I was  born and raised in Cologne and I am working as a culture editor for a big broadcast service in Germany.  Therefore reading a lot of scripts and scanning many lists with information and news. To compensate for these mainly cerebral pleasures I travel and take pictures.

 

ABOUT THE PROJECTS

Kinesis

is a project about dancers in different parts of the world. Huge cities like Tokyo and Athens – or small towns like Shumen in Bulgaria. Having been a dance critic, I changed my perspective and now follow my passion for photography. I visit dancers, choreographers and companies around the world, capture their rehearsals and daily routines, sometimes accompanying their  path to new pieces. Always trying to find a connection between the strength and fragility of the dancers and my emotions towards the different urban structures they live in.

Safe Space

wants to cover everybody’s need for a psychological or three-dimensional place, where you can be authentic and at ease with yourself. What do you regard as your own private Safe Space? Is it a cafe or your apartment?  Or maybe a relationship or a fantasy?

Abseits vom Strom

is a project inspired by Alec Soth’s photobook  „Sleeping by the Mississippi“. It’s about my relationship to the river Rhine that has accompanied me since my birth in Cologne. I remember dreaming about the river as a child. My journey along the Rhine is an attempt to bring past and present together.

White Noise Black Grain

documents my ongoing love for black and white photography. Many of the photographs are taken with film cameras. 

 

lf you want to license a photo or request about working with me on a project please contact me:

basil.nikitakis@t-online.de

+49 15161515756
Genter Str. 23
50672 Köln