Nikos Vasilakis
Artist | Professional | Photography

Greece

1983 August: Is born in Chania - Greece and lives there until the age of eighteen.
2001 Summer: Finishes high-school and moves to Heraklion to study in the department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete.
2004 July: Purchases his first D-SLR camera (Nikon) and initiates Photography as a hobby.
2004 December: Five months later the hobby turns into a profession. Being an active member of the Photography club of the University of Crete (FOPK), he lands his first job in 18-Thirty magazine and 18-30 advertising company.
2006 September: Eleven cover-pages later, he moves to Athens in order to study Photography. At the same time he works with several clients.
2008 June: Graduates with success from the Leica Academy and joins the army.
2009 May: Finishes the army service and switches to the Canon EOS system.
2009 August: Releases his first book: b33k, a personal portfolio.
2010 May: Visits London, UK, for 8 months.
2011 May: Launches PhotoshopNow.gr and starts teaching Photoshop.
2012 January: Launches online shop for prints of his work with worldwide shipping.
2012 October: Starts teaching Photoshop and Photography classes and seminars in 'IEK AKMI', 'New School Athens' and 'Athens Art Studio'.

nikosalpha.com