User:Nicolas.gotsis.archer

Nicolas Gotsis (Archer) was born in december the 7th in 1988.He was born and raised in the city of Thessaloniki (North Greece). He finished his high school in the student year 2005-6, and from that point till the may of 2009 he studied in the U.C.L.A.N. university (Applied Arts Studies College - Greece) in the Creative and Commercial Photography sector. Right now he works as a freelance photographer.

From a very early age Nicolas had a clear "turn" into Art and joined several fine art lessons. Soon after he realized his great skill in car-design and he entered his teenage years with a purpose to study car-design.

During his 1st year of his high school he selected the section of Graphic Design which made him see things more seriously and re-consider the Car-design "thing". After 3 years of training in the Graphic Design section and after some photography lessons, Nicolas "felt in love" with Photography, and as soon as he graduated he signed up in Applied Arts Studies College.

After a very difficult-to-adjust 1st year Nicolas started again to design cars, which made him more confused about his future, and he almost made lost his "grip". After a very creative and full of photographic works summer Nicolas gained photography's attention and moved on his second year full of ideas and creativity. The second year was the most serious one and throw him to the "wolves". The photographic studio lessons gave him great photographic abilities and gave him a great deal of confidence as a photographer. In that year (2007-8) he participated in the "Photo-Biennale" with the subject "Forward In Time" with a great success. His subject was "Evacuation". A series of images which showed us a city evacuated from citizens after a deadly virus. The images τοοκ place inside the city without the presence of humans and anything else alive.

You can see some of his work here:

In the 3rd year of his studding career his Honours Project was called "Everlast" and it was based on capturing abandoned and deserted industrial buildings. His Architectural style made this photographic project a very nice one and he gained many positive comments.

As a photographer Nicolas Gotsis (Archer) is inspired from some photographers such as Bernd and Hilla Becher, John Hilliard but also he was inspired from the Bauhaus movement (1919-1933).

Except from the Photography section in his life Nicolas also has devoted his life till now in the Filmmaking section. Since 2003-4 he and his best friend Gregory Moschopoulos created a team so-called "Archer Films" and made many-many short films. "Archer Films" made him realize his obsession with direction and editing.

You can see some of their work here: