Professional Photographer

About

about me

ilias Kapa is the artistic name of Ilias Karatzoulis

 
If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn’t need to lug around a camera.
— Lewis hine
 

Member of 641 photography team, worked on international sports events like Ironman 70.3 Costa Navarino, Greece and XTERRA Triathlon Athens and various sports events in Greece.

 

EDUCATION

  • Diploma in Photography Global Leica Akademie, 2006 Athens,Greece. .

  • Certification of Qualifications & Vocational Guidance (EOPPEP) GR06167903 L.2009/1992

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

  • Creative Director at Arquitech Construction Company (2008-2011)

  • Photography Teacher at the Public Vocational Training Institute of Nafplio city,Greece (2017-2020)

    (Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation/Ministry of Education, Research and Religious Affairs)

 

Born and lived in Argos, Greece. Graduated from the famous Leica Academy of Photography, Athens, 2006. Have worked as a photography teacher and as a freelancer in several fields of photography and videography like social events, advertising, sports and interior photography.

As a member of 641 photography team have worked in international sports events like Ironman and XTERRA triathlon races and for worldwide famous artists. Special career highlights are the short film for the opening of the exhibition of the greek sculptor Nikos Floros’s at El Greco’s Museum,(Toledo,Spain), promotional videos for the world-wide famous Dj Nick Warren, (Way Out West, UK) and publication of astrophography series at the official website of Berkeley University-Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology (USA).

 

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Short film production for the exhibition opening of the famous greek artist Nikos Floros at El Greco’s Museum,Toledo,Spain (2015)

  • Exclusive Photographer with 641 photography team at IRONMAN Triathlon,Costa Navarino,Greece (2019)

  • Exclusive Photographer with 641 photography team at XTERRA Triathlon,Athens (2019)

  • Publication of astrophotography series at the official website of Berkeley University- Nemea Center for Classical Archaeology (2021)

 

EXHIBITIONS

  • Group exhibition-13th Athens Photo Festival (2006)

  • Group exhibition-Art Workshop of Argos (2007)

  • Personal exhibition-Circulo Cooperativa,Nafplio (2012)

  • Group exhibition-AntiRacist Festival,Thessaloniki (2014)

  • Group exhibition- Fougaro Art Galley, Nafplio (2018)

 
Of all the means of expression, photography is the only one that fixes a precise moment in time.”
— Henri Cartier-Bresson