Photography & Video Productions by Sakis Lalas

Sakis Lalas lives and works between Italy and Greece. He specialises in celebrity portraits, editorial, fashion and advertising photography. He is a member of the Italian Foreign Press Association since 2001 and the Co-Founder of  The Dark Candy  Multimedia Production company  “where fashion meets cinema”. He  is also the director/producer of MEET THE HOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNERS, a one-of-a-kind docu-series (written by Valentina De Giorgi, produced by The Dark Candy) where legendary Hollywood Costume Designers tell everything about their amazing job: the laughs, the joys, the sweat, the sorrows, the facts and the stories behind every costume. The episodes of “Meet The Hollywood Costume Designers“ are hosted on www.thedarkcandy.com, Blog dedicated to the amazing world of costume design and to the magic point where fashion and cinema merge.

The Dark Candy’s mission is to introduce the costume designers and their amazing job to the general public, not only online, but also In Real Life. And it does it through events focused on costume design and on fashion & cinema. These events promote costume making and bring together Hollywood costume designers with the fashion industry to exchange ideas, learn from others and celebrate the art.

Over the years Sakis Lalas 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 (Former President of HBO), Jim Gianopulos (CEO Paramount), Mary Zophres (Oscar nominated costume designer for LA LA LAND), Spyros Skouras Jr. 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, Welt and Handelsblatt in Germany andTheSundayTimes , Harper’s Bazaar in the U.K.

SAKIS LALAS AT WORK

”MEET THE HOLLYWOOD COSTUME DESIGNERS” DOCU-SERIES

DIRECTED/PRODUCED BY SAKIS LALAS

Alberta Ferretti by Sakis Lalas©photo