Giannis Papanikos

Giannis Papanikos is a freelance photojournalist. He was born and raised in Thessaloniki-Greece. In 2011 he started attending photography lessons at the "Stereosis" School of Photography in Thessaloniki. At the same time, he started his photojournalism career doing assignments for an environmental free press magazine and photographing art festivals and theatrical performances. In 2012 he started working on his first project called "Trisomy 21" photographing people with Down Syndrome with the cooperation of the Hellenic Down Syndrome Association. In 2013 he started photographing refugees living inside an abandoned building in Thessaloniki. He has also worked in many travel photography projects such as in India and Morocco. He is a staff photographer of the Greek agency Fos Photos and a stringer of Associated Press. He also cooperates with ZUMA Press agency. His work has been published in many foreign media such as Guardian, Le Figaro, Daily Mail, MSN, The Telegraph, Le Monde, Wall Street Journal and many others.

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View of the silhouette of a tree as the #sun rises, at the village of #Amorio, at the #Greek - #Turkish border, on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #evros #greece #greecestagram #photojournalism #landscapelovers #landscape #sunrising #landscapes #instashots #instagram #instagramers #instalife #landscapelover #instagood #latepost #latergram #balkans (στην τοποθεσία Amórion, Evros, Greece)

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#Syrian #refugees shelter from the cold weather on the outskirts of the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. Authorities in #Greece say they have picked up about 70 #migrants, including children, found in the forested area after a truck driver left them and they spent the night in the snow. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos). #refugee #refugeesGr #photojournalism #documentary #refugeecrisis #instagramers #instagood #instamood #latergram (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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#Children walk next to a puddle inside a #refugee camp, in the village of Vasilika near the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki, on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Temperatures in northern #Greece are set to plunge below zero overnight Tuesday for the first time in the region this #winter, finding thousands of #immigrants still stranded in tents at refugee camps in area. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos). #refugees #instagood #refugeesGR #refugeecrisis #documentary #photojournalism #migrantscrisis #migrants #instagramers #refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcome #refugeechildren (στην τοποθεσία Vasiliká, Thessaloniki, Greece)

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#Protesters clash with #police, during the annual commemoration #demonstration of 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship, at the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #photojournalism #instashots #instagramers #instagram #clashes #Greece #greecestagram #instagood #protest (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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Supporters of the Greek #Communist Party #march in the center of the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki, during a #demonstration against the visit of #US President Barack #Obama in #Athens, on Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #protest #demonstrators #photojournalism #instashots #instagram #instagramers #instagood #instalife #usa #greecestagram #greece (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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Greek-born French #actress Ariane #Labed, during the 57th #Thessaloniki International Film Festival, at the port of the northern #Greek city of Thessaloniki, on Saturday, November 11, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #greece #tiff2016 #tiff #arianelabed #photojournalism (στην τοποθεσία Λιμάνι Θεσσαλονίκη - Port of Thessaloniki)

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A Hellenic Air Force F-16C performs a high-g maneuver, as it takes part at the annual #military #parade, for the commemoration of the entrance of #Greece in WWII, back in 1940, on Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #f16fightingfalcon #f16 #photojournalism #greekairforce #28thOctober #instagramers #instagram #airforce #instagood #Thessaloniki #airshow #hellenicairforce #instalife #fighter #fighteraircraft #aircraft (στην τοποθεσία Νέα Παραλία Θεσσαλονίκης)

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In this photo taken on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, players of Herso camp warm up before the game between the #refugee teams from Nea Kavala camp and from Herso camp, in the village of Nea Kavala, northern #Greece. #Soccer players and fans from #Syria and #Iraq got a break from life at #migrant camps to play a match organized by a government migration agency, launching a tournament that will include local amateur #Greek teams. The first game on Friday was slow paced, with white lines on the pitch only half painted in. Spectators were seated on grass or on the terrace of a half-built home to get a decent view. Copyright : (AP Photos/Giannis Papanikos) #greecestagram #refugeesarewelcome #refugeesGR #refugeecrisis #europe #migrantscrisis #everydayrefugees #europerefugees #europerefugeecrisis #photojournalism #instalife #instagramers #instagram #documentaryphotography #documentary #refugeeswelcome #Balkans #football (στην τοποθεσία Néa Kavála, Kilkis, Greece)

