"Born and raised in Athens
Greece was probably the governing factor why my love for landscape photography
grew strong. Living in the concrete jungle always urged me to try and find an
escape and photography was the means for me to achieve this. I am a self taught
guy who started with baby steps in the film era and developed my skills much
faster in the digital world. I enjoy being outdoors and a nice trek on a
mountain or a coastal area will satisfy me like nothing else.
I am very fortunate living in
a place that has pretty much everything alas in a much smaller scale, which by
itself is a challenge since beauty needs to be found and that is no easy task
in a country where its people don’t have much respect for the environment they
live in. My goal through photography is that by capturing the natural and
unspoilt landscape wherever this is possible to show the locals and visitors of
the beauty that surrounds them in an effort to raise awareness.
I have passions and maybe some
obsessions like shipwrecks, but I will photograph anything that will appear
visually interesting in a landscape whether this is pure nature or includes a
human “footprint”. I live by some photography rules and one of them is included
in the few lines of Garry Winogrand above. I don’t seek to capture reality as
everybody else sees it. My final images want to be the outcome of my personal
interpretation of the scene in front of me. This is an ever going challenge but
a challenge that I enjoy immensely and willing to face it with every
opportunity given.
Sharing the beauty of the
landscapes around me has also made me realize that there is something I want to
equally share, and that is the knowledge I have gained throughout the
explorations and encounters I had with nature and with people. Hope you enjoy
the trip through my words and images. Oh and excuse my English…I am Greek" website
All images © Konstantinos Vasilakis
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