Orfeas In The Street, Elaionas neighborhood, Athens

Elaionas means Olive Grove.It is the name of a large area very close to the center of Athens but also very distant from the urban collective consciousness. Being undermined for decades as a place for the transport and logistic companies, for small-but polutant- factories and as a "ghetto" for people like Roma (check my earlier post http://eliastaris.blogspot.com/2010_09_01_archive.html)it is a place were most Athenians haven't or don't wish to visit. But it also a historical place, it was the olive grove of ancient Athens. The last years a debate is going on around the "reconstruction" of it. The series of pictures that i present here, is foe me my connection with (one of) the essence of photography. Without a commision or a plan about the outcome of the project, it's just me and my camera, wandering around the area, exposing-reflecting myself on unknown streets, opening up to whatever might appear. Since it's not a commisioned project, i don'r have much time to give to it. But posting these pictures now is like a wish for the new year to explore more on those streets.