Dimitri Mellos was born in Athens, Greece. Since 2005 he has been based in New York City. He is a largely self-taught photographer. He mainly works on long-term, self-initiated projects. His work has been exhibited in New York, London, Canberra, Miami, San Francisco, Berlin, Athens, Barcelona, and elsewhere. He has received multiple awards for his work, including first place in the PX3 Awards, the IPA awards, and WPGA Pollux Awards, and the 1st prize in the Fine art e-book category in the 2012 Fotoweek DC contest; he has also been a Finalist for the Fotovisura Grant and the Magnum Expression Award, and three times a Finalist for the Renaissance Photography Prize. More recently, he was honored as a Juror’s Pick at the 2016 Magnum Photography Awards.