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Hello and welcome.
This space is about a way of looking and a way of connecting. It is the footprint of years spent wandering, following my curiosity, and trying to understand the world through photographs. For more than a decade, Mykonos has been a constant point of return in my work and life — a place that has shaped the way I look at light, people, and life itself. I move between personal documentary and portraiture, always guided by an instinct for real, human connection. The people I photograph carry pieces of a larger story, one rooted in place, memory, and the quiet poetry of everyday life. Ultimately, these images are my way of searching for what unites us across different cultures, backgrounds, and ways of being. I’ve run marathons for the same reason I make photographs: endurance reveals meaning. This journey has led me to attend residencies abroad, receive awards, publish six books, create an independent publishing house, and speak at TEDx — always returning to the quiet spaces where new work begins. If you want to reach out, discuss a project, or create a portrait together, I welcome it. And if not, perhaps we still meet in a shared breath or moment of stillness. The world holds more kindness than we often allow ourselves to notice. Let’s stop for a moment and simply see. 
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. awards | grants | residencies
Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EEET) - professional artist / member
2026: Futures 2026 (shortlisted) Void Talent
2025: Recipient of the Culture Moves Europe Grant - Armenia
2024: Third Prize Recipient, Athens Photo World (APW) Photojournalism Award
2024: Return2Ithaca Residency (R2I) - Somewhere Called Home
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographer(s)
2008: Shortlisted for the Diavazo Literature Magazine's Ten Best New Authors
2007: Second Prize Recipient, Cantabria+10 (Friendship Category) E.U. Competition
2005: Greek Orthodox Church Scholarship for International Studies
. books
2026: Light From Light: A Thousand Days in Mykonos
2012: Wonderwood
2011: Black Out Generation
2010: Daydreaming: One Hundred Greeks of Belgium Dream of Greece
2009: Edessa
2008: Charlemagne and the Camera of Secrets
. exhibitions
2026 Creaid - Niarchos Foundation (Athens) - Eros (group)
2025 DL Gallery (Athens) - Somewhere Called Home (group)
2023 Municipal Art Gallery (Mykonos) - The Magic Island (solo)
2023 Mykonos 6th Biennale “Φ Orphic Mysteries”, Installation & Performance - Tama: a piece of me
2022 Thinking Media V, Art Space IN, Incheon Korea - The Magic Island (virtual)
2021 Mykonos 5th Biennale “1821”, Installation - Eros
2020 Indian Photo Festival (IPF), Hyderabad - Wonderwood (virtual)
2015-2019 Volumes - Independent Art Publishing Fair, (Zurich) Switzerland
2015 Athens Photo Festival, Photobook Exhibition, Benaki museum - Wonderwood
2012 Photobiennale VII Logos - Kalos & Klio showroom (Thessaloniki) - Wonderwood (solo)
2011 Symbiosis? - 15th Biennale de la Mediterranée (Thessaloniki) - Daydreaming
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographers (Athens) - Charlemagne
. selected presentations
2013 TedX (Thessaloniki) - The Chamber of Wishes
2011 European Parliament (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2010 Embassy of Belgium in Greece (Athens) - Daydreaming
. education
2025 Workshop L.LAB - A Photobook Reading Room - One glance at a time
2023 Thessaloniki Museum of Photography - View Master: Editing in Photography
2023 MOMus Thessaloniki - The Sea Beyond (its Aesthetics)
2022 Orama Photographic Studies - Places of Worship
2020/21 Stratos Kalafatis - Organizing, Implementing and Managing a Photographic Project
2020 Kypseli Print Studio - Photographic Screen Printing
2019 Zoetrope - Deconstructing the (Photo)book and Reinventing it in Space
2011 Anders Petersen - Looking the Apple Tree Down Into the Garden
2006-2008 Stereosis School of Photography
2005 Master in American Studies - University of Antwerp
Chamber of Fine Arts of Greece (EEET) - professional artist / member
2026: Futures 2026 (shortlisted) Void Talent
2025: Recipient of the Culture Moves Europe Grant - Armenia
2024: Third Prize Recipient, Athens Photo World (APW) Photojournalism Award
2024: Return2Ithaca Residency (R2I) - Somewhere Called Home
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographer(s)
2008: Shortlisted for the Diavazo Literature Magazine's Ten Best New Authors
2007: Second Prize Recipient, Cantabria+10 (Friendship Category) E.U. Competition
2005: Greek Orthodox Church Scholarship for International Studies
. books
2026: Light From Light: A Thousand Days in Mykonos
2012: Wonderwood
2011: Black Out Generation
2010: Daydreaming: One Hundred Greeks of Belgium Dream of Greece
2009: Edessa
2008: Charlemagne and the Camera of Secrets
. exhibitions
2026 Creaid - Niarchos Foundation (Athens) - Eros (group)
2025 DL Gallery (Athens) - Somewhere Called Home (group)
2023 Municipal Art Gallery (Mykonos) - The Magic Island (solo)
2023 Mykonos 6th Biennale “Φ Orphic Mysteries”, Installation & Performance - Tama: a piece of me
2022 Thinking Media V, Art Space IN, Incheon Korea - The Magic Island (virtual)
2021 Mykonos 5th Biennale “1821”, Installation - Eros
2020 Indian Photo Festival (IPF), Hyderabad - Wonderwood (virtual)
2015-2019 Volumes - Independent Art Publishing Fair, (Zurich) Switzerland
2015 Athens Photo Festival, Photobook Exhibition, Benaki museum - Wonderwood
2012 Photobiennale VII Logos - Kalos & Klio showroom (Thessaloniki) - Wonderwood (solo)
2011 Symbiosis? - 15th Biennale de la Mediterranée (Thessaloniki) - Daydreaming
2008 Athens Photo Festival (APhF), Young Greek Photographers (Athens) - Charlemagne
. selected presentations
2013 TedX (Thessaloniki) - The Chamber of Wishes
2011 European Parliament (Brussels) - Daydreaming
2010 Embassy of Belgium in Greece (Athens) - Daydreaming
. education
2025 Workshop L.LAB - A Photobook Reading Room - One glance at a time
2023 Thessaloniki Museum of Photography - View Master: Editing in Photography
2023 MOMus Thessaloniki - The Sea Beyond (its Aesthetics)
2022 Orama Photographic Studies - Places of Worship
2020/21 Stratos Kalafatis - Organizing, Implementing and Managing a Photographic Project
2020 Kypseli Print Studio - Photographic Screen Printing
2019 Zoetrope - Deconstructing the (Photo)book and Reinventing it in Space
2011 Anders Petersen - Looking the Apple Tree Down Into the Garden
2006-2008 Stereosis School of Photography
2005 Master in American Studies - University of Antwerp
