20 Facts About Andrew Prokos

Andrew Prokos was born on 1971 and is an American architectural and fine-art photographer.

At an early age Andrew Prokos's family moved to Florida, where he grew up and attended the University of Florida, where he graduated with a degree in Political Science.

Andrew Prokos first started taking photographs after moving to New York City at the age of 20.

Andrew Prokos returned to New York City in 1996, and began working in interactive advertising.

Andrew Prokos turned to photography full-time in 2002, and received commissions from a variety of clients, including architects, property developers, interior designers, ad agencies, and corporate clients.

Andrew Prokos's photography has been published in numerous magazines, newspapers, and websites, including: ArchDaily, Casa Vogue, Communication Arts, DesignBoom Magazine, Dezeen Magazine, Manhattan Magazine, Metropolis, New York City Monthly, PDN Edu, and others.

Andrew Prokos is a member of the New York Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.

In 2012 and 2013 Andrew Prokos traveled to Brazil and produced several award-winning series of photographs, including Niemeyer's Brasilia.

In July 2014 Andrew Prokos was one of 23 prominent Greek-Americans profiled in a documentary video series entitled Greeks Gone West, produced by the Embassy of the United States, Athens and Kathimerini newspaper.

In 2019 Andrew Prokos took part in a cultural delegation to the United Arab Emirates, which included prominent photographic artists and curators from the Guggenheim Museum in New York City and the A+D Museum in Los Angeles.

In 2020 Andrew Prokos produced series of experimental and abstract art.

Andrew Prokos has won numerous awards for his photography, most recently a jury selection at American Photography 37 for his series Metropolis Abstracted and a silver medal at the 2021 International Photography Awards in New York for his series Inverted.

Andrew Prokos has been awarded with numerous medals in recent years at the Epson International Pano Awards for his panoramic photography of cityscapes and landscapes and has won numerous Honorable Mentions for his photography from the International Photography Awards, the Prix de la Photographie, Paris, the International Color Awards, and the London International Creative Competition.

Andrew Prokos's photographs have been included in several museum collections, including the Museum of the City of New York, 21_21 DesignSight Museum in Tokyo, and MART Museum of contemporary art in Rovereto, Italy.

In 2018 Andrew Prokos's work was included in the US State Department's Art in Embassies program, which places artwork by prominent American artists in embassies around the world.

Andrew Prokos's work is placed in the Consulate of Brazil in New York and in the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Washington DC.

In early 2022 Andrew Prokos was offered an extensive solo exhibition at the Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

In early 2019 Andrew Prokos opened his own photography gallery at 368 Broadway in New York's Tribeca neighborhood.

Andrew Prokos closed the gallery in 2021 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.

In both 2012 and 2013 Andrew Prokos's photographs were selected by a jury panel to be exhibited in the ASMP gallery at the American Institute of Architects national convention.