polaroids from the north
a road trip to northern greece, with the polaroid land camera 250.
'neither rain nor snow nor glo m of ni t can stay these mes engers abo t their duty'
don't ask us about:
ladofanaro
fog
cows, bears and hunters
all sorts of cold
fog
mrs theologia-litsa
huge wholesome sausages
ice-cream
any kinds of dogs with any kind of eyebrows
mud
front-wheel-drive cars
english proficiency exams
xirolimni's archaeological site
zamponaki
fog
[polaroid land camera 250 | fuji fp-100c | december 2013]
roaming
roaming in black and white, looking for clouds, rain, wind, silence.
"an agent is a system that is situated in some environmentand is capable of flexible, autonomous action in that environment in order to meet its design objectives." "agent based modelling of calcium handling in cardiac cells", MSc dissertation, theodoros markou, university of sheffield, 2004/05 [mesogeia | various cameras | various fuji b/w films | november/december 2012]
thodoris markou - on the road
on the road, a journey without a destination, without schedule. a journey taken for the sake of journeying, for the sights promised.
…on the road, the one jack kerouac glorified, the one stephen shore photographed. on the road, a journey without a destination, without schedule. a journey taken for the sake of journeying, for the sights promised. an odyssey without ithaca, without an end, full of harbors never seen before.
starting in 2010, thodoris markou has been travelling and photographing the greek roads and other parts of the contemporary rural reality. using a cheap plastic camera and color film, he records the greek countryside, the human interventions, lonely buildings, abandoned vehicles, things he encounters as he drives on with the sole purpose of encountering.
the images borne out of these journeys are tinted with the melancholic calmness of the lone traveller, the distancing of the road, the feeling of detachment that stems from wide, open spaces. the lo-fi photographic approach emphasizes the dreamy aura that surrounds any road trip and, at the same time, the road trip that exists in any dream.
six d.o.g.s. (avramiotou 6-8, monastiraki, athens) opening: sunday, 2nd of december 2012 duration: 02/12/2012 - 16/12/2012
opening night includes: live performance by the noise figures and wheatman dj set by konstantinos bolas
a summer road trip, part II
1800km. 20 days. a summer road trip. part II: kefalonia
1800km. 20 days.a summer road trip. part IΙ: kefalonia. [vivitar ultra wide & slim | fuji superia 400 | august 2012]
a summer road trip, part I
1800km. 20 days. a summer road trip. part I: neapoli, elafonisos.
1800km. 20 days.a summer road trip. part I: neapoli, elafonisos. [vivitar ultra wide & slim | fuji superia 400 | august 2012]
a story between stories
not much of a story, really, just a bunch of not-quite-making-sense snapshots, taken with the vivitar ultra wide & slim.
loaded the film in the beginning of july, at nafplio.finished it in the beginning of august, at tzia. this is the story of what happened in between two very different stories. not much of a story, really, just a bunch of not-quite-making-sense snapshots. funny thing, photography - sometimes it reflects reality better than reality itself. [vivitar ultra wide & slim | lomo 100 | july/august 2012]
a story about restlessness
...life on the road.
"some stories, she'd say, the more you tell them, the faster you use them up.those kind, the drama burns off, and every version, they sound more silly and flat. the other kind of story, it uses you up. the more you tell it, the stronger it gets. those kind of stories only remind you how stupid you were. are. will always be." [olympus xa | polypan f 50 | june/july 2012]
a story about nothing
...I've been outdoors, nowhere, in nothing.
"I've been outdoors, nowhere, in nothing."[april/may 2012 | vivitar ultra wide & slim | fuji superia 400]
