Nicolas Iordanou was born in 1975 in Paphos, Cyprus. He studied Fine Arts in Harold Washington College and Photography at Columbia College Chicago. n 2000 he was assigned as a photographer in ‘CITY2000’ (Chicago in the Year 2000) a project about the social and cultural aspects of Chicago, which was exhibited at the Museum of Science and Industry of Chicago in 2001. From 2001 until 2006 he worked as a photojournalist, dealing with conflict and postwar photography in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Palestine/Israel, Uganda, Lebanon and also covered the September 11 attacks in New York City. He collaborates pro bono with the United Nations (UNHCR) and with the Doctors of the World. In October 2009 he had his first solo exhibition titled ‘Prologue’ in the Center of Contemporary Art Diatopos in Nicosia, Cyprus. In 2010 he worked as a Director of Photography in the Italian film ‘From Father’s Eyes’ and in 2012 he co-directs the short film 'About Us'. In 2013 he participates in the exhibition ‘Catharsis/Rebirth’ in Paphos, Cyprus and co-directs a short film presentation from it, which was selected and presented in the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of the Michelangelo Pistoletto’s exhibition ‘Annee Un – Le Paradis Sur Terre’. In 2014 he co-directs the mockumentary 'Salvador' and in 2015 the documentary ‘Cementography’, a three year project.
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With the support of the Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe
