managed to get away from the attackers and survive, thing which later attributed to the grueling hostile-environment training they had had five years earlier.
Awards
- News Photographer of the Year, by the European FujiFuji-People:* Mr. Fuji, ring name of wrestling and manager Harry Fujiwara* Keiko Fuji, a Japanese singer of the 1960s and 1970s, and mother of Hikaru Utada* Sumiko Fuji, a Japanese actressFictional characters* Fuji , a character in the Stormwatch series...
Awards (in 1998, 2002 and 2003) - News Photographer of the year 7 times by the Greek Fuji Awards
- Overseas Press ClubOverseas Press ClubThe Overseas Press Club of America was founded in 1939 in New York City by a group of foreign correspondents. The wire service reporter Carol Weld was a founding member...
of America photography award (1999) - 1st prize in the General News Stories category, by the World Press PhotoWorld Press PhotoWorld Press Photo is an independent, non-profit organization based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Founded in 1955 the organization is known for holding the world's largest and most prestigious annual press photography contest....
Foundation for his work on KosovoKosovoKosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
(2000) - BotsisBotsisThe Botsis family controlled major stakes in the Greek press during the 20th century, including the newspapers Apogevmatini and Akropolis.- External links :* *...
Foundation Award (2000) - 2nd prize in the photography category and the "Prix de Public", Bayeux Awards for war correspondents, for his pictures of the liberation of Kabul (2002)
He has also won in 2004 and 2009 awards in the China International Press Photo Contest.
External links
- Yannis Behrakis's Official Website
- Yannis Behrakis on Reuters.com
- Yannis Behrakis on YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Yannis Behrakis on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Search of Yannis Behrakis's photos Reuters.com