2017︎︎︎Present
Creation of:
BOOKLETS zine style series, (100+ titles)
CHINA: Voyage To The East, completed dummy book
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
1. ALLEGORICAL PORTRAITS
2. BLOOD TIES: brothers, sisters, cousins...
3. GREEK IDENTITY
BOOKLETS zine style series, (100+ titles)
CHINA: Voyage To The East, completed dummy book
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
1. ALLEGORICAL PORTRAITS
2. BLOOD TIES: brothers, sisters, cousins...
3. GREEK IDENTITY
2015︎︎︎2016
PRIVATE COMMISSION and EXHIBITION: ‘WHAT IS EROTIC?’ Paris, France.
GROUP Exhibition: BEAUTY OVERDOSE in Antwerp, Belgium.
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
GROUP Exhibition: BEAUTY OVERDOSE in Antwerp, Belgium.
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
- YOUTH in retrospect, Puglia, Italy
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FAMILY PORTRAITS France, England
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BEACH-SCAPES, Puglia, Sicily, Italy
- GREEK IDENTITY, Shooting and development project : Cyclades, Greece
2009︎︎︎2015
COMMISSION: “FAMILY PORTRAITS” series for the DE GANAY archive of individual portraits of a french Aristocratic family.
COMMISSIONS: “FAMILY PORTRAITS” various families, shooting Vienna, France, Italy, New York, Belgium, England.
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
COMMISSIONS: “FAMILY PORTRAITS” various families, shooting Vienna, France, Italy, New York, Belgium, England.
Continuing personal portfolio series with:
- The BURDEN of Classicism
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FAMILY PORTRAITS
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NATURE and NURTURE
- YOUTH in retrospect
2007
Shooting and Development project “CHINA : Voyage To The East” Xi’an region, China.
2004︎︎︎2007
Continuing portfolio series with:
- BODY
- CHINA
2004
Exhibition Project documenting ‘Autour du Mirroir‘ at the Chateau de Courances, France.
2002
Shooting commissioned series on the Frascati region, Rome, Italy.
Solo Exhibition, MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY in Skopelos, Greece.
Solo Exhibition, FRASCATI DOC, in Frascati and Rome, Italy
Solo Exhibition, MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY in Skopelos, Greece.
Solo Exhibition, FRASCATI DOC, in Frascati and Rome, Italy
2000
Solo Exhibition BODY PLUS at gallery SERGE ABOUKRAT in Paris.
1999︎︎︎2007
Participation in several group shows at gallery SERGE ABOUKRAT in Paris
1999︎︎︎2005
Represented by EUGENIA MELIAN Agency Paris.
Started fashion editorial with German Marie Claire magazine and continued to work on various magazines and publications.
Started fashion editorial with German Marie Claire magazine and continued to work on various magazines and publications.
1995
Solo Exhibition ‘CHRIS PLYTAS’ at Galerie PONS in Paris, France.
1994
Shooting MIAMI BEACH series, Florida, USA.
1994︎︎︎1997
Participation in several group shows at Galerie PONS, Paris including, BODY, ANIMALIA.
1992︎︎︎1993
Shooting CHINA portfolio, shot mostly around Xi’an and the Yannan region, China.
1988
Solo Exhibition LE CORPS ENJEUX (the Body) as part of the Mois de la Photo in Paris.
1987︎︎︎1993
Shooting HADRIAN (The violence and sexuality of adolescence) series, in England and France.
1987
Solo Exhibition AUSTRALIA with:
- FNAC galleries, France (six years touring europe).
- PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY, London.
1986
Shooting AUSTRALIA portfolio over a period of 6 months mostly in New South Wales and Victoria, Australia.
1985
Changed to medium format photography using Hasselblad.
1985︎︎︎2004
Fine art, archival black and white printing for exhibition and personal archive.
1982︎︎︎1985
Director of Berwick Universal Pictures Ltd., Soho, London.
1977︎︎︎1985
Printing, layout, personal design and realisation for Vivienne Westwood, London.
1975︎︎︎1984
Worked on landscape, portrait, and reportage photography, and darkroom technique. Projects including night clubs, rock concerts, fashion shows, Cannes film festival, royal wedding, Los Angeles freeway etc.
1974︎︎︎1977
BA (hons) fine art painting and sculpture at the Central (St.Martins) School of Art, London.
Commercial work
- Commercially has worked for Moet & Chandon, Max Mara in Paris, RESO design group, and Antonio Fusco in Milan. Fashion editorial amongst others for Italian Amica, Allegra, German Marie Claire, Nylon, Spoon, Greek Vogue, GQ, Elle etc...
- Editorial portrait commissions for Nespresso magazine, and Industrial review Courier Cadres.
Published Books
- QUI VIT LA?—Trans photographic press 1999 Concept Dominique Gaesseler and Chris Plytas A photographic book for children aged 0-3 years old Commisioned by Le Conseil général de la Seine-Saint-Denis, France.
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CHRIS PLYTAS—Trans Photographic Press 1998 Original photography by Chris Plytas with text by Jean-Christian Fleury.
- COLLECTION—Onestar Press 2001. Artist limited edition of 250 numbered copies: A selection of fashion photographs shot by Chris Plytas between 1999 and 2001.