Platon is a 21st century photographer who has taken portraits of many presidents and well known world figures. His photo of Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...

 was on the cover of Time Magazine in 2007.

Born in London in 1968, he was raised in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 by his English mother, and Greek father. He attended St. Martin's School of Art, and the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

, where one of his professors and mentors was John Hind.

His book Platon's Republic was published in 2004.

Sources

• Platonphoto.com
• Platon, Platon's Republic, 2004, Phaidon Press, ISBN 071484408X