Environmental Photography Exhibition: Greenland: Blue Ice – Yannis Tzortzis
The National Museum of Natural History Goulandris presents the new solo exhibition by Dr. Yannis Tzortzis RPS titled “Greenland: Blue Ice”, which is held
under the auspices of the Embassy of Denmark in Greece and the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO.
The exhibition will be on view from
July 20 to September 15, 2026.
In the context of its initiative to present exhibitions that address timely and critical environmental issues affecting civil society, the Museum is organizing a
photography exhibition dedicated on Greenland-a place shaped by recent geopolitical developments.
Greenland is the largest and most climate-sensitive island in the world and for this reason is called the “Global Climate Change Barometer”. Through
environmental, experiential photographs from UNESCO World Heritage sites and the everyday life of the Indigenous Inuit people of Greenland, the artist
captures the unique relationship between humans and landscape.
Photographer Dr. Yannis Tzortzis, Member of the Royal Photographic Society of Great Britain (RPS), participated in the “green photographic journey” of
scientists and artists entitled BLUE ICE of the environmental non-profit organization GREEN PROJECT* that 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 the images he created, Dr. Yannis Tzortzis seeks to encourage the strengthening of sustainable development of the Inuit, but also to raise
awareness among the general public with a “visual cry of anguish” about the urgent need to take urgent measures to address the tragic consequences
of climate change in the uniquely beautiful but extremely vulnerable UNESCO World Heritage sites in Greenland.
The ice turns blue just before it melts.
Note: Introductory texts by Professor Christos Zerefos, President International Community of Academies, Climate Envoy for Greece, and Ms Maria
Yiayianou, writer.
*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.
ΒΙΟ: Dr Yannis N. Tzortzis, RPS 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.
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