Bill Gekas Explained

Bill Gekas (born 1973) is an Australian photographer who focuses on fine arts and portrait photography. His daughter Athena is the main focus of many of his fine art photographs.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life and career

Born in Melbourne, Gekas originally worked in the IT field and got into photography as an autodidact. In 2010, he started a project that showed his daughter on a set recreating paintings of the Old Masters.^[4] Three years later, these photographs began to attract more and more attention and have been printed in magazines, journals, newspapers and other formats from then on.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

Group exhibitions

• Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards 2011–2015 KL, Malaysia (finalists exhibition)^{[9] [10]}
• National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015, Canberra, Australia (finalists exhibition)^[11]
• AddOn 2012–2014, Sydney, Australia
• Fremantle Portrait Prize, Fremantle, Western Australia (finalists exhibition)

Awards

• National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015 (finalist)
• International Loupe Awards 2013 (1st place portrait)
• Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards (finalist years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
• Px3 Prix De La Photographie Paris, 2014 (Gold Award)^[12]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Niña revive las famosas obras de Vermeer y Rembrandt (FOTOS). Redacción. Peru.com. 2 July 2014.
2. Book: 1x.com. Inspiration: Ein Buch für Fotografen. 19 October 2012. dpunkt.verlag. 978-3-86491-192-7. 49–.
3. Web site: Bill Gekas photographs his daughter. 23 July 2014.
4. Web site: PHOTOS. Bill Gekas recrée les portraits célèbres avec sa fille de 5 ans pour modèle. 11 April 2014.
5. Web site: These Aren't Your Average Snapshots: Bill Gekas' Portraits of His Daughter as Classic Paintings. ABCNews blog.
6. Web site: Familienfotos im Vermeer-Stil mit Perlenohrring. Welt (German TV channel).
7. Book: Lindsay Adler. Creative 52: Weekly Projects to Invigorate Your Photography Portfolio. 15 October 2013. Peachpit Press. 978-0-321-93491-8. 19–.
8. Web site: Fotógrafo y su hija rinden homenaje a pintores clásicos. El Universal, Compañia Periodística Nacional.. México.
9. Web site: Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards. Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards. https://web.archive.org/web/20160706173326/http://www.klphotoawards.com/#!finalists-2015/c24xx. 2016-07-06. dead.
10. Web site: Our favourite portraits at the Kuala Lumpur International Photoawards 2015.
11. Web site: National Photographic Portrait Prize 2015: Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery. National Portrait Gallery (Australia).
12. Web site: PX3. Px3. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105214056/http://www.px3.fr/winners/winners.php?compName=PX3+2014. 2017-01-05. dead.