Yiorgos Michael is a self-taught visual artist and poet whose photographic work explores themes of aging, identity, and emotional constraint. Working at the intersection of post-documentary and studio photography, he employs portraiture and elements of straight photography to construct image essays that blend clarity with ambiguity, often staging metaphorical scenes within intimate, contained spaces. His photographs draw on the emotional atmosphere of Pictorialism and the experimental abstraction of László Moholy-Nagy, while echoing the psychological intensity of Francesca Woodman and the quiet introspection found in Duane Michals’ work. In parallel to his photography, he writes bilingual poetry in Greek and English that addresses similar emotional and philosophical concerns, offering a distinct but thematically resonant voice.