Happy holidays!

I wish to all of you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

I'll be back soon with more original photography. Thank you for stopping by.

Female muscle, backstage

Some backstage snapshots. Besides "pumping" and "body painting" female bodybuilders handle their make-up, hair, jewels etc. Above all, they are women.

Tattoo Muscles -1

During NAC's World Championships in Athens, I had the chance to shoot some very impressive tattoos. Most of these images are snapshots. In this case, art are the tattoos.

Body to go!

Originally, this is from a color picture I shot back in 2003. I transformed it to black & white, modified the tones to low key, and added some color. Edited with Nikon's Capture NX2.

History: Reg Park

Mr Universe 1951, 1958, 1965 Reg Park
Tribute to a legend.
I found this rare video on You Tube. Some bodybuilding history.

I feel blue!

Greek bodybuilder Yiannis Grimmis at the NAC World Championships 2008, in Athens. A color version of this photograph can be found below.

A few more photos...

...from NAC's World Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships, in Athens, Greece.

A Great Event

NAC's World Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships 2008, Athens - Greece, was a great event. Great athletes from all over the world got together to celebrate health, beauty, and power.

To start with, here are just a few of the pictures I made with them.

NAC World Championships 2008, in Athens

NAC's World Bodybuilding & Fitness Championships 2008, will be held in Athens, Greece, on June 7, at Peace & Friendship Stadium. 180 bodybuilders from 45 countries will compete. This is the official poster and magazine advertising I created for the event. Pictured athletes are: Charalambos Sarakinis, 48 years old (!), Mister Universe Master over 40 2007, and Katerina Megalou (see below). If you want additional information about the event, send me an email. Larger .pdf version of the poster is available.

Katerina the Great

Her name is Katerina Megalou. In Greek, "Megalo" means great, big, huge. Besides being a great athlete, Katerina, in her mid 20s, is also the winner of the Ms Universe 2006 Championships.

She is a moving beauty, talented, smart, and very feminine. Fans adore her. She is a regular on top national television shows.

We made this shot at NAC's Athens Grand Prix, last November, where she guest-posed. You'll have the chance to meet Katerina at the 2008 World Championships, next summer in Athens.

Comment on Katerina, by clicking the "comments" link, below.
For additional information or business contact, please email me.

Backstage

People often ask me, how's it like backstage? Well, here are a few snapshots of "pumping" and "body painting", to answer your questions.

Some Greek bodybuilding history

Here are some pictures I discovered, going through my photo archives.

Shots I did in 1991, almost 18 years ago. At that time, bodybuilding in Greece was "just a few good men's job". Completely amateur sport. No grand prizes, no opportunities, no publicity. Just for the love of it.
Many of these athletes today are either businessmen, running their own sports companies (gyms, supplements, etc), or coaching new athletes and teams. In picture No.2 is Nikos Sigalas. In picture No.3 (left) is Yiannis Moros.