Aris Ipsilopoulos

Canadian documentary photographer based in Toronto.

[Aris Ipsilopoulos @arisimages]

In Oaxaca, you don’t watch the celebrations. You get swept up in them!

© Photo: Oaxaca City, Mexico, 2025 #socialdocumentaryphotography #mexico #oaxaca #documentary #streetphotography

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For over two decades, I've been fortunate enough to meet kind and humble people around the world. Been privileged to be invited to their homes for coffee and welcomed to meet their families along the way.

© Photo: Trinidad, Cuba, 2024
Ongoing project titled: A second to smile

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@DucatiUSA Customer service has tanked you guys don't stand behind your products and it's impossible to get customer service and support. Don't even pick up your phone. Don't buy from Ducati

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Incredible work as always, Lynsey!

[lynsey addario @lynseyaddario]

Honored to share that my work on Sudan has won the @opcofamerica Olivier Rebbot Award for Best photographic news reporting 📷

The war in Sudan has raged on for nearly three years, with 11 million displaced and more than 400,000 killed.

This award is dedicated to all those we met and photographed @TheAtlantic @anneapplebaum

Congrats to all the winners for some incredible journalism!

https://t.co/4HPfBIAOXM

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The inescapable Caribbean sun, streaming through every window while heading into the colonial city, of Trinidad. Ongoing project: A second to smile: https://t.co/KgVzjO6EVL

© Photo: Trinidad, Cuba, 2012
#photography #documentaryphotography
#humanisticphotography #trinidad #cuba

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You won’t miss the fresh Balik Ekmek (fish sandwiches) offered near Istanbul’s waterfront. Ongoing project titled "Mystery of Istanbul,": https://t.co/WS9kbHUVKW

© Photo: Istanbul, Turkey 2016
#documentaryphotography #streetphotography #humanisticphotography #istanbul #turkey

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The boys are out riding their bikes on the famous Sancaktar Slope in Istanbul. Ongoing project titled "Mystery of Istanbul," https://t.co/WS9kbHUVKW

© Photo: Istanbul, Turkey 2023
#photography #documentaryphotography
#humanisticphotography #istanbul #turkey

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One of the many ferries, the warm evening light, and the ever-present deep blue waters of the Bosporus Strait. This image is one of the first in a new and ongoing project called "Mystery of Istanbul”: https://t.co/WS9kbHUVKW

© Photo: Istanbul, Turkey 2023
#documentaryphotography

[World Press Photo @WorldPressPhoto]

This image included in the #70Printsfor70Years print sale, by @cinque_ale, @pulitzercenter, @NatGeo, awarded in the 2023 Contest, shows Alina Surquislla Gomez, a third-generation alpaca-farmer, cradling a baby alpaca in Oropesa, Peru, on 3 May 2021: https://t.co/qI02V37L0h

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Swimming, fishing, and looking cool off Havana’s iconic Malecón sea wall. Ongoing project: A second to smile: https://t.co/KgVzjO6EVL

© Photo: Havana, Cuba. 2022
#photography #documentaryphotography
#socialdocumentaryphotography #havana
#humanisticphotography #cuba

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Extended interview: Neil Selkirk on Diane Arbus’s life, work and legacy https://t.co/zRU2R2vCXV via @YouTube

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Hanging onto a Coco Taxi along Havana’s iconic Malecón esplanade. Ongoing project: A second to smile: https://t.co/KgVzjO6EVL

© Photo: Havana, Cuba. 2010
#WorldPhotographyDay #documentaryphotography #streetphotography #humanisticphotography #socialdocumentaryphotography #havana

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The Day Havana Fell https://t.co/SoeKDT4GH0 via @magnumphotos

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'What Mary Ellen always tried to do was to bring awareness to the people... https://t.co/DqDOQDKNdH via @YouTube

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Havana Bar
Ongoing project: A second to smile: https://t.co/KgVzjO6EVL

© Photo: Havana, Cuba. 2012
#photography #documentaryphotography
#streetphotography #humanisticphotography
#socialdocumentaryphotography #havana #cuba

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The photographer Vivian Maier roamed the streets with her camera, capturing images of sublime spontaneity, wit, and compositional savvy. https://t.co/fIwOdRUEzg

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A documentary within a documentary image, these scattered images on the streets of Havana, bear witness to the family’s informal documentation of their own existence. On-going project: A second to smile: https://t.co/KgVzjO6EVL

© Photo: Havana, Cuba, 2022
#documentaryphotography

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Timeless Classics!

[Joel Meyerowitz @joelmeyerowitz]

But besides delighting in the purity of the singular image, photographs can also act like an alphabet of meanings when seen in relationships with other photographs. For me this asset has been the secret thrill of the medium.

[Joel Meyerowitz @joelmeyerowitz]

But besides delighting in the purity of the singular image, photographs can also act like an alphabet of meanings when seen in relationships with other photographs. For me this asset has been the secret thrill of the medium.

[Aris Ipsilopoulos @arisimages]

Balloon target shooting, off the Bosphorus Strait rocky shores, Istanbul.

© Photo: Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey, 2023
#photography #documentaryphotography
#streetphotography #photooftheday #istanbul