Video: "Mastihohoria" - the island where memories live
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Photographer Stratis Vogiatzis was born in one of the small villages of the remote Greek island of Chios. Entering adulthood, he left his native place to travel to different countries. But one day he returned - in order to acquaint the whole world with photographs of his native places a little later.
Stratis Vogiatzis has been working as a freelancer since 2003, taking part in various projects in Greece and abroad. Stratis Vogiatzis studies political and social sciences and often visits various countries as a volunteer. And in parallel with volunteering, like a real photographer, he captures all his impressions on film: the author's camera captured whole stories from the life of Kosovo, India, China, Morocco, Iran and Palestine.
The project "Mastihohoria", which is discussed in this article, is somewhat different from the previous works of the photographer. Instead of socio-political content, something else comes to the fore here: the author's close connection with his native island. The project focuses on the villages of the island of Chios, famous for the production of mastic. However, “Mastihohoria” is not only a study of the inner world of each village, its colors, shapes and images. First of all, this is the study by the author of his own inner world - the world of memories.
There are no people in any of the photos. But nevertheless, their presence is felt in every picture. It’s easy to imagine someone walking through an open door, sitting down at the dinner table, and starting to tell the story of their life. Before taking their pictures, Stratis Vogiatzis went into houses and talked to people. According to the author, sometimes he had to stay in the same house for hours, waiting for the right moment for the "correct" photograph.
In 2009, the author published his photographs in the book "Inner World". "Calm, simplicity, poise, no boasting or arrogance" - this is how one of the critics characterizes the world of photography from Stratis Vogiatzis. And you can't say more precisely than he.
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