s h o r t b i o g r a p h y
Themis Palpanas was born in 1973, in Athens, Greece. He spent his
childhood years in Athens, and studied Electrical and Computer Engineering
at
the National Technical University of Athens. At the age of 23 he moved
to Toronto, Canada, in order to pursue post-graduate studies. He spent
10 years in North America, shared among Toronto, Los Angeles, and New
York. He now lives in the beautiful town of Trento, Italy, where he
works as a professor at the University of Trento.
Themis Palpanas started making photographic collections in 2003, and
developed a particular interest in documenting the way different
aspects of life exhibit themselves at specific points in time. He
uses digital photography and employees a limited amount of digital
processing in order to manipulate the viewer's perspective. He has
traveled extensively around the world, and has several collections from
North and South America (with a special focus
on USA), South Europe, and East Asia.
Self-portrait, Venice Biennale, 2007
Themis
Palpanas holds a PhD degree in computer science from the
University of Toronto, Canada. He has worked in the most prestigious
research labs worldwide in the area of computer science (i.e., IBM
Almaden research Center in San Jose, Microsoft Research in Seattle, IBM
T.J. Watson Research Center in
New York), and has gained international recognition in his research
area through his publications. He is currently a computer science
professor at the University of Trento, Italy.
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