Alexandroupolis : Space in Limbo

This is a collection of images, from the interiors of old buildings, in my city, Alexandroupolis. The idea of displaying these spaces arose when in 2009 visited the Zareifios Paidagogiki Akadimia (Zareifios Primary School), my school. I was immediately inspired by the empty classrooms and the amazing light that came in through the windows. This light is a reflection of the building’s history, a reflection that is, of an institution that has remained active for 70 years. The first series of photographs was taken that day and is the start of a record, of what is left of this building and of others in various parts of the city, which have remained unchanged. Driven by my desire to keep alive a world onced expirienced, made of objects that are almost lost to us, I collect visual images of fragments and interiors, as would a persistent collector, in order to listen to the quiet echo of their voices and to save them from the inertia of oblivion.