Photographs pretending to be El Greco's paintings
posted by Algis Kemezys @ 6:24 AM
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Al Greco's Crete Photographs
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
I went to Crete for the first time with Byron Ayanoglu who was writing "Crete on the Half-Shell" for Harper Collins.
I decided to go along on the 6 month or so adventure for a number of reasons. Firstly discover what I could about the Minotar and his liar in the labyrinth. Zeus who was born on the island and Domenicos Theotokopoulos better known as El greco was born here and it was his style of painting that interested me so much that I decided to try to imitate it. On the third day on the isalnd I arrived to stay at his birthplace village Fodele and immediately made homage to his statue. Asking if he would collaborate with me and use my body and skills as a photographer to further his vision. A hour later I found my method of making these images and it was a huge piece of warped glass that I would very difficultily hold in front of the lens. The results were about 1 picture in about 36 attempts. After I made the images and developed the film there I gave prints to those who I had made images with. They loved the work and their appreciation of photography in such a moving and vibrant way .They have been published in PHOTOgraphos Magazine in Greece and Yankee Magazine in the USA.
I decided to go along on the 6 month or so adventure for a number of reasons. Firstly discover what I could about the Minotar and his liar in the labyrinth. Zeus who was born on the island and Domenicos Theotokopoulos better known as El greco was born here and it was his style of painting that interested me so much that I decided to try to imitate it. On the third day on the isalnd I arrived to stay at his birthplace village Fodele and immediately made homage to his statue. Asking if he would collaborate with me and use my body and skills as a photographer to further his vision. A hour later I found my method of making these images and it was a huge piece of warped glass that I would very difficultily hold in front of the lens. The results were about 1 picture in about 36 attempts. After I made the images and developed the film there I gave prints to those who I had made images with. They loved the work and their appreciation of photography in such a moving and vibrant way .They have been published in PHOTOgraphos Magazine in Greece and Yankee Magazine in the USA.
posted by Algis Kemezys @ 6:18 AM
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Algis Kemezys is a seasoned image maker both in still photography and video. His photography has been exhibited worldwide while his mostly-documentary videos have played in international festivals and won prizes.
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