First used in the 1830s, the word ‘photography’ derives from the Greek word ‘phos’, meaning ‘light’, and ‘graphê’, meaning ‘drawing’ – so ‘drawing with light. Here, five photographers: Effy Alexakis, Marryanne Christodoulou, Irena Conomos, Yiannis Dramitinos, and Tom Psomotragos, draw on and with light to reveal hidden truths, often inconvenient discourses, epiphanies of experience and experimentation, and a beguiling diversity of both physical and metaphysical aesthetics, to underscore the tangible and intangible of the human condition. Works are intertwined through powerful formalist qualities, social-cultural realism, political intent and critical discourses, collectively demonstrating a humanist reverence.
Effy Alexakis, Father Nektarios’ Kitchen series, 2021, giclée printing on Hahnemühle Fine Art paper, 30.48 × 40.64cm. Collection of the artist. Courtesy the artist and Macquarie University Art Gallery, Sydney
Macquarie University Art Gallery
3 May to 18 June 2021
Sydney
