Nikos Kokolakis

As a beekeeper, I spent many hours watching bees and their surroundings. With a camera and a macro lens, I began photographing what I saw up close: the structure of a flower, textures, colours, and the way bees build their honeycomb. I was particularly interested in how small, repeating details come together to form a whole.

That interest gradually led me to architectural photography and to studying at Leica Academy. The scale changed, but my attention to structure, materials and detail remained. Buildings gave me a different way to continue exploring these things, from the overall form of a space to the junction between two materials.

I am also interested in how a project is built. By returning to the same construction site, I photograph the stages of the work, the people involved, and the details that will eventually be covered up. My work includes both photographing completed spaces and documenting their progress throughout construction.

I live and work between Athens and Serifos.