Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Carriage Barn Arts Center
681 South Ave
New Canaan, CT 06840
The exhibit features a selection of images chosen from submissions by a professional, amateur, and student photographers
EXHIBIT JUROR: PLATON
After working for British Vogue for several years, Platon was invited to New York City to work for the late John Kennedy Jr. and his political magazine, George. Shooting portraits for a range of international publications including Rolling Stone, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Esquire, GQ, and The Sunday Times Magazine, Platon developed a special relationship with TIME magazine, producing over 20 covers for them. In 2007, he photographed Russian Premier Vladimir Putin for TIME magazine’s “Person of the Year” cover.
In 2008, he signed a multi-year contract with The New Yorker. As the staff photographer, he has produced several largescale photo essays, two of which won ASME Awards in 2009 and 2010. Platon’s New Yorker portfolios have focused on themes including the U.S Military, portraits of world leaders, and the Civil Rights Movement. In 2009, Platon teamed up with Human Rights Watch to help them celebrate those who fight for equality and justice in countries suppressed by political forces.
Platon is a communicator and storyteller. He has been invited to be a keynote speaker on leadership at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chanel, Nike, Yale University, Oxford University, Wharton University, the National Portrait Gallery in London, and the International Center of Photography in New York. Platon’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums both domestically and abroad including the Matthew Marks Gallery, the Howard Greenberg Gallery, and the Colette Gallery in Paris, France.
In 2013, Platon founded The People’s Portfolio, a non-profit foundation aspiring to create a visual language that breaks barriers, expands dignity, fights discrimination, and enlists the public to support human rights around the world. Platon is currently on the board for Arts and Culture at the World Economic Forum.
Platon’s life’s work is the subject of a Netflix documentary, Abstract: The Art of Design