Platon (photographer)
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Platon (Platon Antoniou) is a 21st century photographer who has taken portraits of many presidents and well known world figures. His photo of Vladimir Putin was on the cover of Time Magazine in 2007.
Born in London in 1968, he was raised in Greece by his English mother, and Greek father. He attended St. Martin's School of Art, and the Royal College of Art, where one of his professors and mentors was John Hind.
His book Platon's Republic was published in 2004.
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- Platonphoto.com
- Aileen Torres (April 4, 2006). "Catching up with Soho photographer Platon". Volume 75. The Villager. http://www.thevillager.com/villager_152/catchingupwithsoho.html. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
- Platon, Platon's Republic, 2004, Phaidon Press, ISBN 071484408X
- "Portraits of Power". The New Yorker. December 7, 2009. http://www.newyorker.com/online/multimedia/2009/12/07/091207_audioslideshow_platon. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
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