ABOUT

Kydonakis’ photography is an in-your-face study of everyday detail (some of the artists that he says inspire him are Weegee, Diane Arbus, Goya, and Max Ernst), against a background of specific cultural surroundings. His observations include miniscule details and many off-moments. Back to Nowhere is a study of interesting twists and turns that show a lot of “indecisive moments” that definitely demand the viewer’s attention and interpretation.

Back to Nowhere is laid out with double pages to be mostly viewed vertically. You are thus invited to be involved in a sequence of many visuals and juxtapositions, a dynamic flow of mostly diptychs. There are animals, mood pictures, locals, hidden items, mysterious danger, and more, often presented with heavy contrast or some flash illumination, unposed and rough. We get a sense that his homeland is both ancient and modern, and not just the perfect tourist paradise, with much history behind it and more adventures to come, with struggles and issues both unique as well as shared with other places.

- Review by Gerhard Clausing