Photos by Vas Gardiakos

Those that are familiar with me and my art know how much I love all forms of fine art photography especially abstract and patterns. My art, to borrow from musical terms that define genres, may be called ambient, atmosphere or space. Occasionally I also shoot what may be considered mainstream photography but usually prefer the unusual.

Much of my art can be framed and hung on a wall, "kremaseto opos thelis" (designated by the Greek letters Kappa Omicron Theta) meaning it can be exhibited any way at the discretion of the owner. Some of the patterns can be used on neck ties, scarves, sheets, pillow cases, towels, place mats, wallpaper and rugs or what have you.

Any individual may use any of these art pieces for your personal computer desktop or print and hang on your wall.

Each artist proof is signed by Vas Gardiakos
Printed on 11"x17" high quality paper: $100.00 
 

2014 - Palm Harbor

2002-2005 Manipulated Photo - Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
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The digitally manipulated or should I say digitally mangled images below were either my photos or paintings I produced through the years. I used Corel PhotoPaint or Adobe PhotoShop to edit the images. All my digital art is in .jpg format. All are untitled.

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1999 Found Object Sculptures - Crystal Beach, Florida, USA
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The concept for the Crystal Beach Found Object Sculpture photos came about from the many invitations I received over the years to attend receptions to sculpture exhibits. The photos on the invitation were so well taken with dramatic shadows that when I saw the original sculpture which was lacking the dramatic shadows I was often disappointed. I then decided to make sculptures from found objects and shoot them with their shadows. Unfortunately anyone that looked at my photos was more interested in the sculpture than the photo of the sculpture. They wanted to purchase the sculpture which unfortunately existed only for the eye of the camera. Just as well as many of these sculptures would have suffered from the lack of strong shadows when exhibited without concern of dramatic lighting. Oh well!

Most of the photos below are abstracts shot in 1999 in Florida. Most were shot with a 35mm camera. All are untitled.

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Real Life Photos - USA and Greece
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400 Bird On A Window Sill	401 Flowers	402 Hanging Around	403 The Shadow of Your Memory	404 Mrs. Eva
405 Look at All Those Rings	406 Come Back At Seven	407 Home Of A Home Homeless Person	408 Door Behind Lakonikis	409 Old Age

 

Mostly Kalamata Earthquake Photos - Greece
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All of the 1992 photos were taken while residing in Kalamata Greece. The 1986, "7.7" earthquake destroyed most of Kalamata. This occurrence exposed many old weathered and interesting surfaces. I saw the artistic potential which I exploited with my camera. These two dimensional images are not manipulated in any way. It is amazing what chance can do.

600 Baby	601 Body Parts	602 Cat Away	603 Dance	604 Disaster
605 Dreamscape	606 Haute Couture	607 Reflections	608 Heavenly	609 Landscape
610 Red	611 Whatever	612 See It	613 The Monk and His Duck	614 Scratches
615 Waterfall	616 Rockets Away	617 Symphony	618 Uphill	619 Wall
620 Veranda	621 Metal Psychology	622 Clothes Pins	623 Tied Up	624 Natures Abstract
625 Slant on Reality	626 Upstairs

 

1989 3-D Photos - Chicago - USA
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700 Decay of Art	701 The Power Company	702 No Parking Zone	703 Construction Zone	704 Thick and Thin

 

1960's Photos - USA
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500 Orange	501 Rusty Nail

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My Art Is An Iconic Monument in Los Angeles

The proposed stunning Petersen Automotive Museum designed by your firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates has a starling similarity to my artwork shown below your image. What do you think, is it similar to my #911 abstract?

This innovative architectural wonder will be become an icon recognizable worldwide. I wish them the best.

Vas Gardiakos

2013 Proposed Petersen Automotive Museum | Los Angeles
http://www.petersen.org/about-us/news-and-press/THE-NEW-PETERSEN

2004 Abstraction by Vasilios Gardiakos – #911 in B&W
see Image #911 above

2004 Abstraction by Vasilios Gardiakos – Original - #911
see Image #911 above

Variation on a Theme
2004 Abstraction by Vasilios Gardiakos – Original - #910
see Image #910 above

The original photo #818was used to make #910 and #911
see Image #818 above

 

 

     
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Copyright 2007 V. Gardiakos