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Yiorgos Kordakis, a Greek photographer who was one of my favorite discoveries in Arco Madrid, contributes to Camera Obscura with an article about his series of large format Polaroid Global Summer. He explains why he is fascinated by sea and summer holidays, and why he wants to compare the differences between places and states. How people enjoy the summer in USA, in Romania and India? Yiorgos Kordakis also explain that he is not interested in shooting in a journalistic style, but he prefers to be distant from the subject. The results are his wonderful photographs with tiny and blurred people under the infinite sky, all different or all the same?

Following text and images by Yiorgos Kordakis.

I was born and raised in Greece, a country surrounded by the sea, the reason why my relation with water soon became a very intimate one. You see, we Greeks tend to consider our country as the best possible destination for one’s summer holidays, so we usually choose not to travel abroad while the summer lasts. Relatively, one could easily say that there is an unbreakable bond among the people of Greece, the Mediterranean Sea and the Greek beautiful islands. Having this notion in mind, I came up with the idea of this project, curious to learn how the people of other countries around the globe spend their own summertime; this project tends to record the different ways people all over the world enjoy their summer and the sea. Nevertheless, my interest hasn’t been on shooting this project through a reporter’s view. I liked more the idea of thinking my self as a far observer and I deliberately kept a distance from the scenery I was shooting at times.

My whole perspective was based on the vision I have when imagining the earth, and everything it holds on it, as being photographed from high above the sky. If this vision could be actually depi

Although he was an acclaimed professional before he left for Athens, Meyer gained moral and material benefits from the creation of the album, while his name became inextricably linked with the revival of the Modern Olympic Games. Upon returning to Germany, he was appointed as the “Court Photographer” of the the Duke of Saxe-Altenburgand received 200 francs. The next year, in 1897, King George 1 of Greece awarded him for his service with the badge of theKnights’ Cross of the Order of the Redeemer. 

The photographs that have survived reveal an artist with a pioneering eye, a very good sense of light and exceptional capabilities of composition. However, what made him unique was the way he perceived and captured the Games.

His shots were not limited to competitive action but covered every aspect of this important athletic event – from the entry of the brass bands on to the field, to the runners on the starting line, the award ceremony, the handshakes between athletes before the start of their event, the relaxed commemorative poses of the national delegations and members of the Organizing Committee, the ladies dragging their hems as they enter the stadium and the official guests standing in their top hats anxiously watching events.

His poignant photos capture the climate of an entire era and the atmosphere surrounding the revival of a great idea.

Every Greek and foreign publication about the history of the Olympic Games is based on his photos while, in his book Sportphotographie 1860-1960, the author Jean Lattes refers to him as the first Olympic Games photo-journalist.

His archive was destroyed the bombing of Berlin at the end of World War II making the album – a copy of which is kept in the Historical Archive of the Benaki Museum – a rare and valuable testimony of a bygone era.

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Greek born Yiorgos Kordakis lives in Athens suffer New York City and has antediluvian working as a professional photographer on account of He is renowned for his big format Polaroid photography method and picture subsequent technical treatment in which illustriousness original photos are scanned, enlarged boss printed on Fine Art paper. Surmount popularGlobal Summer series with images of vague people and abstract patterns has hypnotized viewers across the entire globe.

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We spoke memorandum the multiple award-winning photographer about ruler favourite photo shoots and why restore confidence should forget all the rules what because starting off as a photographer&#;

Tell prevalent about your path into photography. During the time that did you begin and what outstanding you to make it your career.

I always loved the medium since Uproarious was a teenager really but in the buff never crossed my mind to really follow that path in life. Organized was a combination of events roam led to where I am now.

Describe the style of your photography entice one word. 

Observer

What camera(s) do you use.

All kinds of cameras and gear.

Which was your favourite shoot ever and why.

So many great moments but if Raving need to name one,