Commissioned - Odysseas Chloridis

BBC Science Focus

Published multiple times on the BBC Science Focus with images from the volcanic eruptions in Iceland as some of the best images of the century, the 17 most stunning images of 2022, and an article about volcanoes.

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July 2024

Published on NZZ print and digital, photo essay about the volcanic eruption in Grindavík, Iceland and how the town is struggling for its survival.

Ukraine

March 2022

Just weeks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I traveled from Thessaloniki, Greece, to the Romanian-Ukrainian border to document the unfolding humanitarian crisis. Representing SOOC Images, the photographs were featured in news outlets across Greece and Europe, providing a firsthand look at the conflict’s early days.

Paradise Lost

Volunteers from the organization "Third Eye Education and Youth Association of Mediterranean (T.E.A.M.)" try to locate hatchlings and help them go towards the sea using torchlights amidst a heavy thunderstorm.

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A turtle hatchling (Chelonia Mydas) is seen amidst a beach filled with waste, seconds after coming out of its nest in a beach near Mersin, Turkey. July 2021.

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Ruslan, a volunteer from Russia is seen looking for turtle hatchlings on the first morning hours. Volunteers work almost daily from 12.00 p.m. until 06.00 a.m. trying to scare away stray dogs who pray on the turtle hatchlings but also try to guide a

A sea turtle (Chelonia Mydas) returns to the sea in the first morning hours after laying its eggs. It's quite unlikely for turtles to give birth that late during the night due to the dangers from nearby predators.

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The body of a dead Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) washes up on the shore as the August full-moon rises. Cracks and slashes on the turtle's underbelly indicate that it was injured by the propella of a boat.

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June 2021-August 2021

Short documentary project highlighting the conservation efforts for sea turtle nesting sites in Eastern Turkey. Developed with the support of T.E.A.M. and Erasmus+ funding.

Arcturos

A brown bear (ursus actors), before surgery in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos Aetos, Greece. The bear had been shot by a hunter when she was brought at the wildlife sanctuary almost a year ago and although the wound had healed the splinters from

Staff members of the wildlife NGO Arcturos carry a roe deer that is about to be reintegrated in the wild.

A brown bear (ursus actors), in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos in Nymfaio, Greece. The bears in the sanctuary are usually animals who can not be reintegrated in the wild because the grew up in captivity thus lacking the skills need to survive on

Melina Avgerinou, responsible for the medical care and treatment of the animals in the NGO of Arcturos feeds a wolf cub that was found abandoned in the wildlife sanctuary.

A patch of forest that got cleared out for the construction of wind tourbines near the town of Nymfaio, Greece. The forest around Nymfaio and Aetos is of great ecological importance as is the habitat of multiple mammals, rodents and insects. The loc

The body of a dead fox lies on the side of the road near Florina, Greece. With no consideration for the local wildlife during the building of roads and no protective measures taken after their construction the number of roadkills that someone sees w

Morning mist near the town Aetos, Greece.

The paws of a brown bear (ursus actors), in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos in Nymfaio, Greece. The bears in the sanctuary are usually animals who can not be reintegrated in the wild because the grew up in captivity thus lacking the skills need t

The wound of a brown bear (ursus actors), during surgery in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos Aetos, Greece. The bear had been shot by a hunter when she was brought at the wildlife sanctuary almost a year ago and although the wound had healed the s

Two brown bears (ursus actors), in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos in Nymfaio, Greece. The bears in the sanctuary are usually animals who can not be reintegrated in the wild because the grew up in captivity thus lacking the skills need to survive

A wolf (Canis lupus) under the light of a full moon in the wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos in Aetos, Greece.

Morning mist near the wolf wildlife sanctuary of Arcturos at Aetos, Greece.

October 2019–December 2021

Documentary photography project developed in partnership with the wildlife NGO Arcturos for the protection of wolves and bears in the area of Western Greece.