ARTIST DISTINCTION
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Vasilis Kazepidis, E.F.I.A.P./s, G.P.U. CR4, G.P.U. VIP2, R-ISF 10, ER-ISF, c * MoL, E.H.P.S/s., H.M.-H.P.S., M.APS, ES.CPE, A.CPE Country: Greece He was born at N.Ionia, Volos in 1956 and he still lives there. He graduated the six-seater High School of N.Ionia, Volos. He had completed the Building Plan Section of ?.?.?. School of Volos. Photography came to his life on 1989, by attending initially relevant seminars at the Municipal Youth Community DIAVLOS of Volos. He was member of DIAVLOS Photographic Group from its founding in 1990 until 1997 and from 2014 until 2017. On December 1988, he attended “Photographic Education in Greece” conference, organized by the Department of Fine & Applied Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. |
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EXHIBITIONS:
1990 Group Exhibition of Volos Youth Society, Volos.
1993 Group Exhibition of artists from Magnesia at Palamas Building, Athens.
1994 Group Exhibition of 4 photographers from Volos at Hatzigiannis Cultural Center, Larissa.
1993-1997 Seven Group Exhibitions of DIAVLOS Photo Team, Volos.
1999 Group Exhibition of HPS members at the international photo festival of Moravia.
2000 Group Exhibition of photographers from Volos at at the 2nd Photo Festival, organized by HPS at the Center of Art ‘’Giorgio de ?yriko‘’, Volos.
2000 Group Exhibition of HPS members at the international photo festival of Oradea, Romania.
2002 Group Exhibition of Greek Photographers at the International Festival of Cordoba, Spain.
2006 Group Exhibition of Volos Photo Club members, Volos.
2015-2017 Five Group Exhibitions of DIAVLOS Photo Team, Volos.
2017 Group Exhibition named ''MATRYOSHKA'' at the Center of Art ‘’Giorgio de ?yriko‘’, Volos.
2018 September: Group Exhibition of Greek Photographers at the International Festival at Naiman, Mongolia, ‘’1st China Naiman Camel Bell on Silk Road International Photo Festival’’, organized by GPU (Global Photographic Union); it was one of the biggest exhibitions presenting the four ancient civilizations from: Greece, China, India and Egypt, with more than 20,000 works. The Greek photographers (GPU and HPS members( contributed with 50 works).
AWARDS:
At national competitions: 10 awards (medals, Hon.Mentions etc)
At international competitions: more than 250 works, with more than 4000 acceptances at 72 countries,
266 awards: 54 medals (23 gold, 9 silver, 12 bronze, 9 Merit medal, 1 Best of..), 212 diplomas
DISTINCTIONS:
As a result of the successful participations at national and International Salons, he has been rewarded with the following artistic titles:
2000 January: ''ARTISTE'' of F.I.A.P. (Federation Internationale de l’ Art Photographique)
2017 August: ''Crown 1'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2017 December: ‘’Honary Member’’ (HM-HPS) as a 25-years member of HPS
2017 December: ''ARTIST'' of HPS (Hellenic Photographic Society)
2018 March: ''Crown 2'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2018 April: ''EXCELLENCE'' of F.I.A.P. (Federation Internationale de l’ Art Photographique)
2018 December: HPS Honorary Diplome for his successful participation at China
Huangbai Mountain International Photography Exhibition’’, (Patr : FIAP 2018-007 ,
PSA 2018-003, RPS 2018/6, GPU L180002, IAAP 2017/034), where HPS was awarded as
the second photo club.
2019 December: ''EXCELLENCE'' of HPS. (Hellenic Photographic Society)
2019 December: ''EXCELLENCE – Bronze Level'' of HPS. (Hellenic Photographic Society)
2019 December: ''EXCELLENCE – Bronze'' of F.I.A.P.( Federation Internationale de l’ Art
Photographique)
2019 December: ''c MoL'' of Master of Light Photographic Association (the first Greek ever).
2020 March: ''VIP 1'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2020 May: ''Crown 3'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2020 May: ''Genius (G.APS)'' of APS (Agile Photographic Society), Bangladesh
2020 August: ''c * MoL'' of Master of Light Photographic Association
2020 September: ''ES.CPE'' (Excellence Services) of Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society
2020 October: ''A.CPE'' (ARTIST) of Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society
2020 December: ''EXCELLENCE – Silver Level'' of HPS. (Hellenic Photographic Society)
2020 December: ''EXCELLENCE – Silver'' of F.I.A.P.( Federation Internationale de l’ Art
Photographique)
2021 January: ''Artisan (A.APS)'' of APS (Agile Photographic Society), Bangladesh
2021 February: ''Reconnaissance R-ISF 1, R-ISF 4, R-ISF 7, R-ISF 10''
of French ISF (Image sans Frontière).
2021 March: ''VIP 2'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2021 May: ''Mérite ED-ISF (Exposant Distingué - Distinguished Exhibitor),
EH-ISF (Exposant Honorable - Honorable Exhibitor),
ER-ISF (Exposant Renommé - Renowned Exhibitor),
of French ISF (Image sans Frontière).
2021 Jyne: ''Crown 4'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
2021 August: ''Master (M.APS)'' of APS (Agile Photographic Society) , Bangladesh
Nominate for the following Titles:
''EXCELLENCE / gold'' of F.I.A.P.
''Crown 5'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
''VIP 3'' of G.P.U. (Global Photographic Union)
''c** MoL'' of MoL (Master of Light Photographic Association)
''?.CPE'' (Excellence) of Campina Photographic Exhibitions Society
''EXCELLENCE / gold'' of HPS (Hellenic Photographic Society)
''GM.APS'' (GRAND MASTER) of APS (Agile Photographic Society), Bangladesh
He was included at the ''Who is Who in Photography'' list of PSA due to his achievements at the PSA approved competitions, among the world top photographers
1) 2017, categories:
a) ''Projected Image Division (PID) Monochrome'',
b) ''Photojournalism Division (PJD) Projected''.
2) 2018, categories (the only Greek):
a) ''Projected Image Division (PID) Color''
b) ''Projected Image Division (PID) Monochrome''
c) ''Nature Division (ND) Digital''
d) ''Photo Travel Division (PTD) Digital''
e) ''Photojournalism Division (PJD) Projected''
Various works from his collections had been published in magazines, newspapers, special editions (photo books etc) and are part of private collections, archives and organizations in Greece and abroad.
