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John Stathatos (1947-)
John Stathatos was born in Athens, Greece in 1947. He studied philosophy and political science at the London School of Economics, and has been partly based in London since 1969. During the Seventies he was, among other things, a freelance foreign correspondent specialising in third-world conflict; his photographs and reportage from Kurdistan, the Spanish Sahara, and the Philippines, among other places were published in the London Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian and many other newspapers and magazines.
In the Eighties he concentrated on his personal photographic work, which has since been widely exhibited in Europe. He also began to write about photography, contributing to Creative Camera, European Photography, Portfolio and a number of visual art publications. In 1993 he co-founded the British arts magazine Untitled, which he edited until 1998.
As a freelance curator, he has curated exhibitions for various institutions, including the Arts Council of England, the Photographer’s Gallery, the Greek Ministry of Culture, and the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography; major projects have included the 3rd Israeli Photography Biennale and the influential survey exhibition Image & Icon: The New Greek Photography, which toured to the UK, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Canada. In 2002 he organised the first annual Photographic Encounters on the Greek island of Kythera, where he currently lives for part of the year.
Contact: John Stathatos at jcs@daedala.com
Website: www.stathatos.net (includes examples of photographic work, as well as some non-photographic texts)
In the Photography Criticism CyberArchive:
Catalogue Essays
Book and CD-ROM Reviews
Event Reviews
Exhibition Reviews
Theoretical Essays
A John Stathatos Bibliography
Note: This selective bibliography includes only publications of primarily photographic interest. It does not include publications dealing with the non-photographic visual arts, or any other kind of writing. It also excludes publications of or about the author’s personal photographic work.
Monographs and Books
2003
Archaeologies. Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2003. (Bilingual text, English & Greek). ISBN 960-87039-7-2. 118 pp.
2001
A Vindication of Tlön: Photography & the Fantastic. Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki 2001. (Bilingual text, English & Greek). ISBN 960-12-0929-8. 94 pp.
Fotofrachtis: I fotografies tou Andrea Embirikou [The Photographs of Andreas Embirikos]. Agra Editions, Athens 2002. (Greek text only). ISBN 960-325-421-5. 286 pp.
2000
Maria Chrousachi: Photographs 1917-1958. National Gallery of Greece, Athens 2000. (Bilingual text, English & Greek). ISBN 960-7791-04-5. 210 pp.
Hector Dimissianos: The Fringes of the City. University Studio Press, Thessaloniki 2000. (Bilingual text, English & Greek).
1997
Image and Icon: The New Greek Photography, 1975-1995. Ministry of Culture, Athens 1997. (Bilingual text, English & Greek).
1996
A Dream of Urbanity: Art & the City (editor). Art & Design no.50, Academy Editions, London 1996.
ISBN 1-85490-234-2. 92 pp.
Myth and Landscape (editor). European Cultural Centre of Delphi, Athens 1996. (Bilingual text, English & Greek). 94 pp.
1995
The Invention of Landscape. Camera Obscura, Thessaloniki 1995. (Bilingual text, English & Greek). ISBN 960-7672-01-1. 106 pp.
Photography in the Visual Arts (editor). Art & Design no.44, Academy Editions, London 1995. ISBN 1-85490-224-5. 96 pp.
1991
The Persistence of Memory. 3rd Israeli Photography Biennale, Museum Mishkan le’Omanut, Ein Harod, 1991. (Bilingual text, English & Hebrew). 96 pp.
1988
A Post-Classical Landscape: Greek Photography in the 1980s. Cardiff Ffotogallery, Cardiff, 1988.
1986
Multiple Originals. The Photographers' Gallery, London 1986. ISBN 0-907879-13-6. 24 pp.
Selected Articles, Catalogue Essays, and Other Texts
2003
“Hiding in the Open”, in Paul Seawright: Hidden, Imperial War Museum & Irish Museum of Modern Art, London & Dublin 2003.
2001
“The Transparency of Night”, in Erieta Attali: nightscapes & glass buildings, ex pose verlag, Berlin 2001.
"Ian Jeffrey: A Bestiary", catalogue, 13th Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki, 2001.
2000
“A Conditional Presence: Women Landscape Photographers in Europe”, in Shifting Horizons, I.B. Tauris, London 2000.
1999
“Images for the End of Time”, tate: the art magazine, London, Autumn 1999.
“Kostas Kolokythas: Blasts”, catalogue, 6th International Month of Photography, Athens, 1999.
“Alexandros Avramidis: Waste Land”, catalogue, 11th Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki, 1999.
“The Territories of the Medium”, Contemporary Photography 18, RPS, London 1999.
1998
“A Reading of Peeter Linnap” in Out of the Shadow: Photobased Art from the Baltics, Gray Gallery, Greenville, North Carolina, 1998.
“Positively Art”, Exposed 02, London, January 1998.
