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The photographs of Niki Gleoudi attempt to speak to us about the visible and the invisible distances, both geographical and psychological, that immigrants often feel to be defined from, distances that technology seems to outweigh. They also indicate the inevitable idealization that distance itself creates for all that is distant, for all that, despite its altering form, remains firmly in our mind and transforming photography into a form of halted time, completely appropriate for photography. In the following photographs, individuals of the Greek diaspora in the USA are matched with their ‘precious’ objects. (Hercules Papaioannou - Director, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece) If I had to leave America tomorrow I’d take …  Dreams and tales for happiness transformed in endless waiting, bore and distress (a torrid and cacophonous dystopia) - Niki Gleoudi  A recent photoessay from NYC. The aftertaste of a vibrant city. Unrevealed emotions … Loneliness, search for love, separation and togetherness all in one." Niki Gleoudi Niki uses the most honest of lenses and gear, the ones which capture emotion before light, the ones which freeze glances before movements. Are the colours of NYC blue even in the melting days, even in the balmy nights? |
What is?The Bulb Collective consists of photographers active in urban (and rural) photography with an expressive shift to include highly aesthetic and poetic images in their assignments. βULB goes Athens
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SEP 2018: The Greeks APR 2018: The Romanians APR 2018: ΦΩS Project2 JAN 2018: BG exhibition DEC 2017: MSPF 2017 NOV 2017: ΦΩS Project AUG 2017: VSLO 2017 APR 2017: CY exhibition DEC 2016: 2nd Photo Contest NOV 2016: 2nd book launch JUL 2016: Athens exhibition JUL 2016: BULB in Kulturama JUN 2016: Katerini exhibition JUN 2016: Thess. exhibition FEB 2016: Bucharest exhibit JAN 2016: 1st Photo Contest AUG 2015: BULB at VSLO2015 JUL 2015: CUCAL Exhibition JUN 2015: BULB 1st Book FEB 2015: Rural Project JAN 2015: BULB Open DAY Articles by
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