About Speaker
Kosmas Koumianos
fashion Photographer
He works in Europe and USA, for professional fashion & portrait photo shootings. Creative,with an original approach and inspired by life's happiest highlights, his skills have distinguished as he was awarded with:
• Award of excellnece Magnum Photography Awards 2017 for eidomeni camp 2016 series of repotrage photos
• 2nd Award Album Open Best of Greece 2017
• 1st & 3rd Award B&W Best of Greece 2017
• 1st Award Portrait Best of Greece 2017
• 2nd Award Prewedding Best of Greece 2017
• 1st Award Wedding Photoreportage Best of Greece 2017
• 32 Awards of excellence in Portrait, Open, Fashion, Landscape, B&W Best of Greece 2017
• 1st Award Photography B&W 7th PWS Convention 2017
• 1st & 2nd & 3rd place Awards Photography Fashion & Boudoir 7th PWS Convention 2017
• 2nd place Award Photography Portrait 7th PWS Convention 2017
• 25 Awards of excellence in Portrait, Open, Fashion, Landscape, B&W 7th PWS Convention 2017
• Craftsman Award 6th PWS Convention 2016
• 1st place Award Photography B&W 6th PWS Convention 2016
• 2st place Award Photography Open 6th PWS Convention 2016
• 19 Awards of excellence in Portrait, Open, Fashion, Landscape, B&W 6th PWS Convention 2016
• 1st place Award Photography Landscape5th PWS Convention 2015
• 1st & 2nd & 3rd place Award Photography Boudoir 5th PWS Convention 2015
• 3rd place Award Photography Fashion 5th PWS Convention 2015
• 3 Awards of excellence in Portrait Category 5th PWS Convention 2015
• Grand Prize Award Photography WPV convention 2015
• 1st & 2nd place Prewedding photography WPV convention 2015
• 1st & 3rd place Wedding Photojournalism photography WPV convention 2015
• 2nd place Details photography WPV convention 2015
• 1st place B&W photography WPV convention 2015
• 4 honorable mentions in places CategoryIPA ONE WORLD int'l photography awards 2014
• 1st place award in e-session Category at 4th PWS Convention 2014
• 2 Awards of excellence in Photo Journalism Category PWS 2014
• Award of excellence in Open Category PWS 2014
• Award of excellence in e-session Category PWS 2014
• 2nd place award in Photo Journalism Category at 3rd PWS Convention 2013
• Award of excellence in Wedding Contemporary Category PWS 2013
• Award of excellence in Photo Journalism Category PWS 2013
• Award of excellence in Portrait Category PWS 2013
• 3 International Photography Awards Lucie awards 2012
• Grand Prize at PWS Connvention 2012
• Best Fashion Photograph for Madwalk 2012
STUDIES
Kosmas studied informatics at Piraeus Technological Education Institution and while working on this field; he decided to canalize his creativity in a series of photography studies. He started with Athens' Small Polytechnic (Mikro Politechnio) Photography Seminars, advanced to Orama Art & Photography Studies and managed to enter the 2nd semester of London Middlesex University of Photography – AKTO, that led him to the International Center of Photography in New York where he mastered "Portraits". Meanwhile, he participated in numerous workshops, taught by famous wedding and fashion photographers from all over the world. He also has his share of teaching experience, as he taught "Editorial Photography" at Newschool Athens, "Fashion Photography" at Pansik Fashion School.
