Dimitrios Paterakis is a photographer and digital artist born and raised in Athens, Greece. During his career as a civil engineer, he had the opportunity to travel throughout South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, where he currently lives and works.
His photographic journey began with a plastic camera his father gave him when he was a child. He cherished this gift for many years. Later, as a university student, he got an SLR that was a revelation for him: all the technical limitations of the plastic camera disappeared. He immersed himself in black and white photography, the magic of the darkroom and the many experiments with improvised filters.
Another milestone in his career was shooting exclusively in manual settings, in the early 2000s. The use of the manual (combined with black and white photography) allowed him to capture light, shapes, see the world from a different angle, and try to capture it that way.
His participation in photography seminars and workshops during the first decade of the 2000s helped him hone his technical skills and broaden his understanding of art theory in general.
His permanent installation in the Middle East and the trips he made there led him to use and experiment with small photographic equipment (compact, action, mobile).
Since 2014, he has been using Fuji mirrorless cameras, which have similar ergonomics to film cameras. Since 2016, Fuji has named him one of its global representatives, recognizing his influence and contribution to the international photographic community.
He is passionate about portrait and landscape photography, but he also loves travel photography and continues to experiment with various artistic ideas. In recent years he has started participating in several photography exhibitions and has focused on fine art and travel photography.
Dimitrios Will participate for a second year at the Trieste Photo Days international festival (from 28 to 30 Oct ) in the WOW (worlds of woman) exhibition.
More information at:
https://www.triestephotodays.com/
Everybody who likes art and he is in Athens Greece from 04/03/2022 to 18/03/2022, can enjoy a very interesting exhibition at the MegArt Gallery (102 Kasomouli Str. Agios Ioannins Metro Station Athens Greece.)
The title of the exhibition is: ART IS A VOLCANO
I'm participating in the exhibition with four artworks, all of them wonderful metal prints
