Nikos Vavdinoudis has been working as a professional photographer in Thessaloniki since 1992. He specialises in architectural photography, portraits and food photography, and works with museums, construction companies, publishing houses, architectural firms, industrial plants and hotels. He studied under Dimitris Athyridis at the latter’s studio, and has been running Vavdinoudis-Dimitriou Studio with Christos Dimitriou since 1999. He has participated in several solo and group exhibition, and his works have been awarded in photography competitions. With his Faces + Masks series, Vavdinoudis won second place at the Travel Photographer of the Year 2014 competition in the 'People & Cultures Portfolio - TRIBES' category.