Graduate of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, he run the home shoe-making enterprise “Alysida”.

Thessaloniki International Fair (1967) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Thessaloniki International Fair (1967) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Snapshot, open farmers' market (1966) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Parade (1967) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

County fair, Katerini of Pieria (1967) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Dikastirion square, Thessaloniki (1966-1969) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

A self-taught Thessaloniki photographer, Stylianou was active between 1965-1969, following the European and American photographic scene of his time. 

Ano Poli, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Parade, Yiannis Stylianou, 1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Lofos, Pieria, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Rotonda, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Inn, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Old Railway Station area, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Old Railway Station area, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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His characteristic interest for square format studies of form and matter gave gradually way to an investigation of the vernacular and the everyday life with the flexible small format, in the humanistic spirit of street photography. 

Parade, Yiannis Stylianou, 1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Egnatia street, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Xyladika, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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School excursion, Salamina, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Rotonda area, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Giannitson street, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Boat crafting, Shipyard, Yiannis Stylianou, 1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Boat crafting, Shipyard, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Stylianou, 1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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The Stylianou archive belongs to the collection of MOMus – Thessaloniki Museum of Photography.

Dikastirion square, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Trip to Europe, Yiannis Stylianou, 1968, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Thessaloniki (1966-1969) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Metamorfosi, Chalkidiki (1966-1969) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Trip to Europe (1968) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Thessaloniki (1966-1969) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Resting time, open farmers' market (1966) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Shadow puppetry play by writer Yiannis Skaribas (1968) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Trip to Europe (1968) by Yiannis StylianouMOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography

Katafyghi, Kozani, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Parade, Thessaloniki, Yiannis Stylianou, 1967, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Fishermen, Yiannis Stylianou, 1966-1969, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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Writer Yiannis Skaribas preparing a shadow puppetry performance, Yiannis Stylianou, 1968, From the collection of: MOMus - Thessaloniki Museum of Photography
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