Christos Chomenidis
Portrait Photography if the novelist Christos Chomendis for Greece-is.com.
Christos Chomenidis (Greek: Χρήστος Χωμενίδης) (born 3 August 1966, Athens, Greece) is a Greek novelist. He studied Law at the University of Athens and in Moscow and Communication Studies in Leeds. He worked as a lawyer before becoming a full-time writer.[1] His book Νίκη won the 2021 European Book Prize in the Novel category
MYRMIΔONES - Αναπνέοντας το φως της Αίγινας
Οι «MYRMΙΔONES» αποτελούν το αποτύπωμα της αναζήτησης του Δημήτρη Βλάικου στο νησί της Αίγινας, τα τελευταία 20 χρόνια. Έχοντας ως κεντρικό του άξονα τους ανθρώπους, ο φωτογράφος βαδίζει μια διαδρομή παρατήρησης και κατανόησης των στοιχείων που συνθέτουν τον τόπο, όπου γεννήθηκε και μεγάλωσε. Το φως, βασικό εργαλείο της δουλειάς του, γίνεται αντικείμενο μελέτης αναφορικά με την επίδρασή του στο χαρακτήρα, την αντίληψη, τη δημιουργικότητα και τη χάραξη πορείας ζωής, τόσο των κατοίκων του νησιού, όσο και του ίδιου. Μέσα από το φακό του επιθυμεί να ανακαλύψει τον τρόπο με τον οποίο τα βιώματά του έγιναν η μνήμη που επηρεάζει και διαμορφώνει τις επιλογές, την οπτική του και την αισθητική προσέγγιση του έργου του. Οι εικόνες του βιβλίου παρουσιάζουν στιγμές από την καθημερινότητα των κατοίκων, πορτραίτα ανθρώπων που αλληλεπιδρούν με το περιβάλλον τους και όλα εκείνα τα στοιχεία, που συνθέτουν την κουλτούρα που εμπνέει, προκαλεί και αγκαλιάζει τους Μυρμιδόνες του χθες και του σήμερα.
Χαρακτηριστικά λευκώματος
Έκδοση: 1η έκδοση
Εξώφυλλο: Σκληρό εξώφυλλο
Αριθμός σελίδων: 178 σελίδες
Αριθμός εικόνων: 89 εικόνες
Διαστάσεις: 28cm* 29cm
Γλώσσα: Ελληνικά και Αγγλικά
Συντελεστές
Φωτογραφίες © Δημήτρης Βλάικος
Κείμενα © Δέσποινα Γιαννούλη
Επιμέλεια κειμένων: Νατάσσα Ντούμα
Μετάφραση: Δωρίς Μπρούμα
Σχεδίαση: Δημήτρης Βλάικος
Ψηφιοποίηση φιλμ: Filmora Lab
Σύμβουλος έκδοσης: Τάσος Παπαχαραλάμπους
Εκτύπωση: Smart Print
Εκδότης: Dimitris Vlaikos Gallery
ISBN 978-618-00-3754-8
Κεντρική διάθεση : Βιβλιοπωλείο «Λυχνάρι Αίγινας»
Στοιχεία επικοινωνίας και παραγγελιών
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Bureau Veritas Campaign 2021
The project was to show with commercial photography and specially portraits in action, how BUREAU VERITAS proves value of inspection technologies on ocean bulk ship. An Oceanbulk vessel was the Bureau Veritas testbed for different types of remote inspection technologies and techniques (RIT) as BV, Oceanbulk and Glafcos take the lead in using robotic solutions for ship inspections.
Bureau Veritas (BV), a world leader in testing, inspection, and certification (TIC) has directed and supervised the testing, establishing ‘proof of concept’ and operational purpose, for remote inspection technologies and techniques, including an aerial drone, a miniature remotely operated vehicle (ROV) and magnetic crawlers, on an Oceanbulk double-skin supramax bulk carrier, built in 2008 and classed by BV.
The remote tools were supplied and operated for the purposes of the photoshoot by Glafcos Marine, a Greek technical services specialist, which has been developing and refining the marine application of these technologies for many years.The tests were conducted under the same conditions and, to secure the necessary information, were required at an ‘intermediate’ survey for a bulk carrier of the age of the subject ship, between the second and third class renewal surveys.
The photoshoot of the advertising campaign took place in Syros shipyards Greece where the vessel, making a short visit, was inspected during a recent call to the Neorion shipyard in Syros for work on the stern that required a specific ballasted condition.
