My name is Giannis Angelakis and I am from Chania, Crete. I was born in 1979 and have lived most of my life in Chania. I spent some years in England where I did a degree at Cultural and Media Studies at the University of Wolverhampton (BSc) and studied at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and Sociology at the University of Birmingham (MPhil).

I started taking photos quite later in my life, at 2011, mainly due to my work as a journalist. Soon, however, I realized that I was particularly interested in street photography as a form of art that relies on discovering patterns and capturing life as it happens.

Through my work I document the importance of everyday life as it manifests through gestures and movements, bringing back to the surface the richness of life behind the touristic product named Crete.

Living in times where the economic crisis had a huge impact on everyday life in Greece much of my material is crisis related.

Some key infuences are Walter Evans, Elliott Erwitt, Robert Frank, Saul Leitter, Robert Doisneau, Shirley Baker, Tish Murtha, to name just a few.