My name is Giannis Aggelakis, I was born in 1979 and I come from Chania, Crete.
I studied Media and Cultural Studies in England at the University of Wolverhampton, obtaining a BSc with distinction. I continued my studies at MPhil level at the University of Birmingham and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and Sociology (CCCSS).
2011 marked a turning point in my life as I began to explore the world of photography. I soon realized that I was particularly interested in street photography as an art form based on discovering patterns and capturing life as it evolves: capturing it in its rawest form.
I aim to capture everyday life as captured in gestures and movements, revealing the true texture and life that lies behind "Crete" as a tourist product.
Through photography I am given the opportunity to create distance from reality, so that I can then see as an observer, but not necessarily disassociated. It facilitates the development of a personal understanding of what really matters to me.
My main influences are Walker Evans, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, Saul Leiter, Nikos Economopoulos, Robert Doisneau, Shirley Baker, Tish Murtha and others.
My work has been published in publications such as Street Photographers Foundations, Petapixel, Dodho, Eyeshot Magazine, Fujilove, Fujipassion and Monovisions.
I was a Fuji-X ambassador from 2017 to 2024.
