I
oannis
Lykouris
is
born
in
Athens,
Greece.
He
studied
law
at
the
University
of
Athens
and
accomplished
his
post-graduated
studies
in
Civil
and
Commercial
Law
at
the
University
of
Paris
II
(Sorbonne),
France.
Today,
he
is
working
as
a
lawyer
in
Piraeus
and
he
is
the
Deputy Legal Counselor of the Hellenic Post SA.
He
was
keen
on
photography
very
early.
At
the
age
of
12
years,
he
signed
up
as
member
of
the
Hellenic
Photographic
Society,
thereby
becoming
its
ever
youngest
member.
Since
1993,
he
is
a
member
of
the
Administrative
Council
of
the
Hellenic
Photographic
Society
and
since
1997
the
Greek
Liaison
Officer
in
the
International
Federation
of
Photographic
Art
(FIAP).
In
the
year
2010
he
became
member
of
the
Directory
Board
of
FIAP
and
one
year
later
he
assumed
the
responsibilities
both
of
the
Direction
of
the
FIAP
Biennial
Service
and
of
the
Vice
Presidency
of
the
Hellenic
Photographic
Society.
Since
2012,
he
is
elected as Secretary General of FIAP.
He
often
creates
diaporamas,
sometimes
accompanied
by
his
own
music
and
likes
landscape
photography,
portrait
and
photojournalism.
The
last
years
he
is
working
mainly
on nude photography, trying to give his models graphic shapes that go beyond body forms.
He
has
traveled
around
the
world
and
taken
thousands
of
pictures
from
different
places,
especially
from
remote
and
difficult
to
reach
areas,
like
Papua-New
Guinea,
Borneo,
Tasmania,
Iran,
Uzbekistan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Tibet,
Eritrea,
Namibia,
Libya,
Bolivia,
or
the
Galapagos
Islands.
His
photographs
have
been
published
in
many
foreign
magazines
of
artistic
photography.
In
Greece,
his
work
soon
became
of
great
request
and
presented
in
most of the bigger magazines and newspapers.
He
has
participated
with
success
in
many
Biennials
and
in
many
group
exhibitions
abroad.
He
has
also
organized
many
personal
exhibitions
in
Greece
and
other
countries.
His
photographs
repeatedly
won
many
awards
in
Greek
and
international
competitions,
among
them
many
gold
medals.
He
has
participated
many
times
as
a
jury
member
to
international photographic contests in Greece and abroad.
In
the
year
2002,
FIAP
honored
him
with
the
distinction
of
AFIAP,
which
was
followed
by
the
distinction
EFIAP
in
2009
and
finally
by
the
highest
distinction
MFIAP
in
2014,
for
his
artistic
inspiration
and
work.
In
the
meantime
(2007),
FIAP
granted
him
also
the
distinction
of
ESFIAP
followed
by
the
HonEFIAP
distinction
(2012)
as
recognition
to
his
contribution to FIAP and Photography.
In
2011
he
was
honored
for
his
participation
and
involvement
in
photography
by
Sille
Sanat
Sarayi
in
Konya
(Turkey),
as
the
best
photographer
of
the
world
for
that
year.
Different
photographic
Associations
or
Federations
conferred
him
as
a
mark
of
respect
for
his
services
in
Photography
their
Honorary
Life
Membership
or
Fellowship,
among
them
the
Bangladesh
Photographic
Society
(2013),
the
Foto
Club
Buenos
Aires
(2013),
the
Federation
Argentina
de
Fotografia
(2013)
the
Federation
of
Indian
Photography
(2014),
the
PESGSPC
(2015),
the
Photographic
Association
of
Dum
Dum
(2017)
and
the
ICS
International (USA) (2018).
In
2018
China
Jinan
International
Photography
Biennial
awarded
him
as
one
of
the
top
ten
international
photographers
from
Europe,
America
and
Asia.
The
same
year
he
was
appointed as Guest Professor at the University of Shandong in China.
In
2021,
he
was
also
honored
by
the
Honorary
Fellowship
by
the
Dhanbad
Camera
Club,
India
and
by
the
Grand
Progress
Award
from
PESGSPC,
Cyprus
for
his
distinguished
services
towards
the
promotion
of
Photographic
Art
and
in
2022
by
the
Honorary
Fellowship
of
Loftman
Art
Society,
India
and
by
the
Honorary
fellowship
Nobel
Platinum
and
Honorary
fellowship
Nobel
Grans
Master
also
from
India,
for
his
outstanding
photographic
achievement
and
valuable
contribution
and
dedication
towards
the
field
of
art
photography.
In
2023
Pharaoh
International
Photographic
Club
from
Egypt
has
awarded
him
the
Nefertiti
PIPC
distinction,
the
GNG
CLUB
from
INDIA
its
Highest
honor
HON
FELLOWSHIP
VEDANTA
and
the
Fellowship
of
Master
ARTEMIS,
the
New
York
Photo
Association
the
Honorary
Fellowship,
the
Armenian
Photographers
National
Association
the
Honorary
Fellowship,
the
Photographic
Society
of
China
(Taiwan)
presented
him
the
International
Photography
Outstanding
Contribution
Award
and
the
Akremi
in
Tunisia
the
Certificate
of
Excellence.
In
2024,
the
GNG
Club
from
India
awarded
him
the
Royal
Grand
Master
Supremo
Diploma,
the
Fellowship
of
Royal
Photographic
Art,
and
the
Platinum
in
GNG Diploma.
© 2025,
Ioannis Lykouris MFIAP, EFIAP/p, HonEFIAP
