Mike Zambidis
Mike Zambidis is one of the best professionals Kickboxing fighters in the world. His friends call himIron Mike. He is a 15 time World Champion, and is the current W.I.P.U. “King of the Ring” also competing in the K-1 MAX. His career records 174 fights, 14 world titles and that, since 2003, competing with the best athletes globally at the top organizations. Tonia Fouseki is his manager, owner of So Fine Public Relations company and every year organizes the Athens Exclusive Designers Week. The photoshoot is for People magazine of Proto Thema Newspaper and took place at his Gym “Zambidis Club“at Glyfada in Athens. Published on 12 October 2013. Here are the selected photos.
Hair and Make up by Chrysa Makris.
Giorgos Manikas
George Manikas is one of the most decorated Greek male models. He has participated in manycampaigns and fashion shows. He decided to produce his own yogurt ice cream recipe for those who love ice cream, yogurt and fitness. The photoshoot for Proto Thema Newspaper took place in a neoclassical house build in 1800 on a coast of Aegina Island and published on 22 June 2013.
Babis Bizas
Babis Bizas had been awarded with Guinness Record as "The most Traveled man of the world"! After he came back from his recent trip at South Pole Babis Bizas gives an interview about this unique experience. What made Babis Bizas to be so lucky that he had travel to all the countries of the wold (194 countries)?
"The journey to the South Pole was not the most exciting experience of my life, but had to be done. As others go to St Gerasimos to fulfill a vow, so I felt it my duty, as a Greek, to raise there the greek flag. " If I heard this phrase from any other man, I would have thought that he is full.” Writes the journalist of Kathimerini Semina Sarantopoulou about The most Traveled man of the world and she continues “But in front of me I have, according to the Guinness Book, "most traveled man of the world", the great explorer who has walked in 195 countries of the world, the first Greek who managed to press on both poles of the Earth - visited North pole in 1995 and the South pole a few days ago.”
The photoshoot of Babis Bizas took place at his home in Athens. All the set up I have used for the styling the shot are the gadgets he used in his trip at South Pole. Even during the shooting it was impressive that he couldn’t stop talking about his trips and his experiences and that was one of the points that we came closer. The interesting textures and the colors of his outfit was perfect for this shot and his attitude as well. Thank you Babis
Demetrios Potamianos
New York, the city of challenge and opportunities, the city of expression and fashion. The New York City Celebrity hair dresser Demetris Potamianou is a combination of all the above. Many Hollywood celebrities choosing his DS Studio and one of his famous clients is Bush Family. Recently and on the occasion of his coming in his native, Greece and “his island” Aegina, gave an interview to Proto Thema and the journalist Maria Lemonia … The shooting for his interview took place in the port of Aegina just after New Year day cause the time was pressing us.
It is always a great pleasure working with people you know and especially in this particular work that is purely creative. But its not only the result, same creative and enjoyfull all the process should be. In the creative process I have used more the natural light of Aegina on the evening golden hour. Dimitris Potamianos celebrity hair dresser except photogenic, expresses the dream of a successful self-made man who left everything behind to make his dream come true. The portraits and his interview published in People Proto Thema on 01/20/2015
Dedicated to People
Human race living around the world in different locations, different weather conditions, doing many different jobs for living. We are enjoying a plurality of habits and traditions.. As a part of the creative process of nature, we are becoming the same interesting as our mother, nature… Capturing all these expressions of human race, reminds me all this process. All these uniqueness… This is what amazes me with portraits. You can never feel boring. Welcome to my new blog. Here you can be a part of this trip, part of the human race documentation. Have a nice stay
Dimitris
Lloyd’s Register Marine Campaign 2015 in Syros
As a part of Lloyds Register Marine campaign I would like to start this post with 2 words… “Trust” and “thankful”. A big thanks to the Communication Department of Lloyd’s Register Marine and Columns Advertising of Londonfor trusted me to be part and photographer of their global campaign for 2015. The
campaign photoshoot took place in Neorio Shipyards of Syros Island in Greece the summer of 2014. It was more than useful experience working under the difficult conditions of the Shipyards and for the specific needs of Lloyds Register UK campaign.
The photoshoot of Lloyds Register Marine Campaign at Syros Shipyards
Lloyds surveyors are those who protects the life of workers and the property as well through the security tests. Thats why the mood of the campaign was a heroic like dark portrait of a Lloyds Register surveyor set in his environment, a style very close in how I usually working in my portraits. We stayed at Syros for three days (Me and the assistants) with most of the time inside the drydock of Neorio. After this experience I have to say that its not the easiest thing to choose angles inside and outside of an 250 meters long ship under 40+Celsius!
The Greek Maritime Nation and Syros archive
“Greece is a maritime nation by tradition, as shipping is arguably the oldest form of occupation of the Greeks and has been a key element of Greek economic activity since ancient times”. Through this photoshoot I had the opportunity to come closer with an important part of the “Greek owned” Shipping industryand Greek Shipping history as well. The Neorio Shipyards at Syros was also very important part of Lloyds Campaign as well as the Shipping archive of Syros and the owner Mr George Foustanos. Coming back from this experience I had a strong feeling of pride for all the Greeks that invested in the big idea of the maritime world and managed it successfully. This is the reason that 20% of global shipping owned by Greeks. After this experience working in the shipyards under 40 celcius for three days between hot metal sheets, I strongly believe that everyone who works there is a real hero… I would like to thank all these kind workers from Syros that helped and support us to accomplish our photography mission.
Big thanks to Nick, Anita, Lloyds…
