Born in Athens in 1960. He studied Sociology at Deree College and pursued a Masters in European Studies at Reading University in the UK. Since 1988 he has been working for the newspaper Kathimerini. From 2007 to 2014 he was in charge of the cultural section. The following books have been published: “The Face of Athens” (Potamos publications, 2001 and 2008), “Unpredictable Athens” (Eurasia publications, 2012),published by Metaixmio: “Walking in Athens” (2018), “Wherever I travel” (2019), “Small streets of Athens” (2019), “At the depth of the century. A narrative about Athens” (2020) and “A child growing up in Athens 1934-1944” (2022) and from Kapon Publications the book “Athens at the time of the pandemic” with photographs by Dionysia Alexiadi (2023). Nikos Vatopoulos specializes in the history of Athens and urban culture. His research interests include the photographic record of Greece, the history of urban centres, the architecture of the 19th and 20th centuries, the history of publishing and the routes of the scavengers of photography. Unrecorded micro-history and the ‘unofficial’ city is a special research area. He has participated in art exhibitions as a photographer and has organized the project “Athens in the 1960s” (Hellenic American Union, 2014). He has participated in the collective volumes: A. Harisiadis” (Benaki Museum, 2009), “George Zongolopoulos” (Basil & Elise Goulandris Foundation, 2016) and “18 texts about Yannis Maris” (Patakis, 2016).