Anastasia Trahanas was born in Melbourne, Australia, and later, after much travel, settled in the UK.

From the age of twelve, she looked through her camera, documenting her life and the world around her.

Her zest for life and love of meeting new people drive her photography forward, capturing what lies beneath the street and beneath our skin.

Her photographic eye is fed by a deep interest in challenging boundaries while steering away from the so-called 'normal' that societies inculcate in us.

Her questioning drives and gravitates her to photographing the marginalized, stigmatized and vulnerable - turning her representation into a positive image.

"Isn't vulnerability a pure, honest state of being"?

“A concept of it being a weakness, yet, it gives us a connection to ourselves and truly becomes a strength - somewhat empowering”.

She has exhibited her photography internationally and is recognized for the ongoing project she began in 2005, Naked Britain, which has also opened up to Naked Australia.

Her other work, "Photographing the Female," consists mainly of black and white female nudes spanning from her youth to the present.

She has also documented the Orthodox Church, Roma people, and street and travel photography in many countries she has travelled to.

Anastasia has qualifications in photography, social anthropology, is an educator and has a Master in visual anthropology. 

"I am a photographer who uses the camera as a tool to communicate as well as learn much about myself and the world around me. I am humbled and honoured to share my many years of photographic work with an audience who are not afraid to be challenged.”

(If you follow my body of work, please do visit again, as I will continue to add more to this site)

Thank you

Anastasia Trahanas