AFP: Angelos Tzortzinis chosen as WIRE photographer of the year by Time Magazine

AFP: Angelos Tzortzinis chosen as WIRE photographer of the year by Time Magazine

30 Nov 2015

The US news magazine Time has named AFP photographer Angelos Tzortzinis as its WIRE SERVICE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR' for his coverage of Greece in 2015. This is the fourth time the Agency has been chosen for the award since 2010.

The 27-year-old Greek photojournalist has covered the various crises facing Greece over the past six years, from violence in the streets to the mass arrival of migrants.

As an agency journalist, he also covers politics, sport and the daily life of the Greek people as they face a lasting economic crisis.

The resulting photographs of the economic crisis, often shot at close range at protests, are powerful reminders of the true impact on everyday people of political decisions made in meeting rooms in Paris, Berlin and Brussels, Time said.

Through his images for AFP, Angelos Tzortzinis has been an outstanding witness to the turmoil that shook Greece in 2015, most notably the migrant crisis, said AFP chairman Emmanuel Hoog.

With his close-up view of the story unfolding before him, he is able to expertly capture not only the violence and upheaval, but also the private and tender moments.

Tzortzinis began his career as an independent photographer and joined AFP as a stringer in 2007. He has also worked regularly for the New York Times since 2010.

He has covered news in several countries in the Middle East as well as in Ukraine.

His work has been published in Time Magazine, Newsweek and the New York Times and has been exhibited at the 2012 and 2013 Visa Pour l'Image festivals in Perpignan and the Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism in Hanover.

This is the fourth time since 2010 that an AFP photographer has received this award: Turkish photographer B lent Kili was chosen by Time as its wire service photographer of the year in 2014 for his coverage of Ukraine, Turkey and Syria; in 2012 the magazine selected Italian photographer Marco Longari for his work in Syria, Egypt, the West Bank and Gaza; and in 2010 Time chose Brazilian photographer Mauricio Lima for his coverage of the war in Afghanistan.

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