Greenland: Blue Ice – A Photographic Portrait of Climate Fragility

The a.antonopoulou.art gallery presents the new solo exhibition by Dr. Yannis Tzortzis titled “Greenland: Blue Ice”, held under the auspices of the Embassy of Denmark in Greece.

The exhibition focuses on Greenland, the world’s largest and most climate-sensitive island, often described as the “Global Climate Change Barometer.” Through environmental and experiential photographs from UNESCO World Heritage sites and the everyday life of the Indigenous Inuit people, Tzortzis captures the fragile relationship between humans and landscape.

The photographer participated in the BLUE ICE “green photographic journey” of the environmental non-profit organization GREEN PROJECT, which took place in Greenland in August 2024, under the auspices of the Greek National Commission for UNESCO, in collaboration with the Danish National Commission for UNESCO.

Through his images, Dr. Yannis Tzortzis seeks to raise awareness about the urgent consequences of climate change in Greenland’s uniquely beautiful but extremely vulnerable landscapes.

The ice turns blue just before it melts.

*The NGO GREEN PROJECT was founded in 2008 by the voluntary initiative of active scientists and artists. It has carried out 10 “green photographic journeys” under the auspices of the Greek National Commission for UNESCO, in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, the Ionian Sea, Australia, Madagascar, West Africa, Greenland and India, to awaken social consciousness through environmental photography as a vehicle for change. 69 experts traveled 88,861 km and 979 nautical miles, in 53 countries, with 16 low-emission cars, 1 sailboat, 1 icebreaker and public transport. Next stop: Japan.

International Awards: “El Rey: El Espiritu de Espana”, BARCELONA FESTIVAL 2019, “Best Practice”, UNESCO 2014, “First Award” ENERGY COMMUNITY, Vienna 2014, “First Award” FESTIVAL DE L’ IMAGE ENVIRONMENTALE, Paris 2010, “Third Award” UNITED NATIONS, Cancun 2010.

A few words about Dr. Yannis Tzortzis

Dr. Yannis Tzortzis was born in Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece. He studied photography, culture management and law in Greece, England, and Belgium. He is a Member of the “Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS)” and the “Photographic Circle, Greece”, specialised in environmental photography. He is the Co-founder and President of the Non-Profit Organisation “Green Project”, whose environmental photo journeys around the world are being held under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO. He has been photographing and producing documentary films in the context of the Green Project journeys in Asia, Africa, Europe, South America, Australia, Ionian Sea, Madagascar, West Africa, Greenland and India. He has won many prestigious international photography and film awards, published various photo monographs and exhibited his work in Greece, England, France, Austria, China, Colombia, Uruguay, Australia, etc.

He is an Attorney at Law at the Supreme Court, specialised in Environmental and Energy Law, with PhD in Law of the University of London, LLM of the London School of Economics and Political Science, DEA of the University of Brussels, MA in Culture Management of Panteion University, and BA of the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He has been elected a Member of the Board of Directors of the “Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water” and the “Lilian Boudouri Foundation”. He is the President of the Legal Experts Committee of the Just Transition Development Plan (JTDP). He is a Member of the “Council of Energy and Tax Reform” of the “Elliniki Etairia of Environment and Culture”.