Panolabrou - Visual Artist and Fine Art Photographer

Panolabrou [Panayiotis Lamprou] is a Greek visual artist and photographer from Athens. “His photographic approach stems from straight photography and his practice is tightly knit with the pursuit of showing the underlying sensitivities of subject matters whose presence is often obscured by preconceptions. Being fueled by an ‘active inertia’, he confronts complex issues, such authority and the state, mental illness, nudity and social norms with the intention of inviting a mode of broader understanding. Attracted by Paradox confronting pragmatism and using suggestiveness as one of his main tools to delineate it, his thematic scope covers a wide spectrum focusing on natural human presence and intimate urbanism.” by Alexandra Athanasiadou, curator on photography & researcher in image theory. Panolabrou gained international recognition as a 2nd recipient of the prestigious Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2010, [Portrait of my British Wife} as testament to his mastery of portraiture and human connection. He is also dedicated to education and curatorial work, serving for initiatives like the Eutopia Art Residency. In this role, Panolabrou guides as mentor other artists through processes of awareness and observation, emphasizing a return to sensory experience. Panolabrou continues to influence the contemporary photography scene, offering a unique perspective on how we perceive the world around us. His commitment to authenticity and the depth of vision remains a hallmark of his multidisciplinary career. “Through photography we perceive perpetually moments for qualitative viewing. It describes our relationship with the present and explains the value of memory as the distance between presence and ignorance.”