STAVROS MESSINIS
Stavros Messinis is an editor and visual artist with a Master of Arts in Photography. He has studied photography, journalism, and literature in Greece and Australia. His photobook Dream State won the 2018 Best Photobook Design Award at the Centre for Contemporary Photography and was a finalist for the 2018 Australia and New Zealand Photobook Award. Iland was a finalist for the 2022 Australia Photobook Award. Stavros is the founder and editor of M-Art Books, a publishing imprint focused on art and literature, and the online magazine M-Art Lens. His work has been showcased at major photography festivals in Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, and India. In 2001, TGANews won the First Prize for Best News Website from the Hellenic Ministry of Press, awarded by the President of the Hellenic Republic, Kostis Stefanopoulos.