Bio

Achilleas Chiras was born in Trikala in 1994. In 2015 he moved to Thessaloniki for studies and has been living and working there ever since. He studied and graduated from the Photography Department of I.V.T. of AKMI. From then on, he began his work in photojournalism, working at the same time as an intern at a Greek news agency. He is currently working as a photojournalist at the Athens News Agency (ANA-MPA) and as a correspondent for European Pressphoto Agency(EPA). He is member of the Journalists' Union of Macedonia and Thrace. .He covers current affairs, political and social issues as well as sports content. He has covered Olympic Games 2024 in Paris, France. Based in Thessaloniki, Greece.

AWARDS

2025 Hamburg Portfolio Review 2025 Selection

2024 PX3 - Prix de la Photographie 2024 - Honorable mention / Press/Nature/Environmental

2024 Festival della Fotografia Etica Staff - World Report Award - Documenting Humanity Single Shot 2024

2024 Journalism Excellence Awards - First Place in Photojournalism Category

2024 All About Photo - Merit Award

2023 Photo Contest by Educational Foundation of the Association of Editors of Daily Newspapers of Macedonia-Thrace – Culture Category Fist place

2022 PX3 - Prix de la Photographie 2022 - Gold in Press/General News

2021 Tokyo International Foto Awards – Silver Winner in Editorial/General News

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 - "23:21 Photo exhibition dedicated to the Tempi train collision" Greek photojournalism Association - Larisa, Greece
2023 - Photo Contest by Educational Foundation of the Association of Editors of Daily Newspapers of Macedonia-Thrace - Thessaloniki, Greece

2022 - Photo Contest by Educational Foundation of the Association of Editors of Daily Newspapers of Macedonia-Thrace - Thessaloniki, Greece

2020 - Anthropause | MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece

2018 - JOURNAL 1 | Redscale Group, Stereosis, Thessaloniki, Greece

Group Photo books

JOURNAL 1 | Redscale Group - 2018

Selected Publications featuring my work

CONTACT

Phone - (+30)6986671713

Mail - a_chiras@outlook.com

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