In 1859 he learned photography from and worked with Athanasios Kalphas. He opened his own studio in Athens in 1860 and became a popular portrait photographer becoming the first native Greek to hold the title "Photographer to H. M. the King" (ca. 1868).
Petros Moriates
Portraits
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Genealogy of Petros Moriates
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