Thanasis Lomef Zacharopoulos was born in 1975 in the small town of Xanthi in north Greece.

In 1990 a New Years Eve was initiated to the secrets of aperture and shutter speed,
and the experimentation with photography started.
Soon, discovered that both his grand father Nestor Lomef and his great uncle
Dimitrios Zacharopoulos were taking photographs already in the 30s.
Using that as an alibi started spending his evenings in a (converted wardrobe) dark room.

1993 joined the photographic group of Aristotle’s University Thessaloniki.

1994 Participated in his first group exhibition and was baptized “Lomef” as a photographer,
by the members of the photographic group..

1993-1999 worked as a freelance photographer in Thessaloniki.

1995-1999 Teacher of Photography in Thessaloniki

1997 Photo-journeys started with the Baltic Sea.

1999 Degree in Mathematics 1999 Moved to London

2001 MSc in Vision, Imaging and Virtual Environments, UCL.

2001 Based in London 2002 Miro Arriba, book, and private view.

2004 PhD in Medical Imaging

2007-8 Editing of eleven booklets on traveling,

2008 11x11 book, and exhibition in London.