Studio Platon

fine art studio for photographer platon. shooting portraits for a range of international publications including rolling stone, the new york times magazine, vanity fair, esquire, gq and the sunday times magazine, platon developed a special relationship with time magazine, producing over 30 covers for them. in 2007, he photographed russian premier vladimir putin for time magazine's person of the year cover. this image was awarded 1st prize at the world press photo contest. in 2008 he signed a multi-year contract with the new yorker. as the staff photographer, he has produced several large-scale photo essays, two of which won asme awards in 2009 and 2010. platon's new yorker portfolios have focused on themes including the u.s military, portraits of world leaders and the civil rights movement. platon has published four book of his work: platon’s republic [phaidon press, 2004], power [chronicle, 2011], china: through the looking glass [the metropolitan museum of art, 2015], in collabora