Name: Tony Pierrakos
Age: 48
Education: Bachelor of Arts in Illustrative Photography RMIT 1996

Little did I know at the time, as a child running around the laneways and streets of Brunswick and Carlton that some 30 years later I would be walking the same lanes and streets, this time with camera at hand.

I can't recall why I asked my parents for a camera for my 12th birthday, but that's when it begun, first I thought photography was family pictures, then by the age of 16 I wanted to take sports images and photojournalism. By the time I accepted a position to study at RMIT the thought of making a living from photography was far from my mind, photography had become an art, to be view by your peers and general public in galleries.

The years after graduating from RMIT in '96 were fill with European and South American travel along with commercial photographic assisting, which I did not have a passion for. Through luck or fate I ended up opening a stall in 2001 at the Queen Victoria Market.

So intone photography was created, keep it simple, create my own photographic artworks of my favourite subject matter which was Melbourne urban landscapes.

The last nineteen years have been an great journey, a lot has been learnt, experienced and thankfully achieved. The opening of my string bean container (intone photography urban) has the potential for me to showcase a new and exciting range of works and ideas.

Next time you are in the market, pop along to string bean alley in M shed for an art fix and meet the artist in person.

Please enjoy my website.

Tony Pierrakos
Intone photography