User:Dimitrifotos

Dimitri Fotos specialty is artistic photography. His skills allow him to showcase the world with the skill of his artistic eyes.

Fotos is his real last name. It is from the Greek and means light. In 1909, his grandfather, Demetrios Fotopoulos, arrived in Ellis Island, New York on a ship that had departed from Greece. The custom officials shortened the family name to Fotos so Americans could pronounce it with ease.

Dimitri Fotos love for photography began when he was 13 years old. In the ninth grade, he built his first darkroom and soon after had an art show (while he was still in high school!) From then on, his passion for photography as an artistic expression took off and continues to be a passion to this day.

He attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. I received my B.A. degree from The Corcoran School of Art in Washington, DC in 1980. While a student at the Corcoran, Dimitri Fotos received a first place award from the D.C. Art Director's Club for a regional student competition in photography and design.

Since then Dimitri Fotos has received numerous awards in both commercial and fine art competitions:

2004: Best 2-D artwork, St. John's College Mitchell Gallery's First Juried Art Show for Anne Arundel County, Maryland Artists 1999: Best photographic contribution in the first 10 years of Washington College magazine 1998: Photographer of the Year, Washington College 1992 and 1993: First Place, National trade publishing guides, for cover photographs 1991: First place, Annual Report cover for The Health Insurance Association of America in Association Trends Magazine Competition 1986: First place in Maryland State Park photo competition 1980: First place in the Art Directors Club of Washington, DC, regional student competition 1976: Photograph selected from a student show for the collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston My love for art photography began with the combined beauty of people and nature. I photograph weddings, portraits, and commercial work with an artistic Dimitri Fotos has a web site : www,photosbyfotos.com   or dimitrifotos.net