Niko Guido (born 1966, Istanbul) is a Turkish-French photographer.
After finishing Galatasaray High School, he graduated from Boğaziçi University. He opened exhibitions in Venice, Paris, İzmir and İstanbul; his photographs have published on magazines and newspapers.
Then he has held exhibitions in more than 40 cities in Turkey and all around the world, while his photographs have been featured in many local and international newspapers and magazines. His success in nude photography brought him a respectable reputation on the international scene.
Following his collaboration on the photography project “Unobstructed Laughter” in support of The Spinal Cord Paralytics Association of Turkey, he traveled the world to portray life in different countries. The photographs he took during those journeys have been published in numerous magazines including National Geographic.
After the Haiti Earthquake, he collaborated with UNICEF, an organization he later worked with to organize the exhibition Van İçin Destek (Support for Van) which brought together 30 master photographers.
As part of the anti-war project Leave Us Alone, which he realized with Doctors without Borders on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War, his photographs were simultaneously exhibited in 32 cities around the world, making it the world’s largest photography exhibition.
Niko Guido, has organized more than 60 exhibitions in Turkey and abroad.
Niko Guido opened the exhibition “Artist as an Art Object” for the benefit of the Turkish Education Foundation in 2014 and continues to contribute to the art of photography with his many projects. In specific, Guido initiated or provided guidance for the following projects:
I’m Istanbul, Istanbul 365 Days, Women’s Eye, 14 Cities, PhotoMarathon, Human Stories
In 2013, Guido received the special jury award at the FIAP World Cup, one of the world’s most prestigious photography competitions. The artist continues to explore and portray the world, and to realize an array of projects with his group, PhotoTravelers.
Awards World Championship, (Batterphoto 2007, "Water Muse")
Newspapers, Magazines, Books Nude Art Today, (2008-2009, France) National Geographic
Exhibitions Exhibition Role Location Year Benefactor Smiles Without Handicap Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2008 Association of Paralyzed in Turkey Nudo a Venezia Individual Exhibitionist Venice 2008 Real Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2008 Haiti Suite Individual Exhibitionist Paris 2010 Unicef Haiti Aftermath Individual Exhibitionist Izmir 2010 Unicef Haiti Aftermath Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2010 Unicef Naked Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2011 Hope for Van Curator Istanbul 2011Unicef Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2013 Doctors Without Borders Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist Paris 2013 Doctors Without Borders Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist London 2013 Doctors Without Borders Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist Stockholm 2013 Doctors Without Borders Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist Bangalore 2013 Doctors Without Borders Leave Us Alone - Anti War Photography Project Individual Exhibitionist Cyprus 2013 Doctors Without Borders Artist As Art Object Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2013 Turkish Education Foundation Artist As Art Object Individual Exhibitionist Istanbul 2021 Turkish Education FoundationThe Woman's Eye Curator Nancy, France 2016
Photography Projects Project Year Partner South America 2009 Cuba 2010 Japan-Myanmar 2011 India-Nepal-Sri Lanka 2013 Brasil 2014 Laos-Cambodia-Vietnam 2015 Morocco 2014 Philippines 2014 Australia 2015 USA-Russia 2016 Israel-Peru-Bolivia 2017 Tanzania 2018 Uzbekistan-South Africa-Madagascar 2019 Protesting Gold Mines 2007 Scream of Allianoi 2008 Protesting Sea Pollution 2009 Haiti Aftermath 2010Unicef Protesting Polygamy 2011 The Artist as Art Object 2013Turkish Education Foundation Leave us Alone 2013Doctors Without BordersThe Woman's Eye 2016
Documentaries and TV Shows Title Location Genre ! A Frame to Life Haiti Documentary About Photography Istanbul / Izmir / Konya TV show Photograph Wanderer Venice TV show Photograph Wanderer India TV show Photograph Wanderer Sri Lanka TV show
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