Saronic Magazine Cover
As the summer days are passing by and we are welcoming autumn, some of the summer feeling are still fresh and alive to our minds and souls. We cant forget them. It’s the realization of the escape we need. We called it “vacations” it’s one of the reasons to dream, to live and enjoy the precious moments of life. A dive in blue, a new beginning, a sort trip and an unforgettable joy, are the precious words that communicates the Saronic magazine cover. The well-known location of the port of Aegina Island was the ideal spot to capture this great moment of the young athletes arriving with their sups in the port of Aegina Island.
El Sistema Greece "The orchestra of life"
El sistema Greece, The orchestra of life for Kappa Magazine Cover.
«In 1975, conductor Jose Antonio Ampreu created the first youth orchestra to develop at El Sistema. Believing that music is primarily a factor of social development and integration, he tried to remove the poor children of Venezuela from the streets and protect them from the various dangers they faced in the slums, including them in music and more. Thus, he was inspired by the pioneering educational program of El Sistema, striving to offer children more than just learning a musical instrument – cooperation, self-expression, discipline, ambition. All of this, summed up in the famous slogan of El Sistema “Tocar y Luchar”, meaning “to play music and to compete”, remain the goals of the organization, which now has branches around the world. As Panagiotis Tsiridis, pedagogical director of El Sistema Greece, says, “the object of our work is not music, but the child. Our goal is to lead each child to creation, with music as the main tool “. El Sistema Greece has been operating in our country since 2016, offering free lessons of violin, viola, cello, horn, trumpet, flute, clarinet and percussion, lessons in choir, music kinetics and music theory, “to children and young people regardless of origin, language and religion». The photoshoot took place at Maliaras private school. Text by Myrto Katsigera.
Ermis for Kappa Magazine Cover
Ermis Music composer for the cover of Kappa Magazine of Kathimerini
Styling: @iro_tsou
Interview: @vlasis_kostouros
"I am self-taught on the piano. My older sister, Eleni, had started classes and so we bought a piano at home. I was excited, I was experimenting on my own and at 13, after endless efforts, I wrote my first melodies. One of the first pieces I wrote was about a theatrical performance of "Glass World" at school. It was a subtle and fragile sound. At the same time I wrote another piece, which my friends encouraged me to send to the Ministry of Tourism, because it reminded them of ouzo and Greek summer. I sent in a random mail that I found the piece and a letter and they immediately replied that they like it very much and they want me to write them one more. I went crazy. It was the first time someone showed acceptance for my music. Eventually these songs played in the Visit Greece campaigns."
Leoni Thanasoula
Do you have a great story to tell? Did you or your ancestors live a full life that you want to share? Are you looking for your roots? Leoni Thanasoula and her Precious Tree helps you keep and transfer your experiences as a legacy of wisdom and love to future generations.
Agamemnon Tselikas
Portrait photography of Agamemnon Tselikas, the palaeographer who discovered the oldest Greek cooking guide, written before 1821. speaks to Angelos Rentoulas, editor-in-chief of Kathimerini gastronomic publications for Gastronomos Magazine.
Panathinaikos FC Christmass 2020 campaign
In this advertising photography campaign for the Panathinaikos FC. the goal was to give the message of hope to the followers. "The Panathinaikos Football Club family, send us a present. The light of collectivity we need, the light of Christmass."
Photography: Dimitris Vlaikos
Set Design: Rosa Karac
Video: Thanasis Patistas
Asist A: Antonis Kavouris
Asist B: Panagiotis Andriopoulos
Eleytheria Deco for Kappa Magazine
In this portrait photography I was pleased to meet and work with one of my favourite greek artists, the lighting designer Eleytheria Deco. I knew Eletheria's Deco work since 2004 when she awarded with EMI award for the light design of the Olympic Games ceremony "Athens 2004 Olympics".
Since then and due to our common interest, "light" ("phos", greek word for light and first synthetic work for photo-graphy) , I have been watching her works with great interest. She has an open field of design like theaters, festivals, museums, public spaces, events and architectural lighting projects. The special thing with her works is that sometimes it is like she has a signature and gives you a feeling that you can identify her aesthetic.
Her recent work was the light design of Acropolis. The new lighting will highlight nine points of the ancient monument: the Acropolis hill, the walls, the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Temple of Athena Nike, the Erechtheion, the Theater of Dionysus, the Stoa of Eumenes and the Sanctuary of Dionysus. As the Culture Ministry underlines, for the first time the choragic monument of Thrasyllos, the Asklepieion of Athens, the caves of Apollo and Aglauros, and the Sanctuary of Aphrodite, will all be illuminated.
It was great pleasure of meeting and work with her for this portrait season for her interview in Kappa Magazine of Kathimerini newspaper. Her portraits published on 19-12-2020.