Biography
Thanasis
Lomef
Zacharopoulos
Photographer with a background in mathematics, vision and medical imaging.
Selected chronology
Biography
Thanasis Lomef Zacharopoulos was born in 1975 in the small town in the north of Greece.
In 1990 a New Years Eve was initiated to the secrets of aperture and shutter speed, and the experimentation with photography started.
Soon, discovered that both his grand father Nestor Lomef and his great uncle
Dimitrios Zacharopoulos were taking photographs already in the 30s. Using that as an alibi started to spend his evenings in the (converted wardrobe) dark room.
1993
Moved to Thessaloniki and started studies in Mathematics
1994
Participated in his first group exhibition and was baptized ‘Lomef’ as a photographer, by the members of the photographic group of Aristotle’s University Thessaloniki.
1993-1999 Worked as a freelance photographer in Thessaloniki.
1995-1999 Teacher of Photography in Thessaloniki’s University Photographic Group (FOAPTH)
1997
Photo-journeys started with the Baltic Sea.
1999
Degree in Mathematics. Moved to London.
2001
MSc in Vision, Imaging and Virtual Environments, UCL.
2001
Based in London
2002
Working on the Miro Arriba project, book, and private view.
2004
PhD in Medical Imaging
2007-8
Editing of eleven booklets on travelling,
2008
Presenting ‘11x11’, book, and exhibition in London, Bodhi gallery.
2009
Magnum Workshop in Barcelona with Carl de Keyzer. and Slideshow presentation in Traffic09 Experiencia Fotográfica, CCCB Barcelona .
2009
‘11x11 a music slideshow’, performance with four musicians and a poet. EastGallery London.
2010
Invitation to participate in the Disorientation Project along with 4 other photographers in Samara, Russia, and exhibition in the ART CENTER in Samara.
2010
‘11x11 a music slideshow’ presented in Heraklion, Crete, at the ‘Bethlehem’ open-air cinema with beatboxer Tobias Hug.
2011
‘11x11 a music slideshow’ was the opening act of FORMAT International Photography Festival 2011, ‘RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW: exposures from the public realm’, 4 March–3 April 2011, Derby, UK.
2013
«Μεταλλαγές»
Participation in the group visual-arts exhibition inaugurating Mesogios, a new non-profit, self-managed art and cultural space in Heraklion · 16 April–2 May 2013.
Participation in the group visual-arts exhibition inaugurating Mesogios, a new non-profit, self-managed art and cultural space in Heraklion · 16 April–2 May 2013.
2020
Night of Ideas 2020
The project “Location for a Duel”. Participation in the group exhibition “Solitude inside the Museum”, part of La Nuit des Idées and its theme “Le Mal-Être — What keeps us awake at night?”. Curated by Eirini Linardaki at the Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion · 30 January 2020. Organized by the French Institute.
The project “Location for a Duel”. Participation in the group exhibition “Solitude inside the Museum”, part of La Nuit des Idées and its theme “Le Mal-Être — What keeps us awake at night?”. Curated by Eirini Linardaki at the Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion · 30 January 2020. Organized by the French Institute.
2022
«Άυπνη Νύχτα» — One exhibition, two museums
Participation in a city-wide group exhibition presented jointly at the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology and the Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion · 27 May–20 June 2022. Curated by Eirini Linardaki and co-organized with the Region of Crete.
Participation in a city-wide group exhibition presented jointly at the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology and the Natural History Museum of Crete, Heraklion · 27 May–20 June 2022. Curated by Eirini Linardaki and co-organized with the Region of Crete.