Jean Paul Olive presents in this book a new photographic odyssey, the adventure of an indefatigable traveler, at odds with everything digital. The b & w reality, with strong images of Greece sitting on its past questions the present. The game of hopscotch from land to sea, characters to landscapes, struggle between shadow and light, echoes the words of Blaise Cendrars, throwing his shoes overboard, to go to the end of these unforgettable islands .
These images are justly inhabited. They are not hollow. They are overflowing with life, with the joy of living. Humor makes us smile and allows us to relativize and make the connection between each subject addressed. The beauty of nature and the human presence, often surprising, even disturbing. This last feeling arose sometimes from a kind of embarrassment caused by certain characters or places. However, the tenderness of the gaze soothes this feeling and in the end, only remains the need to reflect. It keeps us going. We look and suddenly we see. We discover the real subject of the photo, we are pleasantly surprised.
Nikos Graikos
Excerpt from the preface
Athènes et ses îles
Photographs by
Jean Paul Olive
Preface by Nikos Graikos
95 duotone photos
29 x 21 cm, 128 pages
Texts in French and English
Public price 29 €
ISBN: 978-2-919436-45-3
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