nikopan@uniwa.gr
Born in Exarchia, Athens, in 1945. He studied photography in London, earning a BA from the Polytechnic of Central London (1974–1977). He holds a PhD in Arts and Humanities with a specialization in Photography (University of Derby, 2008). As an advisor to the Minister of Culture, he coordinated the development and reform of the institutional framework for photography in Greece for a decade (1994-2004). He was a member of the working committee that drafted the National Policy for Artistic Photography on behalf of the Ministry of Culture (1994–95) and has served as an Independent Expert at the European Commission since 1999. To date, he has published a significant number of theoretical and critical texts in collective volumes and academic journals, curated and organized photographic exhibitions, seminars, workshops, and research programs, and participated as a co-organizer and speaker in national and international scientific conferences and symposiums. Since 1978, his photographic work has been widely exhibited and published both in Greece and internationally (Europe, the USA, Israel, Turkey, China). From 1986 to 2012, he taught theory and practical courses in “Art Photography” at the Photography Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, retiring as an Associate Professor. Since then, he has collaborated with the Department of Visual and Applied Arts at the University of Western Macedonia, Panteion University, and the Athens School of Fine Arts as a guest lecturer and in Lifelong Learning courses.
Research: Director of the research program “Digital Photographic Archive ROM”, conducted by the Directorate of Folk Culture of the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Photography Department of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens (1999-2006).
Publications: See https://uniwa.academia.edu/NikosPanayotopoulos
His current research interests focus on the theory and history of Greek photography, with an emphasis on landscape, the relationship between the Metropolis and the Periphery, and a series of issues arising from the influence of the “Western Gaze” on the production, presentation, and reception of the medium.