Scott Typaldos

Scott Typaldos 
Avenue de l'avant poste 6
1005 Lausanne
Switzerland
+41 78 799 84 87 
 

stypaldos@gmail.com
http://www.eykoma.com
http://alterdiary.tumblr.com

Profile

I am a documentary photographer interested  in human beings, their condition and emotions.

Experience as a photographer

MUGI 2001-2005

Photographic documentary on borderline personality disorder through a young japanese woman.

MES DETAILS 2002

Reportage on the mid election events of the 2002 presidential french election

LUNA 2002-

Photographic documentary on a girl facing divorce and her development through the years

JAPANESE DIARY 2003

Travel diary on a 3 months Japanese trip

Auschwitz 60 years 2005

Reportage on the 60 years celebration of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp

IN THE BACK OF BEYOND  2007

Photographic documentary on “oil searchers” and their exploitation in Gabon, Africa

IN THE FACE OF NOTHING 2009

Photographic documentary on the living condition in the NR LAGAR slum, Bangalore India

ELECTRONIC WASTE 2009

Start of photographic documentary on electronic waste in India (2009) and Ghana (2011)

BUTTERFLIES (The Gadara Adversary) 2010-

Start of a large documentary project on mental illness with first part in Ghana and Togo, psychiatric hospitals and mental camps.

INANIMA 2010-2014

Photographic documentary on veterinary pathology

WHAT’S KILLING ALISTAIR? 2011

Documentary on the last weeks of a man living with the bipolar disease in Accra

DEATH MASKS 2011-

Start of large documentary project on funeral rites and death. First part in Accra/Ghana (2011)

TOXICOMANIA 2011-

Start of documentary on drug addicts. First part in Accra/Ghana (2011)

Slaughterhouse 2011

Photo series on an animal’s slaughter

TOXIC 2011

Early documentation on a documentary in Kosovo

KOSOVO 2012-

Documentary on Abuse and discrimination of Roms (still in progress)
Documentary on mental institutions and war traumas

SERBIA

Documentary on Abuse and discrimination of Roms (still in progress)
Documentary on mental institutions and war traumas

PRIZES

Gomma Mono 2012 Shortlisted for the Mono book
PGB Photo Awards 2012 3rd place in General news section
Photo Espana 2012 selected for descubrimientos
Proof Award 1st place
International Photography Awards Honorary Mention for Editorial piece2012 Manuel Rivera-Ortiz grant Shortlisted
Prix Roger Pic 2012 Shortlisted in finalists
Foto Visura Grant 2013 Honourable mention
Prospekt 2013 Becomes member of the the agency.
Suture Gomma Book: 5th place and part of the soon to be published Suture book.
Athens Photo Festival 2013 Shortlisted
Photocrati fund 4th place with Butterflies
Burn grant 2013 shortlisted with Butterflies

Publications

Suture Gomma Book: 5th place and part of the soon to be published Suture book.
Die Nacht magazine: Work “Butterflies Chapter2” in issue 14.

6th edition/Autumn issue of Archivo with Butterflies Chapter 2

17th edition of Doc photo magazine with Butterflies Chapter 2

L’oeil de la Photographie with Butterflies Chapter 2

EXHIBITIONS

2000=“street scenes”@ Lewan Boston

2001= Group exhibitions in “Crying 99” New York

2003= Solo exhibition@ Fukuoka, Japan

2006= Exhibition@Quarantaine, Bruxelles, Belgium

2006= Exhibition@ l'Espace Caméléon, Bruxelles,Belgium

2006= Exhibition@ Paprika, Bruxelles, Belgium

2006= Exhibition@ fondation Deutsch, Lausanne, Suisse

2006= Exhibition@ Winterkleuren, Bruxelles Belgium

2007= Exhibition@ "Soyons Ici"  centre culturel de St Gilles, Bruxelles, Belgium

2009= Projection@Introjections, Bruxelles, Belgium

2013= Carnem 3 exhibition with Prospekt

2013= Athens Photo Festival 2013 (shortlisted)

2013= exhibition at Head on Festival Australia 2013 

2013= Delhi Photo Festival 2013

2014: Solo exhibition and conferences in Spazzio Reale Bellinzona (coming September)

2014: exhibition at Head on Festival Australia 2014 this spring. 

EDUCATION

1996-2000= MFA Emerson College Boston, MA

2000= Color photography@ New England School of Photography

2001= Masters in New media Technologies, New School University/ New York.