Almost 4 years after its publication, the book “Homes Sweet Homes” is finally sold out. Thank you all for your support. I have almost finished my new book and I hope to get it published in the beginning of 2021. Stay tuned!
During the spring of 2019, three photographers (Yiannis Ioakeimidis, Aleka Tsironi, Michele Troiani) and I, were invited by Hercules Papaioannou to photograph the neighborhood of Foinikas in Thessaloniki. At the end, these photographs were edited by Mr. Papaioannou and the book “Foinikas: A stroll in the city” was published. Every year 4 photographers are called to have a “stroll in the city”at a particular place and make its photographic “portrait”, so that gradually the city of Thessaloniki gets documented by contemporary photographers. I really enjoyed taking part at this 8th issue, where I had the chance to explore this neighborhood and …
“Σάσα” is the story of a young woman and her close friend through the years, written in just one day. It started initially as an intimate text, a reaction at a shocking situation, a confession. Later on, in order to draw the whole atmosphere of this friendship, it started being enriched with pictures of things and situations that these two women, me and her, had lived together. “Σάσα” became an attempt to combine text with photography, photography with text, trying to see how these two different languages can work together as a whole without overlapping one another. But “Σάσα” is …
A great review from Zisis Kardianos for my photobook “Homes Sweet Homes” at inframe.gr. Both in English and in Greek.
You may listen to the interview I gave to Evi Karkiti for the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (Αθηναϊκό-Μακεδονικό Πρακτορείο Ειδήσεων) at 104.9fm about my newly published book: “Homes Sweet Homes”.
Το “Homes Sweet Homes” θα κυκλοφορήσει επισήμως το Σάββατο, στις 22 Οκτωβρίου στο “Το Πικάπ”, Ολύμπου 57, Θεσσαλονίκη, στις 19:00. Σπίτι μου σπιτάκι μου και σπιτοκαλυβάκι μου, λέει μια παλιά ελληνική παροιμία. Η λέξη «σπίτι» κατάγεται από τη μεσαιωνική ελληνική λέξη ὁσπίτιον (hospitium στη λατινική) που σημαίνει δωμάτιο, σπιτικό, πατρίδα, ξενώνας, κατοικία, οικογένεια. Οικογένεια: σύνθετη λέξη από το αρχαιοελληνικό οίκος και το επίσης αρχαιοελληνικό ρήμα γίγνομαι. Στη φωτογραφική σειρά “Homes Sweet Homes” επιχειρείται μια φωτογραφική προσέγγιση του οικείου, του κοινότoπου που συναντά κανείς στο σπίτι του, σε σπίτια φίλων, οικογενειακές συγκεντρώσεις, σπίτια που ζούσε παλαιότερα και τώρα έχουν εγκαταλειφθεί. Υπάρχει …
Few days ago, I had the chance to make a workshop with a photographer whose work I admire, Eva Voutsaki. The workshop was about making a photo-book (a dummy) from the early stage of collecting and editing photos, to the final stage of designing and finding ways to publish it. These were 3 days full of inspiration, imagination, fantasy, having nice talks and fun with all the people there. I am really glad I did it and feel full of photographic energy!