M I C H A E L   K A T A K I S
Exhibitions
A Time and Place Before War
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Troubled Land
Artifacts
Maya Lin
Pictures from the World
Dispatches from the World
Publications
Biography
Usage
Contact
Kris L. Hardin 1953-2012
Wikipedia: Michael Katakis
Wikipedia: Kris L. Hardin
Video and Audio Interviews
Brain Pickings: The Value of a Compassionate Lie, June 2015
Book Reviews
Huffington Post, U.K.
Traveller/Videos
"A photograph by Michael Katakis is an exercise in clarity, economy and purpose. Everything, from his respect for his subjects to his eloquent use of light, shows a quiet and powerful confidence at work. His photographs treat the world with dignity."

Michael Palin
London

"In an era when the boundaries and meaning of photographic truth become increasingly confused, Michael Katakis' works retains a refreshing and moving commitment to the values of 'straight' photography, for which the central requirements have always been an inquisitive eye and an open spirit. Whether recording heart-rending tributes and mementoes of the visitors to the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, rural life in China, or the daily life of a village in Sierra Leone before the ravages of war, his subjects are accorded the non-judgmental empathy and emotional democracy that form the core of that tradition. The concerns implicit in these images become both scarcer and more urgent by the day."

John Falconer
Curator of Photographs, The British Library


"I see Michael Katakis' work as a postcard to the future"
Laura Jean McKay
author: The Animals in That Country


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