Tzeli Hatzidimitriou was born and raised in Lesbos. She is an award-winning filmmaker, visual photographer and writer. Her photographs have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Australia, China, Italy, Turkey and Greece and have been published in numerous albums ("The Holy Water: Thermal Springs of Lesvos", 1996; "39 Cafes and a Barber Shop" ", 1997; "Conversing with the spirits of the stone", 2009 etc.).