Greece, 1989-1993
This work, which began in 1989, explores the contemporary Greek landscape and a culture that has preserved its glorious past while struggling to find its place in the modern "Europe;" a land where the mythology of Western Civilization took root, and where history is evident at every turn. Traveling from Athens, a sprawling urban capital that is struggling to blend old and new, to Minoan, classical Greek, and medieval sites of the Peloponnese and the islands of Lesbos, Crete, and Santorini, to the working villages, monasteries, and ancient stone bridges of Thessaly and Epirus, I approached this subject with a sense of awe and humility. This land, these temples, this culture, is so old, so influential on the collective psyche of Western Civilization. And yet it is still populated by proud people who work the land and survive.
The resulting images speak of a land that is both harsh and beautiful, pagan and pious, simple on the surface, yet complex in its numerous associations with the dense fabric of Western culture; a land of rocky heights and sharp thistle, parched ruins and wine-dark sea; where stone pathways to the Gods have been worn smooth by countless sandal, boot, and sneaker.
