George Tatakis creates fine-art black-and-white photography focused on Greek traditions, rituals, landscapes, and portraiture, combining documentary observation with carefully composed visual storytelling.

George Tatakis works exclusively in black and white to focus on form, gesture, and composition, removing the distraction of color so the viewer can engage more deeply with the subject, the tradition, and the moment itself.

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Long-term projects allow George Tatakis to document cultural subjects over time, creating coherent bodies of work that reflect continuity, change, and lived experience rather than isolated moments.

Caryatis and Ethos are major photographic projects by George Tatakis exploring Greek identity, traditional dress, ritual, and collective memory through portraiture and documentary photography.

ETHOS \ an exploration of Greek local customary events.

CARYATIS \ a study of women's local attires in Greece.

Black-and-white photography removes temporal markers, allowing Greek traditions, rituals, and costumes to be seen as timeless cultural expressions rather than historical artifacts.

George Tatakis’ work exists between documentary photography and fine art, combining real cultural observation with deliberate composition and artistic intention.

The work is intended to be experienced as complete photographic projects or as individual fine-art prints, encouraging slow viewing and reflection rather than quick consumption.