Plato (photographer)
Platon , real name: Platon Antoniou (* 1968 in London , England ) is an English photographer of Greek descent.
Life
Plato is the son of an Englishwoman and a Greek father. He grew up in Greece but studied in London at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art . His photographic portrait of Vladimir Putin was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 2007 . It was awarded first prize in the World Press Photo Contest .
Plato was employed as a photographer for The New Yorker magazine in New York City in 2009 . In September of that year, during the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York , he photographed 130 of the heads of state and government from all over the world in his improvised studio in the UN building on the East River . Together with the political editor of the New Yorker , David Remnick , he published his photo book Platon - Portraits of Power in 2011 .
Works in public collections
- New-York Historical Society
- The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts , Tampa Florida, USA
- WestLicht Photography Museum , Vienna
- Scottish National Portrait Gallery , Edinburgh, Scotland
Publications
- Platon's Republic . Phaidon Press, London / New York 2004, ISBN 0-7148-4408-X .
- together with David Remnick (text): Power Platon - A portrait of power . Translated by Walter Ahlers. Schirmer / Mosel, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8296-0532-8 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Plato |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Antoniou, Plato (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |