Yiannis Koukourakis was born in Athens, Greece. He was introduced to photography as an assistant phographer in advertising studios. He first studied at the department of Photography of the Technological Institute of Athens (TEI). Afterwards he continued his studies on Fine Art Photography by following postgraduate studies in England, sponsored by the Hellenic Republic State Scholarships Foundation (IKY).
He has been working as a professional photographer since 1994, in commercial ,advertising and weddig photography. From 2001 to 2005 he taught Photographic Applications as a Laboratorial Collaborator at the School of Photography of the Technological Institute (TEI) of Athens.
Whilst working on his professional activities he also pursues his Fine Art Photography projects. Since the ‘80s, he has participated in various exhibitions and art festivals in Greece and abroad, winning awards, like “Kodak European Awards in Arles” 1991, and in the Biennales of Young Artists in Marseille and Cordoba.
Yiannis is mainly interested in themes that deal with people & society and their interaction with their environment, social events and studio application.
His base is in Chania, Crete. He covers a spectrum of photographic services in Crete and whole Greece with professionalism and compliance to your creative needs,