Eirini Vourloumis - Eirini Voulourmis Panos Kokkinias James Estrin Gebunden

The financial crisis currently shaking Greece is palpable particularly in its capital Athens the once proud polis. During her forays through public and private spaces Eirini Vourloumis pursued the question of how a cultural identity manifests itself for which tomorrow is completely uncertain. The documentary photographer who otherwise works for news agents such as The New York Times and Le Monde observed a persistence of customary structures an almost antiquated idealization of tradition. Vourloumis presents strange and somewhat comical photographs such as one depicting the cafeteria of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in which a Christmas stocking dangles from a plaid curtain or the picture of the shiny shoes of tax man for instance or the sad image of a section of the Library of Science and Technology which no longer contains a single book. A special aesthetic and atmosphere permeates the sites that Vourloumis has captured-who knows how long they will continue to exist.