"Photography with sensitivity, strength and the commitment born of passion."
- The British Journal of Photography
Xenia Demetriou is a photographer, educator and the founder of eye4change, an award-winning charity empowering individuals and communities through the medium of photography.
After graduating with a degree in photography in 1987, her black and white documentary photographs of the Cypriot diaspora were exhibited in Our Space in Britain at Camerawork, London. Shows in galleries and art centres across the UK and Cyprus followed, including; Impressions Gallery, York; The Stills Gallery, Edinburgh; Ffotogallery, Cardiff; Untitled Gallery, Sheffield; Cooper Gallery, Barnsley; Famagusta Gate, Nicosia and The Photographers’ Gallery, London.
Her editorial and corporate commissions extend to portraiture, architecture, food and travel, with work published internationally. Personal photography projects centre on migration, community and belonging.
As an educator, Xenia leads courses and facilitates workshops for people of all ages and abilities in diverse settings, catalysed by concepts of the power of photography to connect, communicate and bear witness.
Together with a BA (Hons) in Photography, she has a Master's degree in Design and Media Arts and has completed postgraduate study in Transpersonal Psychotherapy.
The photographs presented here are extracts mined from her personal and professional work; a synthesis of her lived experience.