Image Courtesy of Vangelis Paterakis
Guest Contribution by Katerina Biliouri
Shadows are known as a trace, a fleeting substance, the dark area produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface. True, but that is our everyday understanding of the term. Shadows seen through the lens of Vangelis Paterakis are transformed into “Shadow Life”; a second creation of organisms that make up an unnoticed realm of life as we’ve never seen before.
Image Courtesy of Vangelis Paterakis
Vangelis Paterakis is a Greek photographer born and brought up in Piraeus, famous among other for his hotel spaces photo shoots. From the very beginning of his professional path he became a close collaborator of big advertising companies, editorial houses and magazines. On the international front his work appears in various printouts abroad such as the Wallpaper, the Architectural Digest, the Andrew Martin-Interior Design Review and many others. In 2008 with his exhibition “Shadows” he took one step further from the art of precision towards the art of the senses. Familiar bodies that oozed love, friendship and daily acquaintance were intertwined, captured by his lens and then conveyed to large metallic canvases.
Image Courtesy of Vangelis Paterakis
“Shadow Life”, following the success of Shadows, is an exhibition in which the photographer continues to seek bodies that give birth to new figures and shadows that rise new souls. His pictures remain familiar and their figures emit an instant mood for creation, annihilating the stillness of the picture offering to the spectator a side of life far from its daily perception.
The exhibition Shadow Life will be held between the 2nd and the 9th of May 2010 at The Met Hotel in Thessaloniki, Greece, which opened its doors recently to the public. Part of the income will be at the disposal of Quintessentially Foundation, the worldwide charity organisation that has been founded by Quintessentially, the biggest lifestyle management group worldwide.
Image Courtesy of Vangelis Paterakis
sources: Vangelis Paterakis , The MET Hotel
About Vangelis Paterakis
Vangelis Paterakis was born and brought up in Piraeus, Greece. From the very beginning of his professional path he became a close collaborator of big advertising companies, editorial houses and magazines. At an early date his photographs began getting published in numerous Greek magazines, including several covers. On the international front his work also began appearing in various printouts abroad such as the Wallpaper, the Architectural Digest, the Andrew Martin-Interior Design Review and Recently on the cover of Taschens Interiors Now! Vol.1 and J.J Magazine.
Paterakis’ photographs have also been figuring in the pages and covers of books of both Greek and Foreign publications. These books range from architectural guides to decoration as well as cook books. His main professional activity revolves around photo shoots of hotel spaces in Greece, on the mainland as well as on the islands. Some of these hotels are the Met Hotel, Costa Navarino, Life Gallery, Periscope, Vedema, Icons and Semiramis to name a few. Abroad Vangelis has done work for hotels such as Hilton Worldwide and Aman Resorts. Nonetheless, Vangelis also extends his portfolio to photo shoots of Food and Travel.
In the same way that Paterakis’ travels to Cuba and Japan became his source of inspiration and reason for his first personal painting in photography exhibition titled “Virtual World” in November 2006, the familiar images of people in motion portrayed in photographs taken then led him to his second personal photograph exhibition entitled “Shadows” in May 2008. Besides his two personal exhibitions, in July 2007 Vangelis also participated in an ensemble exhibition on the island of Paros, purely focused on painting this time. Also, his work on images of foods entitled “fork D-tales” was presented at the Sani Resort hotel in Chalkidiki, Greece at the Annual Gastronomy Festival of May 2008 and in December 2008, he was chosen among several Greek photographers to participate in the exhibition “Spira” organized by Flocafe S.A Greece. In 2010 his last exhibition “Shadow life” was held at the Met Hotel in Thessaloniki.
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