With long hair and even longer limbs, model Ksenia Pavskaia has that glamazonian appeal. In this series of photos, photographer Akiss Paraskevopoulos lets her natural beauty shine – with simple backdrops, simple styling, and raw shots that keep Pavskaia’s razor-sharp bone structure and enviable hair the focus of each frame.

For many a photographer, travel isn’t just about hitting the tourist destinations. It’s about seeing every new landscape as an opportunity. On a recent trip to the other side of his world, Akiss Paraskevopoulos saw Australia’s Blue Mountains – so named for the blue haze that seems to linger over them when viewed from a distance – as one of those such opportunities. With fierce…

Some common threads of themes can be revisited and reinvented time and again: if done right, we’ll always be drawn to take notice. Here’s one you know: girl as boy seduces girl as girl. It’s the intrigue of a Sapphic theme magnified by the alluring confusion of androgyny. Akiss Paraskevopoulos‘ new take on the timeless plot forgoes the lingerie and lace stockings that are often…

Akiss Paraskevopoulos‘ recent video Petites Gouttes De Soleil was all about the mood. It flickered with the obscurity of another era; the clothing more a contribution to the mood than the cause of it. In the final photoshoot, however, the styling no longer frolics at the edge of the greater picture. Instead it’s beautifully captured both in detail and as part of the Gothic setting.…

In its flickery black and white, Akiss Paraskevopoulos‘ latest video could have come straight off some old film reel. That would be, of course, were it not for the styling by Martha Dimaki that gives an edgy, modern take on Gothic Victoriana. Akiss gives us a voyeurs view of the subject, creeping up across a deserted cemetery, or capturing the model through ornate wrought iron…

Photography works in the most magical ways. It all lies in the power of the click that lasts no more than a few microseconds, but it’s a real deal breaker. From the contouring light on the face to the delusional sparkle on a dress, the lens is powerful enough to do anything. Or make anything look like what it’s not. Photographer Akiss Paraskevopoulos looks at…

Akiss Paraskevopoulos didn’t waste any opportunities on a recent trip to Australia. The craggy rockfaces and outback sandy plains became the perfect backdrops for photoshoots like this one, titled Lost World. And a lost world it could be. Only the clothing betrays the fact that this isn’t some ancient setting roamed by prehistoric man. But there’s a subtle tribal feel to the clothes none the…

If you fancy getting swept away in a dreamy relaxed mood, the kind of mood that only rustling long grasses, wildflowers, and soft, rustic cotton and lace dresses can create, then here’s a video to indulge in. Directed by Akiss Paraskevopoulos, who applies the soft, sensual style of his photography to this vintage-effect clip, it’s perfectly set to the jazzy yet mildly melancholic tones of…

Against stretching sands and skies thick with clouds, and photographed from upward angles that visually exaggerate, Akiss Paraskevopoulos‘ models look like Titan deities. The simple styling only serves to add to the Homeric drama of the photos, with lightweight pieces that catch the wind but never detract from the two models – Adhiel Tulba and Rhianna Porter – as the main focus.

Ahead of Louis Vuitton putting officer’s caps and leathers on the runway of their fall 2011 collection, Akiss Paraskevopoulos had already been playing with Night Porter themes. Now the leather cap emerges from the wardrobe once more, this time reinterpreted in colour with a fetishist-meets-biker feel sitting alongside a number of the year’s other motifs. As such, you’ll find this is a photo shoot that…