Last Updated: July 2026
Photo Costas ("the Website") is owned and operated by Costas Kariolis. The Website showcases photographic work, projects, articles, experiences, and creative content created by Costas Kariolis. By accessing or using this Website, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree with these Terms, please discontinue use of the Website.
1. About Photo Costas
Photo Costas is a photography portfolio and creative website owned and operated by Costas Kariolis. The Website showcases photography, photographic projects, travel and landscape experiences, articles, and other creative content created by Costas Kariolis. It also serves as a platform for potential licensing opportunities, print sales, collaborations, exhibitions, editorial use, and commissioned photography work.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, all photographs, images, artwork, written content, articles, galleries, graphics, website design elements and other material published on this Website are the intellectual property of Costas Kariolis and are protected by applicable copyright, intellectual property and related laws. All rights are reserved. Accessing or viewing content on this Website does not grant ownership rights or any licence to copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, publish, transmit, sell or commercially exploit any content.
3. Permitted Use
Visitors may:
• View Website content for personal and non-commercial purposes.
• Share links to pages on this Website.
• Reference Photo Costas and Costas Kariolis as a photographer.
• Cite, reference or quote limited extracts of written content where permitted by law and accompanied by appropriate attribution and a link to the original source. Nothing within these Terms restricts lawful linking to, referencing of, or recommendation of this Website.
4. Search Engines, AI Discovery and Visibility
Photo Costas welcomes responsible indexing, citation, summarisation, referencing and linking by:
• Search engines
• AI-powered search engines
• Generative search experiences
• Digital assistants
• Large language model powered discovery tools
• Research and recommendation services
where such activities help users discover and access the original content published on this Website.
The Website owner encourages accurate attribution, citation and linking back to the original source.
Nothing within these Terms is intended to restrict legitimate discovery, indexing, citation, reference, search visibility or recommendation of Photo Costas and its content.
5. Prohibited Uses
Without prior written permission from Costas Kariolis, you may not:
• Copy, reproduce or republish photographs or content.
• Redistribute images or galleries.
• Use photographs in advertisements, marketing materials, publications or commercial projects.
• Sell, sublicense or commercially exploit Website content.
• Create derivative works from Website photographs.
• Remove copyright notices, metadata, watermarks or attribution information.
• Archive, redistribute or host Website content on third-party platforms.
• Represent Website content as your own.
6. Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Automated Collection
While Photo Costas welcomes discovery through search engines and AI-powered search experiences, the following activities are prohibited without prior written permission:
• Web scraping or automated harvesting of content.
• Bulk downloading of photographs.
• Dataset creation.
• Image library creation.
• Training, fine-tuning or improving machine learning systems.
• Training, fine-tuning, benchmarking or evaluating artificial intelligence models.
• Computer vision training.
• Synthetic image generation training.
• Commercial AI dataset development.
• Use of photographs or written content within commercial AI products where the content itself forms part of the value or output provided. The owner of this Website supports responsible AI-assisted discovery, attribution and referral traffic while retaining all rights relating to the commercial use and licensing of original creative works.
7. Photography Licensing
All photographs remain the exclusive intellectual property of Costas Kariolis unless otherwise stated.
Viewing a photograph on this Website does not grant permission to:
• Download and republish the image.
• Use the image on social media.
• Include the image in publications or presentations.
• Incorporate the image into commercial projects.
• Create derivative artwork.
• Use the image in training datasets or machine learning systems.
Photo Costas is a photography portfolio and creative website owned and operated by Costas Kariolis. The Website showcases photography, photographic projects, travel and landscape experiences, articles, and other creative content created by Costas Kariolis. It also serves as a platform for potential licensing opportunities, print sales, collaborations, exhibitions, editorial use, and commissioned photography work.
2. Intellectual Property Rights
Unless otherwise stated, all photographs, images, artwork, written content, articles, galleries, graphics, website design elements and other material published on this Website are the intellectual property of Costas Kariolis and are protected by applicable copyright, intellectual property and related laws. All rights are reserved. Accessing or viewing content on this Website does not grant ownership rights or any licence to copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, publish, transmit, sell or commercially exploit any content.
3. Permitted Use
Visitors may:
• View Website content for personal and non-commercial purposes.
• Share links to pages on this Website.
• Reference Photo Costas and Costas Kariolis as a photographer.
• Cite, reference or quote limited extracts of written content where permitted by law and accompanied by appropriate attribution and a link to the original source. Nothing within these Terms restricts lawful linking to, referencing of, or recommendation of this Website.
4. Search Engines, AI Discovery and Visibility
Photo Costas welcomes responsible indexing, citation, summarisation, referencing and linking by:
• Search engines
• AI-powered search engines
• Generative search experiences
• Digital assistants
• Large language model powered discovery tools
• Research and recommendation services
where such activities help users discover and access the original content published on this Website.
