Locations: Kastra, Ano Poli, Seich Sou forest, Nea Paralia, Thessaloniki Greece, December-January 2020-2021.
Minolta dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). LomoChrome Metropolis 100-400 ISO, 35mm film.
Locations: Kastra, Ano Poli, Seich Sou forest, Nea Paralia, Thessaloniki Greece, December-January 2020-2021.
Minolta dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). LomoChrome Metropolis 100-400 ISO, 35mm film.
Locations: Stadspark, Groningen, The Netherlands, March 2020.
Minolta 303si, (35-80mm lens). Kodak Gold 200, 35mm film.
My body breaks,
it shatters into millions of pieces.
I carry the voices,
the screams,
the whispers,
the beggings,
of all the women who came before me.
I, too, feel their pain,
deep in my skin,
it goes through the flesh,
and reaches my bones.
Cold, it crushes me.
The pain lingers,
in the dark rooms of our bodies
it fades,
it withers and then stops,
leaving only remnants of suffering.
In its place
anything ugly
is transformed
to strength
and courage.
It breathes survival.
And the flowers in our heads
blossom,
out of coal and ash,
our saliva becomes sugar between our tongue,
washing over the bitterness in our mouths
and we swallow
all the false masculinity,
or whatever is left from it.
We are one.
Our bodies connect
through hundreds of years of abuse.
The pain in our bodies,
now a tree
with deep strong roots,
is capable of defeating anything.
Our mouths make sounds
as last!
they move,
they vibrate,
they tell the stories of pain.
Our voices create waves and waves and waves
of endless vibrations,
weaving webs of strong fibers,
ready to catch a sister who might fall.
Our voices are the voices of truth and pain,
and all that’s in between.
Our voices are strong,
they finally echo.
[I cry with them too]
21.10.2018
Photo: Nikon F75 (35-70mm). Kodak Ultra Max 400, 35mm film. Warns, Friesland, the Netherlands, July 2020.
Locations: Biking around Hoornseplas, Stadspark, Groningen, the Netherlands. May 2020.
Nikon F75 (28-100mm). LomoChrome Purple, 100-400, 35mm film.
Locations: Zeeheldenbuurt, Stadspark, Groningen, the Netherlands, May 2020.
Minolta Dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). LomoChrome Purple, 100-400, 35mm film.
Locations: Stadspark Groningen, the Netherlands. March 2020.
Nikon F75 (28-100mm). Color Negative, 35 mm, ISO 800.
Locations: Schöhsee (Plön), Görnitz (Grebin), Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, June 2019 – Tsagarada, Pelion, August 2019 – Kipos village, Kozani, Greece, July 2019.
Minolta Dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). Kodak Ektar, 100 ISO, 35mm film.
Dandelions fly,
birds chirping vigorously
on heavy tree branches.
Duck lands on water
disrupting the park’s silence,
bumble bees humming.
Small buds, big buds
under the yellow sun
wait to fully blossom.
As night follows day
the sun sets between the trees,
a full moon rises.
A soft wind whistles
between the thick green leaves,
spring is finally here.
Photo: Porto, Spring of 2019, Portugal. Minolta Hi-Matic S, Rokkor lens, Kodak Portra, ISO 400, 35mm film.
Locations: Bijlmer, Amsterdam. The Netherlands, 2015.
Minolta Dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). Kodak Film 200, 35mm film.
Locations: Limassol, Lefkara village, Troodos area. Cyprus, February 2019.
Minolta Dynax 7000i (AF 35-105mm). Kodak Film 200, 35mm film.