Thodoris Markou 11/29/12 Thodoris Markou 11/29/12

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

Thodoris Markou 10/26/12 Thodoris Markou 10/26/12

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]

Thodoris Markou 10/25/12 Thodoris Markou 10/25/12

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]

Thodoris Markou 10/24/12 Thodoris Markou 10/24/12

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]

Thodoris Markou 6/13/12 Thodoris Markou 6/13/12

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]

Thodoris Markou 5/25/12 Thodoris Markou 5/25/12

a journey to the past

...digging through the archives.

digging through the archives, I stumbled upon a lot of small photo sets I have never posted in my blog - this film was one of the few black and white rolls I shot with the vivitar ultra wide & slim in the three years I've been using it - I now use it exclusively with colour film. these photos were shot on a single roll of polypan f 50, over the course of several mornings and afternoons I spent walking around my neighbourhood. not sure of the exact date (the wonders of a notoriously messy mind) but, judging from the other photos in the roll, it is may 2010. two years ago. my neighbourhood has certainly changed a lot since then.