Name	Nicholas Samartis
Height
Naionality	Greek
Date of Birth	14-June-1965
Place of Birth	Athens, Greece
Famous for	Modeling

Nicholas Samartis is a photographer and director best known for his fashion and celebrity portraits in the pages of Vogue. Samartis was born in Athens, Greece, although he spent his early years in Sydney, Australia. He currently spends his time between Los Angeles, New York, Athens, and Sydney.

After studying at Sydney College of the Arts, Samartis moved to Paris, where he began his career in photography at Pin Up Studios assisting Oliviero Toscani, among others. Upon return to Sydney, Nicholas began a five-year tenure shooting fashion editorial and covers for Australian Vogue as well as all the major advertising campaigns there. During his 10 year tenure at American Vogue, Samartis photographed some of the world's biggest stars, including Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Amy Adams, Katie Holmes, Gerard Butler, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Kate Bosworth, Hugh Jackman, Ashley Judd, Ashton Kutcher, January Jones, as well as supermodels of the day, including Giselle, Doutzen Kroes, Karolina Kurkova, Raquel Zimmermann, Shalom Harlow, Naomi Campbell, Milla Jovovich, Gemma Ward and Lauren Hutton, artists including Jeff Koons, musicians including Gwen Stefani, Franz Ferdinand, Ben Harper, Joss Stone, and Deborah Harry from Blondie.

For Warner Music, Samartis has photographed Tom Petty, Prince, Billy Joel and James Taylor. And in the U.S. has undertaken campaigns and work alongside designers including Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen for The Row, Alexander Wang, BCBG Max Azria, Saddlelites Jeans as well as campaigns for Nordstrom and Bloomingdales.