olga stefatou

Freelance photographer and multimedia journalist based in Beijing. 

She grew up in Athens, Greece. She studied photography at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and obtained her Masters degree in Multimedia Journalism in 2012 in China from University of Bolton, UK. From 2003 to 2005 she was assistant to Magnum photographer Nikos Economopoulos. Her work has appeared in several Greek and international publications.

In 2010, she participated in the collective multimedia project The Prism 2011. Since 2006, she has been working on her project 'Silent Crossing', in Burma. The last two years her documentary work has focused on violence against women in Athens and Beijing. Olga has given photographic courses to people with mental disabilities at the Social Association 'Ef Zin' (in 2010) and to the employees of Procter & Gamble company (in 2011).

Group Shows:

'Silent Crossing', 2012 First multimedia art festival (Yangon, Myanmar)

'Sex trafficking', 2011 Kondra art festival (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Locus Loci, 2010 Photobiennale photography festival (Thessaloniki, Greece)

Make History, 2010 Lee (Modena, Italy)

Prestige, 2004 Photosyngiria photography festival (Thessaloniki, Greece)