Aristotelis Grammatikakis, rest in peace.

[Muihlinn]

I had the sad news this morning, the funeral will take place tomorrow morning (17/07/2014) at 11:00 in the church of Ayios Minàs of Heraklion. Greece.

Farewell my friend.

 

[ntenny]

Sad news. I'm pretty sure I speak for everyone who knew him here in offering condolences.

It seems he hasn't been posting for a couple of years here. The last we heard he was enjoying himself in Shanghai and had lots of creative irons in the fire.

-NT

 

[Dinesh]

Very sad indeed.

 

[David A. Goldfarb]

Goodness. Very sad to hear of Ari's passing.

 

[pentaxuser]

This has certainly taken me by surprise. He was a regular and valued contributor here for several years although as someone has said it must be a while since I had seen anything from him.Do anyone know what the cause of death was?

He was still just quite a young man as far as I knew.

pentaxuser

 

[removed account4]

wow ....

so sad to hear of ari's passing. what a great guy he was.
we had great conversations in the chatroom back in the day.
my condolences to his friends and family.

 

[Muihlinn]

Do anyone know what the cause of death was?

During the last two years he was battling against a brain tumor, he had surgery, but part of it couldn't be removed, and the further treatment as you know is pretty aggressive. He had his mobility reduced up to the point of not being able to read, write, or walk. I'm not sure if this was the ultimate cause, but if not, surely it's related.

He was still just quite a young man as far as I knew.

38 or so, very sad.

 

[zanxion72]

My sincere condolences for the great loss.

 

[Ian Grant]

A sad loss, he was a valuable contributor to APUG. A great guy to talk to and he'll be missed.

Ian

 

[Steve Smith]

I just saw this on his FaceBook page.

RIP.


Steve.

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

Peace to Ari and his family. I remember him very fondly, and had many good conversations with him on Facebook.

I will miss him, for sure, but we should also think about and remember all of the good things he contributed here and elsewhere.

 

[ooze]

I'm shocked. So young! This just sucks.

I saw him in Beijing in 2009, by pure coincidence. I was wondering about his silence. Thought that he was struggling making a living from photography, sth he quite often complained about.

 

[Valerie]

This is heartbreaking. He was so full of passion and fire, as all the great Greek gods are. You will be missed, my friend.

 

[winger]

I had wondered why I hadn't seen him around here for awhile. Rest in Peace - you're missed.

 

[PhotoJim]

So sad to hear this...

 

[BrianShaw]

Very sad. He has been missed for a while now, and will be missed even more in the future.

 

[jovo]

No words. Just shock and sadness.

 

[benjiboy]

I'm very sad to hear this news my sincere condolences to his family what a terribly young age to die.

 

[TheFlyingCamera]

He was one of my favorite people on here. I loved his spirit and his out-there-ness. I can only imagine how horrible it must have been for him to go through that, given how active he had been in his early days on here (mountain biking, dancing, photojournalism). He will be sorely missed.

 

[Jerevan]

I'll remember you Ari, as the guy with the Hasselblad and the beautiful photographs and how proud you seemed of the darkroom you built. I was looking forward to your posts, to see what was up - because there was always something up - like a jammed camera body or air bubbles on the developed film or whatever things you had going on.

You contributed guts and spirit, which I will forever miss. May you fare well, wherever you are going now. Hats off, man!

 

[pentaxuser]

During the last two years he was battling against a brain tumor,
.

Thanks for the info. He was always someone who made me say: I wonder what Ari has to say today and then look forward to reading what it was

An APUG character in the nicest sense of the word

pentaxuser

 

[DWThomas]

Ouch, such sad news. He was pretty active on APUG around the time I first joined and seemed always to be doing something new and interesting.

 

[mono]

Rest in Peace, Ari!

 

[bdial]

So sorry to hear.
You are missed Ari.

 

[BradS]

Rest in peace AriGram. I always enjoyed your company here. My deepest condolences to family and friends.