Nicolas Lambouris is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Arts & Communication at Frederick University and Director of Unit [Arts, Media & Visual Studies Center]. He holds an MA in Photography from Kent Institute of Art & Design, University of Kent (UK), a BA (cum laude) in Studio Art and a BA (cum laude) in Media Studies from Queens College, City University of New York (USA). Lambouris is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Photography & Theory [IAPT], and a founding member of the Cyprus Semiotic Association (CSA). He has participated in a number of conferences dedicated to the interdisciplinary and critical exploration of photography and visual culture, and has text contributions in the scholarly journal Photographies. His work, primarily photographic and time-based media, has been exhibited locally and internationally; it is part of private and state art collections, and has been published by Yard Press and IAPT Press. His research interests focus on issues of production, assimilation and dissemination of the photographic image as a visual and cultural apparatus.