Poulas Michalis

He was born in Athens in 1978. His father, a professional sailor, in his efforts to stay close to his family, opened a photo studio in Crete in 1988 and this was his first contact with photography. He studied photography at the Leica Academy in Athens and worked in the field of fashion. He works on long-term projects of social and anthropological content, using mainly analog cameras of medium format.

He takes pictures to alleviate the pain and fear of death.

His work (the Infinite Perimeter project) has been published in the world's largest photography magazines such as

British Journal of Photography in England

 burn magazine in New York

 C41 and FOTOROOM in Milan

 IGNANT magazine in Berlin,

as well as on the huge internet platforms, LENS CULTURE and BOOOOM.

His work is included in books on contemporary photography in Italy and America.

Urbanautica Institute Awards Italy 2019

AINT BAD USA No 14 2019

The Jourmal of Grievences New York 2020

He has taken part in numerous exhibitions at

Athens Taf gallery in the context of the Athens photoFestival 2018

FOTOFILIC Vancouver Pulp gallery 2019

Vancouver The Pollygon Gallery 2019

Seoul Reference Gallery 2019

San Francisco SF Camerawork Gallery 2019

Medphoto festival 2018

He is a member of the PH Museum photographic museum of humanity