Nicolas Iordanou was born in the refugee settlement of Mouttalos near the town of Paphos, Cyprus in 1975.  In 1995 he moved to the United States where he studied Photojournalism at Columbia College Chicago under the direction of his mentor, Pulitzer Prize winner, John H. White. He graduated from Columbia College Chicago in August of 2001.

In 2000 he was also commissioned by CITY2000 (Chicago in the Year 2000), a project that documented Chicago’s people, neighborhoods, architecture and culture.

During the spring of 2001 he traveled to China, Pakistan and the Afghan Refugee Camps. He followed the path of the Islamic people from the heart of China going west to Pakistan via the Karakoram Highway. He also documented the Taliban movement, their education and social structure.
 
Upon the events of September 11 in New York City, he arrived at Ground Zero where he photographed the mass destruction and the super-human efforts of the rescue crews.

Nikolas photographed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the fall of 2003.  As a freelance photographer he covered several bombings in the Gaza strip as well as demonstrations and riots occurring at that time. 
   
In January 2004 he was assigned by the Medicins Du Monde (Doctors of the World) organization to document their Humanitarian efforts that took place in the city of Bam in Iran after the devastating earthquake that killed almost half of the city’s population.

One of the most uniquely challenging photographic documentaries was the 2004 Paralympics in Athens, Greece.  Nicolas strove to capture the strength, commitment and dedication all the participants displayed during the games.   

In September 2005, he was commissioned by the Goethe Institut to participate as a reviewer at the ‘1st Berlin Photography Festival’.

In 2006 and 2007 he worked in UGANDA [Night Commuters / IDP Camps, winter 2006], TURKEY [‘On the Road’ Photographic Workshop with Nikos Economopoulos/Magnum, summer 2006], LEBANON [Daily Life in Post War Lebanon, Winter 2006/07] and most recently in BULGARIA [Entering the Union, Spring 2007].