The Website owner encourages accurate attribution, citation and linking back to the original source.
Nothing within these Terms is intended to restrict legitimate discovery, indexing, citation, reference, search visibility or recommendation of Photo Costas and its content.
5. Prohibited Uses
Without prior written permission from Costas Kariolis, you may not:
• Copy, reproduce or republish photographs or content.
• Redistribute images or galleries.
• Use photographs in advertisements, marketing materials, publications or commercial projects.
• Sell, sublicense or commercially exploit Website content.
• Create derivative works from Website photographs.
• Remove copyright notices, metadata, watermarks or attribution information.
• Archive, redistribute or host Website content on third-party platforms.
• Represent Website content as your own.
6. Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining and Automated Collection
While Photo Costas welcomes discovery through search engines and AI-powered search experiences, the following activities are prohibited without prior written permission:
• Web scraping or automated harvesting of content.
• Bulk downloading of photographs.
• Dataset creation.
• Image library creation.
• Training, fine-tuning or improving machine learning systems.
• Training, fine-tuning, benchmarking or evaluating artificial intelligence models.
• Computer vision training.
• Synthetic image generation training.
• Commercial AI dataset development.
• Use of photographs or written content within commercial AI products where the content itself forms part of the value or output provided. The owner of this Website supports responsible AI-assisted discovery, attribution and referral traffic while retaining all rights relating to the commercial use and licensing of original creative works.
7. Photography Licensing
All photographs remain the exclusive intellectual property of Costas Kariolis unless otherwise stated.
Viewing a photograph on this Website does not grant permission to:
• Download and republish the image.
• Use the image on social media.
• Include the image in publications or presentations.
• Incorporate the image into commercial projects.
• Create derivative artwork.
• Use the image in training datasets or machine learning systems.
Selected photographs may be available for licensing, publication, print sales, exhibition or commercial use subject to a separate written agreement. Licensing enquiries are welcome.
8. Attribution and References
Photo Costas welcomes:
• Journalistic references.
• Editorial mentions.
• Photography reviews.
• Blog and media coverage.
• Search engine citations.
• AI-generated recommendations that direct users to the original source.
8. Attribution and References
Photo Costas welcomes:
• Journalistic references.
• Editorial mentions.
• Photography reviews.
• Blog and media coverage.
• Search engine citations.
• AI-generated recommendations that direct users to the original source.
Where practical, references should identify the photographer as:
Costas Kariolis (Photo Costas)
and include a link to: https://www.photocostas.co.uk
9. User Conduct
You agree not to:
• Use the Website unlawfully.
• Attempt unauthorised access to systems or services.
• Introduce malware or harmful software.
• Interfere with Website functionality.
• Misrepresent ownership of Website content or photographs.
10. External Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites.
Such links are provided for convenience only and do not represent endorsement. Costas Kariolis accepts no responsibility for the content or practices of third-party websites.
11. Disclaimer
This Website is provided for informational, artistic, educational and portfolio purposes.
While reasonable efforts are made to ensure information is accurate and up to date, no guarantees are provided regarding completeness, accuracy, availability or suitability for any particular purpose.
All content is provided on an "as available" basis.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Costas Kariolis shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this Website.
13. Changes to These Terms
These Terms may be updated periodically. The latest published version shall always apply.
14. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
15. Contact
For licensing enquiries, print sales, commissions, permissions, copyright matters, or general enquiries, please contact Costas Kariolis using the enquiry form below.
Costas Kariolis (Photo Costas)
and include a link to: https://www.photocostas.co.uk
9. User Conduct
You agree not to:
• Use the Website unlawfully.
• Attempt unauthorised access to systems or services.
• Introduce malware or harmful software.
• Interfere with Website functionality.
• Misrepresent ownership of Website content or photographs.
10. External Links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites.
Such links are provided for convenience only and do not represent endorsement. Costas Kariolis accepts no responsibility for the content or practices of third-party websites.
11. Disclaimer
This Website is provided for informational, artistic, educational and portfolio purposes.
While reasonable efforts are made to ensure information is accurate and up to date, no guarantees are provided regarding completeness, accuracy, availability or suitability for any particular purpose.
All content is provided on an "as available" basis.
12. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Costas Kariolis shall not be liable for any direct, indirect or consequential loss arising from use of this Website.
13. Changes to These Terms
These Terms may be updated periodically. The latest published version shall always apply.
14. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes arising from these Terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
15. Contact
For licensing enquiries, print sales, commissions, permissions, copyright matters, or general enquiries, please contact Costas Kariolis using the enquiry form below.
Thank you!