George Maschalidis took this close-up shot of a street artist in Athens, Greece. "Street artists most of the time are fully open to pose for you, so this is a huge chance to get great images," he says. Taken on a Canon EOS 6D (now succeeded by the Canon EOS 6D Mark II) with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens (now succeeded by the Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM) at 24mm, 1/1250 sec, f/2.8 and ISO 1250. © George Maschalidis
George Maschalidis' life is filled with photography. He shoots professionally in a range of genres and his personal work includes street photography, landscapes and astrophotography. In his homeland, Greece, he's best-known as the co-founder of Photo Contest, the country's biggest online photography community.
"When I found the magical world of photography and videography, I fell in love with it," he says. "I'm really lucky because I quickly realised that this was the job I wanted to do and the career I wanted to explore."