el monel
An English-Greek film and digital photographer, videographer and visual storyteller, drawn to travel, hospitality and the moments in between.
Growing up in Greece shaped much of the way I see the world — with warmth, nostalgia and an appreciation for a slower way of life. Photography became a way of embracing that: taking in a moment, noticing the atmosphere and small details that make it what it is, and telling a little of the story that lives within it without having to say anything at all. An expression of how I see and feel a moment, left open for someone else to interpret in their own way.
inspired by
Visual storytelling came long before photography. My childhood ambition was to become a film director, and much of my school years were spent making very amateur films and recreating music videos — back when music videos had a little more storytelling to them.
Cinema still finds its way into my work, with much of my inspiration coming from the filmmakers I grew up admiring: Wes Anderson for his distinctive composition and colour, Christopher Nolan for atmosphere and scale, and Quentin Tarantino for the way even an ordinary scene can feel significant. Martin Parr offers almost the opposite kind of inspiration — the unpolished, unscripted moments of real life that no amount of creative direction could quite recreate.
My professional background began in biology, so nature and wildlife inevitably shape the way I see the world too.
