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I was born in Germany in 1971, raised in Greece and emigrated to the United States at age eighteen. In the mid 90’s in New York I met David Armstrong at one of his openings. David lent me a Rolleiflex 6x6 camera that to this day remains one of my favorites, and he invited me to audit his classes on aesthetics at the International Center of Photography. At the same time I learned printing with Marcus Leatherdale in his Dumbo loft darkroom in Brooklyn. Both of these late photographers taught me a lot about photography, each in their own way. Making up for the fact that I could not afford to go to art school, being an immigrant meant that this was out of my reach. It is certain that were it not for their influence while I was in my mid 20’s, I would not have become a photographer, much less continue shooting despite the difficulties of swimming often against the current.
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Iannis has had solo exhibitions in New York City at Kouros Gallery (2006), the Gallery at the Chocolate Factory Theater (2007), The Italian Academy At Columbia University (2003, 2006), the Salvatore Ferragamo Showroom (2002); and also at the Greek Embassy in Washington D.C. (2006). His work has been included in group shows in New York at Jen Bekman Gallery (2011), The Center (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, 2011) and Haven Arts Gallery, the FotoFilmic Travelling Exhibition 2018, at The Curve Exhibition Center in Santa Fe (2011), PDNB Gallery (Photographs Do Not Bend) in Dallas (2008) and at Boston University, curated By David Armstrong (2000). In 2011 at Center Gallery in Santa Fe, he won second place in Dealer's Choice, an exhibition juried by Dianne Vanderlip, Curator of Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles and Curator Emeritus of the Denver Art Museum. Writing on his work has appeared in The Advocate (2012), The Village Voice (2012) by Michael Musto, The New York Times (2009) by William Chapman and the Dallas Morning News (2007). In 2005, Mr. Delatolas' portrait of Tobias Schneebaum accompanied his obituary in The New York Times. His work is included in:
Brooklyn Photographs Now, Marla Hamburg Kennedy, Phillip Lopate, Ane Pasternak (Rizzoli 2018), New York: A Photographer's City, by Marla Hamburg Kennedy (Rizzoli, 2011) and his photographs illustrate The First Time I Met Frank O’Hara: Reading Gay American Writers by Rick Whitaker, (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003).
Following an apprenticeship with Robert Wilson, he collaborated with the theater director on Wilson's opera Prometheus (World Premiere, Athens, 2001) for which he structured the score by incorporating excerpts from compositions by the composer Iannis Xenakis.
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Après un apprentissage chez Robert Wilson, il collabore avec le directeur de théâtre sur l'opéra Prométhée de Wilson (Première mondiale, Athènes, 2001) dont il structure la partition en incorporant des extraits de compositions du compositeur Iannis Xenakis.
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I was born in Germany in 1971, raised in Greece and emigrated to the United States at age eighteen. In the mid 90’s in New York I met David Armstrong at one of his openings. David lent me a Rolleiflex 6x6 camera that to this day remains one of my favorites, and he invited me to audit his classes on aesthetics at the International Center of Photography. At the same time I learned printing with Marcus Leatherdale in his Dumbo loft darkroom in Brooklyn. Both of these late photographers taught me a lot about photography, each in their own way. Making up for the fact that I could not afford to go to art school, being an immigrant meant that this was out of my reach. It is certain that were it not for their influence while I was in my mid 20’s, I would not have become a photographer, much less continue shooting despite the difficulties of swimming often against the current.
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Iannis has had solo exhibitions in New York City at Kouros Gallery (2006), the Gallery at the Chocolate Factory Theater (2007), The Italian Academy At Columbia University (2003, 2006), the Salvatore Ferragamo Showroom (2002); and also at the Greek Embassy in Washington D.C. (2006). His work has been included in group shows in New York at Jen Bekman Gallery (2011), The Center (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center, 2011) and Haven Arts Gallery, the FotoFilmic Travelling Exhibition 2018, at The Curve Exhibition Center in Santa Fe (2011), PDNB Gallery (Photographs Do Not Bend) in Dallas (2008) and at Boston University, curated By David Armstrong (2000). In 2011 at Center Gallery in Santa Fe, he won second place in Dealer's Choice, an exhibition juried by Dianne Vanderlip, Curator of Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles and Curator Emeritus of the Denver Art Museum. Writing on his work has appeared in The Advocate (2012), The Village Voice (2012) by Michael Musto, The New York Times (2009) by William Chapman and the Dallas Morning News (2007). In 2005, Mr. Delatolas' portrait of Tobias Schneebaum accompanied his obituary in The New York Times. His work is included in:
Brooklyn Photographs Now, Marla Hamburg Kennedy, Phillip Lopate, Ane Pasternak (Rizzoli 2018), New York: A Photographer's City, by Marla Hamburg Kennedy (Rizzoli, 2011) and his photographs illustrate The First Time I Met Frank O’Hara: Reading Gay American Writers by Rick Whitaker, (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003).
Following an apprenticeship with Robert Wilson, he collaborated with the theater director on Wilson's opera Prometheus (World Premiere, Athens, 2001) for which he structured the score by incorporating excerpts from compositions by the composer Iannis Xenakis.
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Après un apprentissage chez Robert Wilson, il collabore avec le directeur de théâtre sur l'opéra Prométhée de Wilson (Première mondiale, Athènes, 2001) dont il structure la partition en incorporant des extraits de compositions du compositeur Iannis Xenakis.
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