Motherland
Motherland is an ongoing project that navigates
throughout regions of Greece away from the capital of Athens,
with the intent to explore the topographical and social
characteristics that shape the character of the country.
I am interested in the vernacular that simultaneously
hides and reveals the psychological social and cultural condition of the land
but simultaneously my own.
For half of my life, I have lived and worked
in the United States, and in its own hybrid way this affair has challenged
my identity as well as my perception of my own country.
Concurrently, it has worked as a motivation tool that guides
and influences my photographic process.
These photographs are inspired by a layer of collective
memory; of past and present experiences that at times are implied and at
others more immediate, encompassing my desire to re-establish my relationship with
the land and the people. They are also fused with concerns, thoughts, and
frustrations that are ever-changing, but essential to my creative process
but also that of assimilation.
