George Leontaras

My name is George leontaras, I was born in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1966 and grew up in Stuttgart as the firstborn of my Greek immigrant parents. We returned to Greece in 1978 and more specifically we settled down in Nea Ionia, a suburb of the Thessalian city of Volos, which came into existence due to the settlement of some of the hundreds of thousands of Greek refugees that fled Asia Minor after the catastrophe of 1922. Volos is famous for its luscious mountain Pilio, where Centaur, the mythical half man-half horse wise creature roamed and lived. Volos, also known as Iolcos in ancient times, is where Jason and the Argonauts took off on their expedition for the capture of Golden Fleece. I started to experiment with photography in the 80's using a Zenith SLR which I bought with my modest savings. I used to hike mountains, roam the streets of different cities and go to every imaginable place in order to capture the “perfect” photograph. After a few years, I became the owner of an even better camera, the Mino