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Bio

Nicki Panou is a self-taught photographer and digital artist, based in Thessaloniki, Greece. She studied applied informatics with a master’s degree in graphic arts and multimedia, as well as acting in the theater workshop “Parathlasi”. She has been active in photography since 2013. Since then, she has taken part in various exhibitions in Greece and abroad, such as the Kythera Photographic Encounters, the International Photography Festival Photometria, Contrast Photography Festival of Thessaloniki, CONTACT festival etc. Her work has been distinguished internationally, most recently with the 3rd place in the Self Portrait category of the Prix de la Photographie Paris 2021. Her work has been featured in print and digitally in Greek and foreign publications such as Fotografos magazine, Parallaxi, Athens Voice, F-Stop, Petapixel and others.

Statement

Photography is my way of communicating thoughts, feelings and concepts that are impossible to express in a different way. I aim to create pictures that take the viewer to an imaginary world, a different kind of reality. Behind each image, there is a whole process, from the forming of the idea until its realization.

Inspiration can come from anywhere: a song, a story, a conversation I heard on the street, an everyday scene or anything that may arouse my interest. Just a single word can lead to a whole story, which I then impress onto an image.

The photoshoot takes place after I have decided on all the details: location, wardrobe, props, pose, camera angle and anything else I have to know beforehand, so that I can impress the image exactly as I have imagined it. Most of the times I use myself as a model, thus making myself part of the story.

After the photoshoot, comes the post processing that leads to the final image. All the photographs that I use for my compositions are my own and I edit them according to the desired result. I usually choose a square canvas, since I find the harmony of this shape to be fitting with the aesthetic of my images.

Looking at the final image, the viewer can wonder about the meaning that might hide behind it, or just feel the emotions that it provokes.

Exhibitions

Broken Realities, CONTACT Photography Festival, 1-31/5/2020

2084, Contrast Photography Festival of Thessaloniki, 1/12/2019-12/1/2020

What lies beneath, CONTACT Photography Festival, Toronto, 1-31/5/2019

The old han, a live space. Bensousan Han, Thessaloniki. 14/12/2018

Self-Portraits, E.S.P Gallery, 10/11-20/12/2017

Cheapart, 81st International Fair of Thessaloniki, 10-18/9/2016

Parallel Voices 2015, Photometria Festival, Ioannina, 31/5-14/6/2015

Influence Festival, Karditsa, 09-10/5/2015

Meet the artist 5 – Spingtime, Myro Gallery, Thessaloniki, 26-28/3/2015

“A different kind of reality”, Young Greek Photographers exhibition – 13th Kythera Photographic Encounters, Kythera, 25-28/9/2014

“Foundation”, 6th Anakata Festival, Thessaloniki, 12-14/9/2014

Chocofactory & Museum, Thessaloniki, 6/9/2014-6/3/2015

Awards

Honorable mention, Budapest International Foto Awards 2021

Bronze, Prix de la Photographie Paris 2021

Nominee, Fine Art Photography Awards 2021

Honorable mention, ND Awards 2020

Honorable mention, International Photo Awards 2020

Honorable mention, Prix de la Photographie Paris 2020

Nominee, Fine Art Photoraphy Awards 2020

1st place, “The old han, a live space” contest, Photography Center of Thessaloniki/Bensousan Han/Lavart, 2018

2nd place, IEK ESP contest, 2017

Selection at the Portfolio contest, Photometria Festival, Ioannina, 2015

Special Selection, Contest about chocolate, Center of Photography-Thessaloniki, 2014

Honourable mention, 46th Coloured Digital Photography contest, Hellenic Photographic Society, 2014

Features & Publications

Fotografos magazine (print), issue no. 29 “Editing in Photoshop and Lightroom”, October 2022

Shut Your Aperture [en], 2/1/2020

PetaPixel [en], 7/12/2019

Photonews Through The Lens [gr], 7/12/2019

DIY Photography [en], 21/11/2019

GREC1AN (print), 4/2019

F-Stop: Issue —Altered Image, 1/6/2018

ShutYourAperture [en], 29/4/2018

Phototrend [fr], 23/4/2018

Neos Kosmos (print and web-[en]), 15/4/2018

BiscottoGR [el], 3/4/2018

Athens Voice [el], 3/4/2018

Parallaxi [el], 19/3/2018

Photofocus, 13/3/2018

Fotografos magazine (print), issue no.14 “Photoshop & Lightroom), September 2017

“Voyage to Kythera: A photographic encounter of a different kind”, The Kytherian, 01/2016

Fotografos magazine (print), issue no.8 “Photo editing”, October 2015

Wip, issue 16, pp. 50-51, 7/11/2014

Weekend Inspiration CXIV – Phlearn, 13/9/2014

Get Inspired Magazine, 23/8/2014

My Portrait Hub, 18/7/2014

Fotografos magazine (print), issue July-August 2014

50 Creative Self-Portrait Ideas to Trump All Selfies – 500px ISO, 22/5/2014

Weekend Inspiration XCIV – Phlearn, 25/4/2014

Photofocus, 25/2/2014

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