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– About

Photonisos (Φωτόνησος) was established in 2014 in Kontakeika on the island of Samos, and was the first ever photography initiative to operate in a Greek village.

During the first few years, Photonisos was under the umbrella of Pythagoras Kontakeika F.C., but has found its rightful place as the photography arm of Cultural Non-Profit Organization “Photonisos Arts & Culture” since 2019.

In their first photography book “Winter, as if it were” («Χειμώνας ή σαν να ήταν»), Photonisos members grapple with the feeling of extreme isolation that comes with living on a Greek border island, far away from the decision-making centers that determine the course of their lives.

The images are shown in chronological order. We start in the winter and end the following year, arriving back where we started – in the wintertime – like a spiral that will never again reach the same point. An imaginary cycle of daily life, where time expands and contracts through a series of moments, each image leaving a trace on the next, like a conversation between past and present. An exploration of collective lives through an individual lens.