Hampis' home
This project focuses on the idea that when you invite people to your home, you invite them to yourself. It focuses on an old man who lives alone for many years. His name is Hampis, a typical Cypriot name (short name for Charalampos). I found myself outside his yard taking a photo and ever since he has opened his home to me. It was an open and warm invitation to visit any time. So I have spent many hours with him. We came close and he shared with me his thoughts, feelings, complains, joys and sorrows of his life. In this project home is considered as a reflection of the life, an extension of the personality and a mirror of the character of this man. Part of this series has been presented in HOME project (exhibition and photo-book) as part of the official program of events of the PAFOS2017 European Capital of Culture. View the album. |