Elia Staris - Heliography

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

In The Mountain Village Verdikoussa for the Easter Lamb

On "Big Friday", before Easter, i followed my sister's husband to his village Verdikoussa, up in the mountains of central Greece. Our purpose, to buy the lamb for Easter's Sunday straight from the "sheperd". Instead of just selling is the lamb, he took us to his house and treated us with Tsipouro (the local spirit drink) and his own cheese and eggs. These is a collection of photos from from that day.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Rodon Live! - Athen's Legendary Live Music Space

When Rodon (Rose) opened up it's gates in the late '80s ('88 if i rememeber right, it was the only big space dedicated to live rock music in Greece. It created the space for rock music fans to watch live some of their favorites bands, which otherwise would't have a place to perform. It was owned and run by the son of a constructor bussinesman, Mpompolas, one of the bigger in the country. At that time Mpompolas was creating his construction and media "empire" in an interweaving with the state and the politicians. Although his son that opened Rodon was a genuine rock guy, speculations and rumors say that part of the project could range from "public relationships" to "creative acounting". In the '80s a lot of the many Athenian movie theatres were closing, to become supermarkets. One of these theaters, instead of a supermarket it became Rodon live and a legend, that people still talk about it. But then, when it closed down in the early 00's, the space was used for a supermaket... The photos i'm exhibiting here,a small sample of the highlights of the place, are taken mostly in the early days, until the mid '90s. Since i wasn't assigned but was taking the pictures for myself, i met the need to decide if i was going to have the experience of photographing or the experience of living the concert. And in a wonderful space like that, i chose the second...Enjoy.