Stratis Vogiatzis

Anthropologist, photographer, director, author, producer.

Biography

Stratis Vogiatzis is a filmmaker, anthropologist, photographer, producer and writer. He studied economic and political sciences in Thessaloniki and social anthropology in Amsterdam dealing with children and political violence. He has published five books and he exhibits regularly worldwide. His works belong to museums and private collections. He has directed several independent films that distinguished and won awards in international film festivals. Regularly works as a facilitator- trainer in community projects applying several participatory and storytelling techniques. He is the founder of the Caravan Project, a multi-layer cultural project that has produced numerous interdisciplinary audiovisual productions and community based programs. Caravan project’s mission is to enhance collective intelligence, cultivate the arts of living in a damaged planet, raise awareness upon social issues and empower citizens and communities to articulate their own voice. Caravan project received two consecutive grands from Stavros Niarchos Foundation, participate as partner in many European projects and its work has been presented in numerous international festivals and forums. .