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OTAKU SPACES and UNDERWORLD photo-books. My photos have also been published in other photo-book collections. See "About" for full info.
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7 images"'Ελληνες Φωτορεπόρτερ - Οπλίζοντας τη μνήμη" (Greek Photojournalists - arming memory) is a book that was published in Greece in 2002 presenting the works of contemporary Greek photojournalists. It includes a chapter about myself with a selection of projects I worked on.
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20 imagesOtaku—nerd, über-fan, obsessive collector. Since the 1980s, the term has been used to refer to fans of Japanese anime, manga, and video games. The word appeared with no translation on the cover of the premier issue of Wired magazine in 1993. These portraits are part of my photos for the book OTAKU SPACES that was published in 2012. The book is a collaboration with writer Patrick Galbraith and my photos occupy half of it. The people in the photos can be called otaku as their hobby has become an important part of their lives. Their rooms are filled with the items of their collections, manga, toys, figures, games, costumes, etc. Some of the girls are "idols" playing an important role in the scene and others live seemingly ordinary lives but when in their rooms or in the company of likeminded friends, they can become superheros, play games of visit the latest maid cafes in Akihabara. Publisher: https://www.chinmusicpress.com/product-page/otaku-spaces
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24 imagesLand subsidence and flood in areas of Tohoku, Japan, caused by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. After the magnitude 9 earthquake in March 11th 2011, Japan sank by several cm. The earth moved like an angry beast, it shook the sea and went back to a restless sleep leaving us powerless to contemplate on our existence. Three months after the earthquake most people were gone. No one searching for bodies, no one trying to recover their belongings. Only construction workers, were left, demolishing the ruins of cities and villages. In the areas that sank, the water had taken over. The sea came inland, either permanently or during the high tide hours. These landscapes of disaster, reminiscent of an underworld, are now gone but hopefully not forgotten as monuments of our powerlessness and the transience of life.