Thanos Kostikos (born in 1978) is a contemporary film photographer, based in Thessaloniki, Greece. He studied Law and Philosophy of Law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and has been involved with photography since 2011, regularly attending seminars and having also graduated from the “Stereosis” School of Photography. His work deals with the inseparable - through its contradictions - relationship between humans and nature, focusing on short human stories that take place and leave their footprint and traces in the natural landscape. The narrative of this never-ending interaction usually unfolds in places bearing a symbolic meaning for mythology or ancient legends. In this way his approach combines the look of documentation with a poetic sensibility while tightroping the boundaries between plausibility and paradox. The medium format film camera and a strict selectivity during the photographic process are the tools he uses to maintain the discipline needed, along with a strong commitment to his theme. He has participated in several group exhibitions and projections such as Green Project Moving Photo Exhibition in South America Bogota – Land of fire (Museo de Bogotá, Colombia, 2014) and FotoFilmic ’16 Traveling Exhibition (Los Angeles, Vancouver, Melbourne, 2016).
