About Me

Anna Pantelia

Anna Pantelia (b. 1991) is a Greek photojournalist. 

Her interest lies on humanitarian issues, social injustice and climate change.

Since 2015 she is covering the European Refugee Crisis in Greece and Balkans but she has worked also in other contexts in South Sudan and Mozambique. Her photographs and interviews have been published on some major media such as Newsweek, CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, The Guardian and Vice News.
She is collaborating as photographer and communications expert with international NGOs such as, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Action Aid, Save the Children, CARE and has been official photographer of CERN between 2012-2014.

Awards

2019: Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award

2019: Tokyo International Photo Awards 2018 “Gold Winner in Environmental Story”

2018:  International PhotogrΛphy grand – Nominee in Climate category

2018: Lugano Days – Finalist on the category Emerging Photographers

2018: Ariano Film Festival – Finalist in the photography competition

2017: Special prize “For humanitarian photography” by International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

2017: Andrei Stenin Int Contest – 3rd Place in Top News Category

2017: Athens Photo Festival – Selected for the Young Greek Photographers category

2016 : 30 Under 30 Women Photographers by Photo Boite

2015: 30 Under 30 Documentary Photographers by Magnum Photos

2015: Honourable Mention in Photojournalist category by Young Talents of Image 2015

2015: CBRE Urban Photographer of the Year competition [17:00 Hour Runner Up]

2014: The Guardian Student Media Awards [Shortlisted]

Exhibitions

2019: Xposure 2019 (Timothy Allen Photography Scholarship Award) (UAE)

2019: Athens Photo World – Digital Exhibition (GR)

2019: Beirut Image Festival (LB)

2018 – Solo exhibition “The European Dream” in University of Stirling (UK)

2017- 2018 – “The Itinerary” (group exhibition) in Athens, Kings College, LSE, University of Cambridge (GR,UK)

2017 – “CERN” in Athens Photo Festival (GR)

2017 – Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest patrocinated by UNESCO (RUS)

2015 – The Photography Show and Magnum Photos “30 under 30 exhibition” (UK)

2013 – Part of “Large Hadron Collider exhibition” in London Science Museum (UK)

Interviews and Talks

TEDxPatras
//CNN
//Vice Greece
//ZDF
//University of Stirling
//City University London
//SKAI
//ERT (National Greek TV)
//To Vima
//To Ethnos