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Biography:
George Siamandas

Born in Athens Greece, George Siamandas has lived in Winnipeg since 1956. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Political Science and has worked on a variety of Winnipeg urban development initiatives including university-based urban research, private sector real estate development and heritage building preservation.

Active in photography since 1993, his photographic specialties include architecture and interiors, agriculture, business, tourism and Winnipeg people and places. He has contributed images to magazine covers, books, annual reports, and commercial advertising campaigns for Colliers Pratt McGarry, City of Winnipeg, Manitoba Crop Insurance, Manitoba Pork Council, True North Entertainment Complex, TD Securities, Manitoba Lotteries, the Pan Am Games, the Canadian Wheat Board, MTS, Cargill, Travel Manitoba, Tourism Winnipeg and numerous local, national and international firms and numerous architectural and interior design and graphic design firms.

His work is featured in the recent book "Winnipeg a Prairie Portrait" produced for the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce's 125th anniversary.

George Siamandas combines his work as a commercial photographer with work for radio and television. He has presented a weekly local history feature on CBC Radio, and writes and produces television documentaries with PBS's North Dakota station Prairie Public Television (PBS) and for CBC Television.

He is an award winning producer and writer whose documentary credits include "Pyramids on the Prairie" (1994), and "The Mennonites of Manitoba" (1998), "Lake Winnipeg's Paradise Beaches" (2001), "Winnipeg's Assiniboine Park: A Park for all Seasons" (2003) and his most recent production "Portage Avenue: Dreams of Castles in the Sky" premiered in March 2004.

For Siamandas, photography is about telling stories with pictures. "My pictures of Winnipeg people, places and events reflect my own experience and enjoyment of the Winnipeg lifestyle, its rich festival events, distinctive architecture and Winnipeg's multicultural mix of expressive faces."

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