BIOGRAPHY
kostas maros is a swiss photographer who currently lives in Basel and works in Switzerland and worldwide for international editorial-, corporate- and advertising clients.
He grew up bilingual, speaking german and french. After school he studied law at a swiss university and worked for several years as a lawyer. Realizing that law was not what he wanted to pursue he went travelling and started to work as an intern for a newspaper. Meanwhile his interest for photography grew and it became his main occupation.
kostas maros is represented by the photographers agency 13PHOTO for his commercial work and by the Gallery WERTHEIMER and the Gallery 94 for his art work
MONOGRAPHS
HIDDEN - Verborgene Orte in der Schweiz (2018), Christoph Merian Verlag
CABARET BIZARRE (2022), Christoph Merian Verlag
COLLECTIONS
Forum Würth art collection
Christoph Merian Stiftung art collection
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG art collection
Kellershals Carrard art collection
Permamed art collection
various private art collections
AWARDS (selected)
2024
overall winner IPFO Swiss Photo Award 2024 with the serie 'human nature'
2023
Shortlist Felix Schoeller Photo Award, category sustainability, with the series 'cicatrice'
Shortlist Prix Photoforum Pasquart with the series 'human nature'
2022
Shortlist Open Call Fotofestival Lensburg with the series 'cicatrice'
2021
2nd place of prix de la photographie Paris, section fine art with the series 'cicatrice'
'Cicatrice' shortlisted at Prix Photoforum Pasquart
Finalist of the at Verzasca Photo Award 2021 with the series 'cicatrice'
2019
'Janguru' shortlisted at Prix Photoforum Pasquart
2018
winner of swiss photo award 2018 with 'HIDDEN, verborgene Orte in der Schweiz', section architecture
the book 'HIDDEN, verborgene Orte in der Schweiz' shortlisted at Deutscher Fotobuchpreis 2018/2019
3rd place of swiss photo award 2018 with 'inklusion, wenn anderssein normal ist'
'HIDDEN, verborgene Orte in der Schweiz' shortlisted at Prix Photoforum Pasquart
'HIDDEN, verborgene Orte in der Schweiz' shortlisted at Athens Photofestival
2016
vfg young swiss sponsorship 2016 with the series 'tesverlekh'
moscow international foto award, 'Cabaret Bizarre', 3rd winner people culture
shortlisted for the Athens Photo Festival 2016, Athens Greece
2015
swiss press photo award, 3rd place swiss documentaries with the series 'Cabaret Bizarre'
2014
swiss photo award 2014, shortlisted in the category 'documentary' with the series 'tesverlekh'
kolga tbilisi award 2014 with the series 'tesverlekh'
2013
3rd place of prix de la photographie Paris, section fine art - people with the series 'the journey'
3rd place of prix de la photographie Paris, people's choice award, section press -people/personality
2 honorable mentions at international photography award, Los Angeles, section people with the series 'the journey'
honorable mention at international photography award, Los Angeles, section people with the series 'cabaret bizarre'
2012
winner of fujifilm online contest
nominated at licher photoprize 2012
CLIENTS (selected)
Advokaturkammer BS, ART Basel, Baloise Versicherungen, Basler Kantonalbank, BLKB, Basler Zeitung, BMW, Bürgergemeinde BS, Burckhardt+Partner Architekten, CSS Versicherung, Düby Zinsstag, EBM Telecom AG, Faktorzehnder, Fondation Beyeler, HerzogDeMeuron, Hoffmann La Roche, IWB, Manor AG, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Novartis, Orion Rechtschutzversicherung AG, Postfinance Schweiz, Sanitas, SRF, Straumann AG, Superdraft Studio Architects, Swisscom, TCS, toothfriendly, tudor watches, UBS AG, Universitätsspital Basel, Valiant Bank, Wohnwerk BS, Zürich Film Festival
PUBLICATIONS (selected)
ADAC Reisemagazin, Annabelle magazine, ARTE magazine, Basler Zeitung, Beobachter, Bilanz, Bref magazine, Capital magazine, Cicero, Coopzeitung, Fifa weekly magazine, Friday magazine, Fritz+Fränzi - das Elternmagazin , Greenpeace magazine, Gazzetta, Handelszeitung, Havard Business Review, Hochparterre magazine, IWB Kundenmagazin, Migrosmagazin, NZZ, NZZ am Sonntag, NZZ Campus, NZZ Folio, SBB Via magazine, SI Sport, Sonntagszeitung, Spiegel, Stern, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Surprise Strassenmagazin, Swissinfo, Swiss magazine, Tagesanzeiger, Le Temps, Transhelvetica, The Weekender magazine, View Stern magazine, Watson, Weltwoche, die ZEIT, Zwölf