ABOUT

Panagiotis Rontos was born in 1993. He studied at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science at Democritus University of Thrace in Komotini and attended visual storytelling courses at the Greek Centre of Photography. In 2021, he worked as a researcher of audiovisual stories at Istorima. Since 2020, he has been involved in personal projects related to fishing in the broader Thracian Sea and the people working in the industry. In 2022, he began working as a freelance photojournalist in Northern Greece, covering political and social issues, sports, and visual storytelling. His project, titled "Molla," which focuses on Egyptian fishermen, won second place at Athens Photo World 2023. In 2024 he was selected as one of the Young Greek Photographers at the Athens Photo Festival.