Portrait, Fashion, Advertising Photography & video productions by Sakis Lalas

Sakis Lalas lives and works between Italy and Greece. He specialises in celebrity portraits, fashion and advertising photography and is a member of the Italian Foreign Press Association since 2001. He is the Co-Founder of  The Dark Candy  Productions & Blog “where fashion meet cinema” and is the director/producer of MEET THE HOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNERS, a one-of-a-kind docu-series written by Valentina De Giorgi. In each episode the Hollywood costume designers speak directly to the public and tell all about this exciting profession.

Over the years he has photographed some of the most famous stars of the fashion industry (Giorgio Armani, Roberto Cavalli, Silvia Fendi, Angela Missoni, Matthew Williamson, Kean Etro, Alberta Ferretti, Brian Atwood, Tommy Hilfiger), as well as many top businessmen.

Cinema has always been Lalas’ passion and from 2014 he decided to dedicate more time to the art. Regularly in Los Angeles, he has shot for his photo project ”Hollywood Greek Fire”, amongst others, portraits of big movie industry names such as Patrick Tatopoulos (production designer of Batman Vs Superman), Phedon Papamichael (director of photography & 2014 Oscar nominee for Nebraska), Kary Antholis (President of HBO), Jim Gianopulos (CEO Paramount), Spyros Skouras film agent and grandson of the legendary Skouras the president of 20th Century Fox from 1942-1962 and many others.

His photos are published in many top international magazines, including W & WWD (Women’s Wear Daily), The New York Times in the USA, Style (Corriere Della Sera magazine), Cosmopolitan, GENTE in Italy, Marie Claire Taiwan, GQ China, Esquire and People in Greece, Business Punk, Stern and Handelsblatt in Germany andTheSundayTimes , Harper’s Bazaar in the U.K.

SAKIS LALAS AT WORK

Alberta Ferretti by Sakis Lalas©photo