ABOUT ME

I am a blend of cultures born to an Italian father and a Greek mother who met in Khartoum, Sudan, where they were working at the time. That is where I spent the first wonderful eight years of my life before my family relocated to Italy.

In 1990, I graduated from the European Institute of Design (IED) in Rome, completing a three-year advanced course in photography. By 1988, I had already taken my first steps as a professional photographer, and just a couple of years later, I began teaching photography in film and photography schools.

Grounded in large-format camera technique, my career kicked off in commercial advertising with product photography. Editorial fashion magazines soon followed, with medium-format cameras becoming my signature tool. That was the fascinating analog era of film stock, sheet film, slides, and black-and-white photography. The darkroom, along with the tactile connection to the prints and negatives I crafted inside it, remains among the fondest memories of my journey.

When I relocated to Athens in 1994, my main focus shifted to fashion and lifestyle publications. Alongside my commercial work, my passion for teaching led me to mentor aspiring models at a top modeling agency, guiding them through everything they needed to know about navigating the fashion industry.

A decade later came the transition to digital photography, a new world where the darkroom gradually gave way to computers and digital post-production. During this period, I collaborated extensively with record labels, crafting portraits and iconic album covers for music artists.

Driven by my deep love for animals, I also pioneered a new niche, becoming one of the first pet photographers in Greece and serving as Chief Photographer for a highly successful Athens-based pet magazine. Following the economic crisis in Greece, which forced many fashion and lifestyle publications to close, I adapted once again, pivoting toward travel, hospitality, yachting, and lifestyle brand photography.

Today, when I am not on assignment, I am based in Athens, Greece. I specialize in shooting travel destinations, luxury hotels and resorts, yachting, lifestyle brands, portraits, and commercial editorial projects.

This Blue Life