Richard Avedon

"A photographic portrait is a picture of someone who knows he's being photographed, and what he does with this knowledge is as much a part of the photograph as what he's wearing or how he looks. He's implicated in what's happening, and he has a certain real power over the result."

"A portrait is not a likeness. The moment an emotion or fact is transformed into a photograph it is no longer a fact but an opinion. There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth"

Richard Avedon

https://www.avedonfoundation.org/

The invisibles

I am always wondering if i have the right to take photos of people in a vulnerable situation, like homeless people in the street etc. I can`t stop cencuring myself even if i know that these kind of photos may hit the sensible chords of some other people or maybe they can produce a positive reaction in the right direction. I feel like an indiscreet intruder violating the invisible borders of their difficult life.

Mind Trap

Video presentation of the greek visual artist Theodore Lalos with one of his artistic installations. (2016)