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A #refugee #family sit on the ground in an unfinished building site, near the train station at #Thessaloniki, #Greece, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2016 which they use as a temporary shelter before their attempt to illicitly cross the #Greek-Macedonian border. Despite Macedonia's construction of a fence, dozens of people try to sneak across the border every day, hoping to make their way to #Europe's prosperous heartland. Police have been detaining about 50 people daily, and arresting members of smuggling gangs that promise to get #migrants to their destinations. About 60,000 #refugees and other migrants are trapped in financially-struggling Greece. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #greecestagram #greece #refugeesarewelcome #refugeesGR #refugeecrisis #europe #migrantscrisis #everydayrefugees #europerefugees #europerefugeecrisis #photojournalism #instalife #instagramers #instagram #documentaryphotography #documentary #protest #refugeeswelcome #Balkans #refugeechildren #wearehuman (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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The windshield of a car, at the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki, on Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #instagramers #instalife #instagram #streetphotography #streetphotographer #photojournalism #instagood #huffpostgram #streetshot #instashots #instashot #instamood #greece #greecestagram #dailylife #photostagram #photosoftheday #bw #blackandwhite #lensculture #religion (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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#Children hold placards as #refugees and #migrants block the railway tracks, while #demonstrating, demanding for the #border to open, near the northern #Greek village of #Idomeni, on Thursday, Mar. 3, 2016. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #greecestagram #greece #refugeesarewelcome #refugeesGR #refugeecrisis #europe #migrantscrisis #everydayrefugees #europerefugees #europerefugeecrisis #photojournalism #instalife #instagramers #instagram #documentaryphotography #documentary #protest #refugeeswelcome #Balkans #refugeechildren #wearehuman (στην τοποθεσία Idomeni)

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Street scene, at the city of #Mitrovica, in northern #Kosovo. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #travelpics #travelgram #travelinggram #travelphotography #instagramers #instalife #instagram #instatravel #travel #street #photojournalism #documentary #instagood #latergram #instatraveling #huffpostgram #urban #streetshot #nikonphotography #nikon #Balkans #instamood #streetphotography #streetphotographer #life #dailylife #TravelTodayTV #streetphoto #nikonphotography #nikon (στην τοποθεσία Mitrovica, Kosovo)

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Tourists sit on a bench, as they search for information, #London, #England. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #travelpics #travelgram #travelinggram #travelphotography #instagramers #instalife #instagram #instatravel #travel #streetphotography #streetphotographer #photojournalism #documentary #documentaryphotography #instagood #latergram #instatraveling #huffpostgram #streetshot #nikon #britain #Street #UK #TravelTodayTV #bbctravel #nikonphotography #nikond600 (στην τοποθεσία London, United Kingdom)

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Stranded #refugees and #migrants shout slogans as they protest at the Greek-Macedonian border near the northern #Greek village of #Idomeni, on Monday, Feb. 29, 2016. Macedonian police fired tear gas and stun guns Monday as several hundred Iraqi and Syrian refugees, frustrated at days of delays in crossing the Greek-Macedonian border, broke down a gate on a nearby rail crossing. Copyright : (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos). #refugeecrisis #refugee #europerefugeecrisis #migrant #refugeesGR #photojournalism #documentary #instagramers #instagood #latergram #instalife #Greece #laterpost #migrantscrisis #europe #demonstration #protest (στην τοποθεσία Idomeni)

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A #Kurdish woman stands out a tent, inside a #refugee camp, at the #Turkish town of #Suruc, near the Turkish #Syrian border, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2014. Thousands of Kurdish people were forced to pass the Syrian Turkish border and move to the Turkish town of Suruc, as the Syrian town of #Kobani remains in siege by Islamic State forces. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #warinsyria #kurds #kurdistan #kobane #turkey #syrianrefugees #Syria #refugeesarewelcome #instashot #laterpost #latergram #photojournalism #documentary #documentaryphotography #war #instagood #huffpostgram #instalife #instagramers #instagram #instamood #everydayrefugees #refugees (στην τοποθεσία Suruç, Şanlıurfa, Turkey)

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A man from #Syria cooks, inside a #refugee camp near the northern #Greek city of #Thessaloniki. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #refugees #refugeecrisis #photojournalism #documentary #documentaryphotography #refugeeswelcome #everydayrefugees #refugeecamp #migrant #migrants #greecestagram #instagood #latergram #migrantscrisis #refugeesGR #instagram #Greece #instamood (στην τοποθεσία Thessaloníki, Greece)

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People walk inside the British Museum in #London, #England. Copyright : Giannis Papanikos. #travelpics #travelgram #travelinggram #travelphotography #instagramers #instalife #instagram #instatravel #travel #streetphotography #streetphotographer #photojournalism #documentary #documentaryphotography #instagood #latergram #instatraveling #huffpostgram #londongram #nikon #nikonphotography #britain #Street #UK #TravelTodayTV #britishmuseum #londoner (στην τοποθεσία British Museum)