The dominant concern when taking photographs is to perceive what resonates with one’s photographer’s inner self and to communicate one’s sensitivity and reaction to the scene that unfolds before one. My work focuses on interactions between people, whose individuality and spontaneity separate them from one another. However, although humans are thus separate, there are aspects of their way of life that hold them together.

Photography, like any other form of art, acquires meaning, when it suggests a different approach to life and so shifts the course of humanity, albeit only slightly, for the better. Greece is home to an abundance of local events and rituals bound to traditions and customs. Throughout Greece a great variety of such events take place. They are rooted in various periods or spring from various geographical origins. These events and the traditions surrounding them form the focus of the present work.

The outcome of this journey shows that, no matter how the different customs and traditions may seem initially, they share many similarities, even if one compares some ritual concerning Dionysus with a Christian rite. This is because people do not change and possess permanent sensitivities and needs. My work here attempts to show how individuals, thanks to their differences, can become close to each other. This represents, I hope, a more complex but interesting approach, which may help us avoid monotony in our lives today.