The photo captures a scene in real time. But at the time of taking, some aspects were invisible or were not noticed or evaluated. This reveals new relationships, new facts and often the image acquires a new different conceptual meaning.
The more arbitrary and accidental seems to be sometimes the photo frame, the more difficult it is to clarify its scene, that is the image itself. So images that are conceptually unclear and unspecified in their view, I “read” them again for an… instant redefinition.
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About Antonis Giakoumakis
I was born and raised in Chania Crete. Now i am resident of Chalandri, Attica. Photography is for me all the things that I do not want to forget in the moment I see them, in the space where I am found, I move, I listen and I observe. It cannot be objective, but it can be a constant reminder that the world is not what we see. It is creation, communication, a narrative.
In other words, it is the representation of a truth, a fact that you are aware of at the moment of the click. Your reality which you feel the need to share. A reality which can be different for someone else. I like to create stories, like a storyteller of photographs (finding the appropriate point of view), for according to Ansel Adams, “You don’t make a photograph just with a camera. Υou bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
I often think that if I had the gift of writing a poem or a fairytale, a story in general, then I would be unlikely to photograph. I love to share what I see and perceive, with the expectation of acceptance or even better comprehension. I consider that an important element of photography is the feeling, the narrative and not its technique.
I am not identified to a certain type of a photography and I do not believe in photographic discriminations… in categorisations. The power of a photograph is to “embody-render” all the “categories”.
The categorisation – label is necessary for… commercial reasons.
I want to observe people… from a distance, because I believe that by distancing myself, I become objective, free. So sometimes towards things, situations, people, alone with one’s self… keeping a distance. On other occasions, nearby … to talk, conspire, disagree.
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All the pictures in this post are copyrighted to Antonis Giakoumakis. Their reproduction, even in part, is forbidden without the explicit approval of the rightful owners.
