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Stratis Vogiatzis was born on 12th of January in 1978 in Chios, Greece. He graduated in 2001 from the department of Economic and Political Sciences in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and he received his Master degree in Social Sciences (honors) at the University of Amsterdam dealing with children and Political violence conducting his fieldwork in Palestine. He worked as a training assistant for cultural issues at ‘las casas de la cultura’ in Havana, as a teacher and educator at the gypsies communities in Thessaloniki (Drom) and as a researcher for the educational ngo IALE in New Delhi. He has been working as a freelance photographer in several assignments in countries such Turkey, India, Vietnam, Tanzania, Kosovo, Morocco, Mexico and Iran. From 2005 he dedicated himself in long-term projects. He is working closely with the photography centre ‘Stereosis’ in Thessaloniki. In 2003 he participated to the photography book "Kosovo: Refugees Returning Home" published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and in December 2006 he released the book 'Chios' concerning his native island. In 2008 he documented the training and the participation of the Greek athletes with disabilities at the Beijing Paralympics games 2008 and his project ended up in a book with the title ‘from Athens to Beijing’. In August 2009 he published a book concerning inner spaces in the Mastic Villages with the title ‘Inner World’.He has recently completed his project regarding fishermen in Mediterranean Sea after 4,5 years of shooting in 7 countries.He exhibits regularly in Greeece and abroad and his works belong to museums and private collections.Right now he is working on a caravan project, named another world is here
EXHIBITIONS DEPO, Inner World, Istanbul Dec 2011
Cultural House,Unreall Steps, Stockholm Nov 2010 Photobiennale Torino and Tergeste, Inner World, feb 2011
Chelsea Hotel,Inner World, New York May 2010
Greek Embassy,Inner World, Washington DC June 2010 Museum of Photography, Salonique,Inner World, April 2010
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