Nikos Vasilakis

1983 August: Is born in Chania – Greece and lives there until the age of eighteen. He then moved to Heraklion to study in the University of Crete. 2004 July: Purchases his first D-SLR camera, a Nikon D70, and initiates Photography as a hobby. 2004 December: Five months later his 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 coverpages later, he moves to Athens in order to study Photography in Leica Academy. At the same time he works with several clients. 2009 August: Releases his first book b33k, a personal portfolio. 2010 May: Lives and works London, UK for eight months. 2011 May: Launches PhotoshopNow.gr and starts teaching Photoshop in many Greek cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, Patra, Chania, Kalamata and more) 2012 July: Starts writing Photoshop tutorials for FOTOgrafos magazine as a part of his teaching activity. 2012 October: Starts teaching Photoshop and Photography classes and seminars in FOTOgrafos magazine, Low Profile, Athens Art Studio, Athens School of Fine Arts Photo Courses, ‘IEK AKMI, Leica Academy and more. Today: Is located in Athens, continuing his work.