“Lala Meredith-Vula: Bathers” & "Robin Dance: Landscapes", catalogue, 10th Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki 1999.
1995
“History, the Photograph & the Ghost of the Photograph” in Fabrique d’Histoire, Saaremaa Biennale, Tallinn, 1995.
“History and its Representations” in memory-thought-hope, Lumo ’95 Symposium, Lumo, Finland, 1995.
1994
“Linke gegen rechte Fotografie” [“Politics in Photography”], Künstforum, Winter 1994.
“Lizzie Calligas: Three Variations on a Calendrical Theme”, catalogue, Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki, 1994.
“Photo City Guide: London”, European Photography, Autumn 1994.
1990
"Representation & Metaphor: Photography in Britain During the 80s”, European Photography, Göttingen, July 1990.
1989
Metamorphosis of the Image: Recent Photographic Strategies in Britain, catalogue for the Athens International Month of Photography, British Council, 1989.
Mari Mahr: A Sextant For Mnemosyne, catalogue, Photographers' Gallery, 1989.
"Letter from London”; European Photography, July 1989.
"Opus Anglicanum"; Creative Camera, London, April 1989.
"Disseminating a Practice"; Creative Camera, October 1989.
1987
"British Art Photography: Climbing Out of the Ghetto"; Artscribe International, June 1987.
1985
Interview with Fay Godwin, Creative Camera, October 1985.
1984
"Reinterpreting Atget"; Creative Camera, June 1984.
"Picturing Greece"; Creative Camera, December 1984.
Selected Reviews
1999
“Native Nations”, Portfolio 29, Edinburgh, June 1999
“Tony Godfrey: Conceptual Art”, European Photography 64/65, Summer 1999
“Pioneers of National Pride”, Times Literary Supplement, London, 16.7.99
1998
“Frantisek Drtikol”, The Art Newspaper, April 1998
“Cindy Sherman: Retrospective”, Contemporary Visual Art 18, London, Spring 1998
“Mari Mahr”, Creative Camera 352, London, June 1998
1997
“Material Culture” , Untitled 13, Spring 1997
“Virtue and Vice: Derivations of allegory in contemporary photography”, Portfolio 25, July 1997
“A Quality of Light”, Untitled 14, Autumn 1997
1996
“Away from the pack? British Art Show 4”, Untitled 9, Winter 1995
“Photosynkyria, Thessaloniki”, ARTI 29, Athens, Summer 1996
“A. D. Coleman: Essays”, European Photography 60, Autumn 1996
1995
“Fabrique d’Histoire”, European Photography 58, Autumn 1995
1994
“Photography & the visual arts: contemporary Greek photographers”, Kathimerini, Athens, 13.3.94
“A reading of Peeter Linnap’s Summer 1955”, Vicerkaar 8, Tallinn, August 1994
“Susan Trangmar: Amidst”, Portfolio 19, Edinburgh, Summer 1994
“Installation Art” , European Photography, Autumn 1994
“The Epic & the Everyday”, Portfolio 20, Winter 1994
1993
“Photosynkyria: Thessaloniki’s Photo Festival”; European Photography 53, Spring 1993
“Fotofeis”, Portfolio 18, Summer 1993
“Baroque Inspiration”, European Photography 54, Autumn 1993
1990
"Susan Trangmar & Judith Cowan"; Art Monthly, April 1990
“Don McCullin: Unreasonable Behaviour"; Wide Angle, Winter 91/92
1989
"Ron Haselden, Ian Walker & Verdi Yahooda"; Art Monthly, March 1989
"Matter of Facts"; Art Monthly, April 1989
"Towards A Bigger Picture II"; European Photography, April 1989
"Finding a Language: Discussion With Mari Mahr"; Creative Camera, June 1989
"Keith Arnett"; Art Monthly, July 1989
"Mona Hatoum"; Art Monthly, September1989
1988
"Verdi Yahooda"; Artscribe International, June 1988
"Art or Nature"; Art Monthly, July 1988
"Another Objectivity"; European Photography, October1988
"The Parting of the Ways"; Wide Angle, December 1988
1987
"Roger Palmer"; Artscribe International, March 1987
"Bernard Faucon"; Artscribe International, May 1987
"Boyd Webb"; Artscribe International, September 1987
1986
"Andy Goldsworthy's Evidences"; Creative Camera, March 1986
"Mari Mahr; Escaping Representation"; Creative Camera, April 1986
"The Photographic Art"; Creative Camera, May 1986
"Next: Tomorrow"; Creative Camera, July 1986
1985
"The Man in the Moon"; Creative Camera, January 1985
"Duane Michals"; Creative Camera, April 1985
"Marianna Yampolsky"; Creative Camera, May 1985
1984
"Photography in California"; Creative Camera, October 1984
"Koudelka at the Hayward"; Creative Camera, November 1984
1983
"Helmut Newton: Northern Flesh"; Creative Camera, July 1983
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