Panayotis Papadimitropoulos was born in Thessaloniki where he obtained his first degree as a civil engineer in 1982. Then he moved to Paris where he lived until 2006. He studied fine arts and photography at the École d'Arts Décoratifs and at the Université Paris 8, where he obtained his doctoral thesis. He worked as a freelance photographer for advertising and communication agencies as well as for the Wostok photojournalism agency and as a correspondent photographer in France for various magazines grecs (Ena, Flash, etc.). Since 2006 he is teaching photography as a lecturer, assistant and associate professor in the Fine Arts School of the Ioannina University, Greece. He has published in 2010 "Le sujet photographique" ed.  L’Harmattan, France, in 2013 the album "Parisian Diary", ed. Thermaikos, Greece, in 2014 "Le sujet photographique et sa remise en question (Alfred Stieglitz,Robert Frank, William Klein, Raymond Depardon)" ed. Presses Académiques Francophones, France, in 2016 the album "Metaphotographs" ed. University Studio Press, Greece, in 2017 "Το Θέμα και η Φωτογραφία" (The Subject matter and the Photography), ed. University Studio Press, Greece, in 2018 "Immanence", Editions Universitaires Européenes, France, in 2020 the essay "Raymond Depardon & la philosophie", ed. L’Harmattan, France and in 2024 the book, "Ψίθυροι στο λεωφορείο" (Whispers on the Bus), together with Chr. Tziokos (photos and poems), published by University Studio Press, Greece.
He has presented his work in many solo and group exhibitions in Greece and abroad.