Felix YIAXIS was born in Cyprus in 1922 and died in 2001.

He was a Cypriot photographer and cameraman whose work is associated with the visual documentation of Cyprus during the second half of the twentieth century. Recorded also as Felix M. Yiaxis, he worked within the fields of photography and news camerawork, producing images connected with public life, social events and the changing historical environment of the island.

Yiaxis’s photographs preserve moments from Cypriot life with documentary directness and historical value. His subjects include public occasions, ceremonies, urban scenes and aspects of social life, offering visual testimony to the atmosphere and character of Cyprus in the post-war and early independence periods.

In addition to still photography, he is also recorded as a staff cameraman for UPITN, based in Cyprus and later connected with assignments in Cairo during the 1970s. This background reflects his wider involvement in visual reportage and international news coverage.

His work is valued for its documentary importance and its connection with the photographic history of Cyprus. Through his images, Felix Yiaxis contributed to the preservation of social and historical memory, leaving a record of people, places and events from a formative period in modern Cypriot history.