Christos Sotiropoulos - Is That All There Is - Statement
Like many who were born at the height of urbanism (80s), I left my village to create my own life and family in an urban centre. As the years went by I became more and more distant from the relationships and memories I had created with my birthplace. After the birth of my child, several weekend trips involved organized nature activities (ranches, zoos and botanical gardens, organized camping and walks). The enthusiasm and imagination he drew on to interact with nature activated my own memories. My son did the same things I did as a child. Only back then it was part of my daily life for me while for my son it was part of a culture to be consumed. I noticed the same was true for parents who, unlike me, had grown up in cities. So I realized that a part of me was always committed to the place where I grew up, the Greek countryside. My body recalled walking along inaccessible paths, smelling the dampness of soil planted with olive trees and weeds, breathing in the hot plane-filtered air of summer noon.
I realised that I had learned to speak and understand the behaviour of people very different from those who were my everyday life in the city. People whose imagination and personality had been shaped by the place itself, carved out of both myths and modern Greek history. So I decided to turn my respect for the Greek countryside into a photographic book that avoids stereotypical representations of it and tries to highlight its complexity and peculiarities through the symbiosis of its people with nature. Because for me, the Greek province is not just the place where I grew up. It is the place where I matured and learned how to live my adult life...
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Language | Greek |
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Pages | 104 |
Size | 25x21 cm |
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Publisher | Self Publish |
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35.00€