Video: Valia Orfanidou

“Greeks” are a collection of black and white photographs that were produced over a period of years, from 1986 to 2004. They come from different thematic entities. Some images come from recollections of fairytales, personal feelings and experiences as a child, other images come from my love for nature and for Greece, while others are connected subconsiously to my fear of death, loneliness and the irrationality of life. I worked on subjects that interested me through scenes of everyday life. I watched the movement of things and created new compositions by adding or subtracting elements from the photographic frame. Usually I subtracted, as I love images that tell their story in a simple way. I considered the most fascinating aspect of photography the implusive selection of a moment in order to capture an image. It cannot be explained by logic: it is like a revelation. It depends on who you are and what is happening to you right then. All the magic of «to photograph»,as Cartier Bresson has said, is hidden in the undetectable flash of a second where the soul, the mind and the eye will come into balance in a straight line.

These images are chosen from a series of photographs that I am working on today, called “Genogram”. I am exploring the past and the environment I grew up, the families I come from, and the relationships that existed among the members. It is a way of observing, understanding and accepting my circle of life and the differences that occur both in the personal and the broader level. I create images by combining childhood realizations and memories, narrations, photographs, documents, objects and clothes that have left me with an impression and still exist in my parent’s house or that I have carried along with me for sentimental reasons.

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